SA17 5SW

Kidwelly and St Ishmael · Carmarthenshire · Wales

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Ferryside
Ward: Kidwelly and St Ishmael
Local authority: Carmarthenshire
Constituency: Llanelli
Postcode district: SA17
Postcode sector: SA17 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
SA17 5SN	32 m
SA17 5SL	68 m
SA17 5SP	131 m
SA17 5ST	188 m
SA17 5SH	196 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: SA17 5SW
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: SA
Postcode district: SA17
Postcode sector: SA17 5
Latitude: 51.764774
Longitude: -4.370512
British National Grid easting: 236,516
British National Grid northing: 210,002

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

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Property

At this postcode

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7 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
1, Coburg Villas, Ferryside, SA17 5SW	24 June 2022	£199,950
1, Coburg Villas, Ferryside, SA17 5SW	29 March 2019	£150,000
2, Coburg Villas, Ferryside, SA17 5SW	15 September 2017	£79,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 2
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Ferryside VCP

Welsh establishment
466 m
Ysgol Llanstephan

Welsh establishment
1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 57
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 26
Criminal damage and arson 9
Public order 8
Anti social behaviour 6
Other theft 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 13
Postcode households: 3
Residents per household: 4.3
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%

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SA17 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 100%
Gigabit-capable: 100%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Ferryside Village Hall

BCT · Ferryside
0.0 miles
Ferryside Village Hall

BCT · Ferryside
0.0 miles
Beach House

BCT · Ferryside
0.0 miles
Beach House

BCT · Ferryside
0.1 miles
The Cliff

BCT · Ferryside
0.1 miles

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £199,950 from 1 recorded sale in SA17 5SW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Carmarthenshire is £197,547 in June 2026, up 6.1% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

2 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ferryside VCP is the nearest published school at 466 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

Published police records

57 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 26 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.