Schools
22 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Penyrheol Primary School is the nearest published school at 538 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SA4 4XL
Gorseinon and Penyrheol · Swansea · Wales
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SA4 4XL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1993
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SA
- Postcode district
- SA4
- Postcode sector
- SA4 4
- Latitude
- 51.674553
- Longitude
- -4.050029
- British National Grid easting
- 258,347
- British National Grid northing
- 199,299
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Swansea · W06000011
- Electoral ward
- Gorseinon and Penyrheol · W05001047
- Parish or community
- W04000964
- Westminster constituency
- Gower · W07000097
- Output area
- W00004497
- Lower layer super output area
- Swansea 005E · W01000843
- Middle layer super output area
- Swansea 005 · W02000172
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 SA4
Property
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 19, Maple Close, Gorseinon, Swansea, SA4 4XL | 14 February 2017 | £85,000 |
| 23, Maple Close, Gorseinon, Swansea, SA4 4XL | 15 June 2001 | £85,000 |
| 23, Maple Close, Gorseinon, Swansea, SA4 4XL | 11 August 1997 | £55,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 22
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 538 m
Penyrheol Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 585 m
Penyrheol Comprehensive School
Welsh establishment
- 1.2 km
Tre Uchaf Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 811
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 371
- Anti social behaviour 92
- Public order 77
- Criminal damage and arson 75
- Other theft 44
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 19
- Postcode households
- 11
- Residents per household
- 1.7
- SA4 4 residents
- 11,981
14 female, 5 male
Age bands in SA4 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.9%
2,086 residents
1,299 residents
3,027 residents
3,167 residents
2,535 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SA4 4 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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 90.9%
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
5
within 5 km
PRINCESS STREET SURGERY
PRINCESS STREET, GORSEINON, SWANSEA, SA4 4US
ODS code W98008
528 m
TY'R FELIN SURGERY
CECIL ROAD, GORSEINON, SWANSEA, SA4 4BY
ODS code W98034
931 m
ESTUARY GROUP PRACTICE
22 MILL STREET, GOWERTON, SWANSEA, SA4 3ED
ODS code W98012
2.9 km
LLANGENNECH SURGERY
PARK LANE, LLANGENNECH, LLANELLI, SA14 8TU
ODS code W92048
3.5 km
TALYBONT SURGERY
STATION ROAD, PONTARDDULAIS, SWANSEA, SA4 8TJ
ODS code W98013
4.7 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
- 0.0 miles
Rufus Lewis
BCT · Penyrheol
- 0.0 miles
Rufus Lewis
BCT · Penyrheol
- 0.1 miles
Fernhill Road
BCT · Gorseinon
- 0.1 miles
Fernhill Road
BCT · Gorseinon
- 0.1 miles
Penyrheol Primary School
BCT · Penyrheol
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
811 published events cover 12 months, averaging 67.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 371 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.