Schools
3 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ferryside VCP is the nearest published school at 839 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SA17 5UT
Kidwelly and St Ishmael · Carmarthenshire · Wales
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeLocation overview
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- Post town
- Ferryside
- Local authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Llanelli
- Postcode district
- SA17
- Postcode sector
- SA17 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SA17 5UT
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SA
- Postcode district
- SA17
- Postcode sector
- SA17 5
- Latitude
- 51.767388
- Longitude
- -4.356328
- British National Grid easting
- 237,504
- British National Grid northing
- 210,261
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
- W00003879
- 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
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Caeglas, Ferryside, SA17 5UT | 5 February 2001 | £117,000 |
| Caeglas, Ferryside, SA17 5UT | 4 April 1997 | £26,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 3
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 839 m
Ferryside VCP
Welsh establishment
- 2.3 km
Ysgol Llanstephan
Welsh establishment
- 4.7 km
Ysgol Gwenllian
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 43
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 21
- Criminal damage and arson 6
- Public order 5
- Other theft 4
- Anti social behaviour 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.
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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
within 5 km
MEDDYGFA MINAFON
HILLFIELD VILLAS, KIDWELLY, SA17 4UL
ODS code W92003
4.6 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.4 miles
Glan Tywi
BCT · Ferryside
- 0.5 miles
Glan Tywi
BCT · Ferryside
- 0.5 miles
Broadlay
BCT · Broadlay
- 0.5 miles
Broadlay
BCT · Broadlay
- 0.5 miles
Water Street
BCT · Ferryside
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
43 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 21 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.