Schools
14 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol Gynradd Saron is the nearest published school at 882 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SA18 3SQ
Saron · Carmarthenshire · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Saron
- Local authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin
- Postcode district
- SA18
- Postcode sector
- SA18 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SA18 3SQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 1993
- Terminated
- 1 December 1994
- Postcode area
- SA
- Postcode district
- SA18
- Postcode sector
- SA18 3
- Latitude
- 51.780807
- Longitude
- -4.042477
- British National Grid easting
- 259,200
- British National Grid northing
- 211,100
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Carmarthenshire · W06000010
- Electoral ward
- Saron · W05001220
- Parish or community
- W04000515
- Westminster constituency
- Caerfyrddin · W07000087
- Output area
- W00003886
- Lower layer super output area
- Carmarthenshire 011C · W01000724
- Middle layer super output area
- Carmarthenshire 011 · W02000152
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
- 14
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 882 m
Ysgol Gynradd Saron
Welsh establishment
- 1.5 km
Ysgol Gynradd Tycroes
Welsh establishment
- 2.3 km
Penygroes C.P. School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 226
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 131
- Anti social behaviour 25
- Criminal damage and arson 23
- Other theft 13
- Public order 10
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SA18 3 residents
- 10,937
Age bands in SA18 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27%
- Age 65 and over
- 24.9%
1,789 residents
1,145 residents
2,417 residents
3,007 residents
2,771 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
4
within 5 km straight-line
MEDDYGFA PENYGROES
BRIDGE STREET, PENYGROES, LLANELLI, SA14 7RP
ODS code W92051
2.6 km
MEDDYGFA'R TYMBL
AMMAN TAWE PARTNERSHIP, CROSS HANDS HEALTH CENTRE, CARMARTHEN ROAD, CROSS HANDS, LLANELLI, SA14 6SU
ODS code W92035
3.9 km
MARGARET STREET PRACTICE
MARGARET STREET, AMMANFORD, SA18 2PJ
ODS code W92040
4.0 km
BRYNTEG SURGERY
BRYNMAWR AVENUE, AMMANFORD, SA18 2DA
ODS code W92036
4.1 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Capel Hendre Industrial Estate
BCT · Capel Hendre
- 0.2 miles
Llys Newydd
BCT · Capel Hendre
- 0.2 miles
Llys Newydd
BCT · Capel Hendre
- 0.2 miles
Post Office
BCT · Capel Hendre
- 0.2 miles
Post Office
BCT · Capel Hendre
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
226 published events cover 12 months, averaging 18.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 131 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.