Schools
4 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. YGG Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SA18 1YS
Garnant · Carmarthenshire · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Ammanford
- Ward
- Garnant
- Local authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin
- Postcode district
- SA18
- Postcode sector
- SA18 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SA18 1YS
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SA
- Postcode district
- SA18
- Postcode sector
- SA18 1
- Latitude
- 51.791847
- Longitude
- -3.897181
- British National Grid easting
- 269,254
- British National Grid northing
- 212,057
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Carmarthenshire · W06000010
- Electoral ward
- Garnant · W05001191
- Parish or community
- W04000499
- Westminster constituency
- Caerfyrddin · W07000087
- Output area
- W00003528
- Lower layer super output area
- Carmarthenshire 010A · W01000656
- Middle layer super output area
- Carmarthenshire 010 · W02000151
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
Property
14 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Bryn Cethin Bach, Bryncethin Road, Garnant, Ammanford, SA18 1YS | 25 June 2021 | £385,000 |
| Peny Waun, Bryncethin Road, Garnant, Ammanford, SA18 1YS | 22 January 2021 | £335,000 |
| Bryn Cethin Newydd, Bryncethin Road, Garnant, Ammanford, SA18 1YS | 29 November 2017 | £485,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 4
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 1.2 km
YGG Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
Welsh establishment
- 2.3 km
Tairgwaith Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.4 km
Ysgol Y Bedol
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 290
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 160
- Public order 28
- Anti social behaviour 28
- Criminal damage and arson 21
- Vehicle crime 11
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 26
- Postcode households
- 9
- Residents per household
- 2.9
- SA18 1 residents
- 9,107
14 female, 12 male
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
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SA18 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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+
- 80%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 80%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 80%
- Gigabit-capable
- 80%
- 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
AMMAN TAWE PARTNERSHIP
1 GRAIG ROAD, GWAUN CAE GURWEN, AMMANFORD, SA18 1EG
ODS code W00142
850 m
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
- 0.5 miles
The Globe
BCT · Garnant
- 0.5 miles
The Globe
BCT · Garnant
- 0.6 miles
Gwaun Cae Gurwen Square
BCT · Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
- 0.6 miles
Gwaun Cae Gurwen Square
BCT · Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
- 0.6 miles
Bryncethin Road
BCT · Garnant
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
290 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 160 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.