Property market
The five-year median is £145,000 from 2,140 recorded sales in SA5. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Swansea is £206,059 in June 2026, up 0.2% year on year.
SA5
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 936
- Current units
- 746
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 16
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- Wales
- English regions represented
- W99999999
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 190
Postcode sectors in SA5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
13,584 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 11, Beattie Street, Cwmdu, Swansea, SA5 8HF | 21 July 2026 | £65,000 |
| 12, Zouch Street, Manselton, Swansea, SA5 9PJ | 13 July 2026 | £130,000 |
| 1198, Carmarthen Road, Fforestfach, Swansea, SA5 4BL | 10 July 2026 | £215,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 13
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,144
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,244
- Shoplifting 422
- Public order 333
- Anti social behaviour 297
- Criminal damage and arson 254
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- SA5 usual residents
- 35,517
- Age-profile population
- 35,459
Age bands in SA5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 19.1%
- 6,756 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- 4,097 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.7%
- 9,113 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.6%
- 9,089 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.1%
- 6,404 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 741 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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
- 67.7%
In this district, 690 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 630 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
5
in this district
BRYNHYFRYD MEDICAL CENTRE
499 LLANGYFELACH ROAD, BRYNHYFRYD, SWANSEA, SA5 9EA
ODS code W98004
CHERITON MEDICAL CENTRE
CHERITON CRESCENT, PORTMEAD, SWANSEA, SA5 5LA
ODS code W98612
DR BENSUSAN & PARTNERS
PR2 FFORESTFACH MEDICL CENTRE, RAVENHILL ROAD, RAVENHILL, SWANSEA, SA5 5AA
ODS code W98007
DR POWELL & PARTNERS
PR1 FFORESTFACH MEDICAL CENTRE, RAVENHILL ROAD, RAVENHILL, SWANSEA, SA5 5AA
ODS code W98028
MANSELTON SURGERY
ELGIN STREET, MANSELTON, SWANSEA, SA5 8QE
ODS code W98043
Evidence in context
Schools
13 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,144 published events cover 12 months, averaging 262 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,244 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.