Schools
2 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ferryside VCP is the nearest published school at 161 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SA17 5RL
Kidwelly and St Ishmael · Carmarthenshire · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Llanelli
- Postcode district
- SA17
- Postcode sector
- SA17 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SA17 5RL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1996
- Terminated
- 1 December 1997
- Postcode area
- SA
- Postcode district
- SA17
- Postcode sector
- SA17 5
- Latitude
- 51.767475
- Longitude
- -4.369436
- British National Grid easting
- 236,600
- British National Grid northing
- 210,300
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Carmarthenshire · W06000010
- Electoral ward
- Kidwelly and St Ishmael · W05001198
- Parish or community
- W04000556
- Westminster constituency
- Llanelli · W07000098
- Output area
- W00003882
- Lower layer super output area
- Carmarthenshire 012E · W01000723
- Middle layer super output area
- Carmarthenshire 012 · W02000153
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SA17
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 2
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 161 m
Ferryside VCP
Welsh establishment
- 1.4 km
Ysgol Llanstephan
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 60
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 28
- Criminal damage and arson 9
- Public order 8
- Anti social behaviour 7
- Other theft 3
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SA17 5 residents
- 3,140
Age bands in SA17 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 12.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 16.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 32%
- Age 65 and over
- 30.4%
400 residents
301 residents
527 residents
1,046 residents
994 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
White Lion
BCT · Ferryside
- 0.0 miles
Ferryside Railway Station
BCT · Ferryside
- 0.0 miles
Ferryside Railway Station
BCT · Ferryside
- 0.0 miles
Ferryside Rail Station (SE Entrance)
RSE · Ferryside
- 0.1 miles
Ferryside Rail Station (SW Entrance)
RSE · Ferryside
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
60 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 28 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.