SA3 1BX

Gower · Swansea · Wales

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Swansea
Ward: Gower
Local authority: Swansea
Constituency: Gower
Postcode district: SA3
Postcode sector: SA3 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
SA3 1BY	501 m
SA3 1DA	681 m
SA3 1BU	682 m
SA3 1DS	860 m
SA3 1DB	962 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: SA3 1BX
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: SA
Postcode district: SA3
Postcode sector: SA3 1
Latitude: 51.616887
Longitude: -4.233230
British National Grid easting: 245,485
British National Grid northing: 193,258

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Wales · W92000004
Region: W99999999
Local authority district: Swansea · W06000011
Electoral ward: Gower · W05001048
Parish or community: W04000575
Westminster constituency: Gower · W07000097
Output area: W00004162
Lower layer super output area: Swansea 030B · W01000776
Middle layer super output area: Swansea 030 · W02000197

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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1 recorded sale at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
Broadway Farm, Cheriton, Swansea, SA3 1BX	19 October 2006	£408,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 2
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Llanrhidian Primary School

Welsh establishment
4.3 km
Knelston Primary School

Welsh establishment
4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 7
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Vehicle crime 2
Anti social behaviour 2
Violence and sexual offences 2
Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 12
Postcode households: 3
Residents per household: 4.0
SA3 1 residents: 2,923

Age bands in SA3 1

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 12.6%
Age 15 to 24: 8.7%
Age 25 to 44: 13.5%
Age 45 to 64: 32.3%
Age 65 and over: 32.9%

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SA3 1 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+: 66.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 66.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 66.7%
Gigabit-capable: 66.7%

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

St Cattwg`s Church

BCT · Cheriton
0.2 miles
St Cattwg`s Church

BCT · Cheriton
0.3 miles
Landimore Turn

BCT · Landimore
0.5 miles
Landimore Turn

BCT · Landimore
0.5 miles
Britannia Inn

BCT · Llanmadoc
0.6 miles

Evidence in context

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

Schools

Published establishments

2 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Llanrhidian Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 2 events.

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