Schools
5 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Tairgwaith Primary School is the nearest published school at 318 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SA18 1UR
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman · Neath Port Talbot · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
- Postcode district
- SA18
- Postcode sector
- SA18 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SA18 1UR
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1990
- Postcode area
- SA
- Postcode district
- SA18
- Postcode sector
- SA18 1
- Latitude
- 51.790888
- Longitude
- -3.868922
- British National Grid easting
- 271,200
- British National Grid northing
- 211,900
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Neath Port Talbot · W06000012
- Electoral ward
- Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman · W05001700
- Parish or community
- W04000615
- Westminster constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe · W07000085
- Output area
- W00004953
- Lower layer super output area
- Neath Port Talbot 020E · W01000931
- Middle layer super output area
- Neath Port Talbot 020 · W02000417
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 SA18
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 5
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 318 m
Tairgwaith Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 855 m
YGG Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
Welsh establishment
- 2.6 km
Brynaman C P School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 221
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 118
- Anti social behaviour 27
- Criminal damage and arson 24
- Public order 23
- Burglary 8
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SA18 1 residents
- 9,107
Age bands in SA18 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.7%
1,604 residents
967 residents
2,135 residents
2,639 residents
2,163 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.
GP practices
2
within 5 km straight-line
AMMAN TAWE PARTNERSHIP
1 GRAIG ROAD, GWAUN CAE GURWEN, AMMANFORD, SA18 1EG
ODS code W00142
1.1 km
AMMAN TAWE PARTNERSHIP
4 GWILYM ROAD, CWMLLYNFELL, SWANSEA, SA9 2GH
ODS code W00143
3.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Old Bakers Arms
BCT · Tairgwaith
- 0.2 miles
Old Bakers Arms
BCT · Tairgwaith
- 0.3 miles
Gorsto Road
BCT · Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
- 0.3 miles
Gorsto Road
BCT · Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
- 0.5 miles
Community Hall
BCT · Tairgwaith
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
221 published events cover 12 months, averaging 18.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 118 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.