Schools
43 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Maes Derw is the nearest published school at 995 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SA5 4QA
Cockett · Swansea · Wales
Updated September 2026
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Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SA5 4QA
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SA
- Postcode district
- SA5
- Postcode sector
- SA5 4
- Latitude
- 51.640189
- Longitude
- -3.997054
- British National Grid easting
- 261,905
- British National Grid northing
- 195,376
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Swansea · W06000011
- Electoral ward
- Cockett · W05001043
- Parish or community
- W04001034
- Westminster constituency
- Gower · W07000097
- Output area
- W00004092
- Lower layer super output area
- Swansea 017B · W01000756
- Middle layer super output area
- Swansea 017 · W02000184
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 SA5
Property
12 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 358, Cwmbach Road, Fforestfach, Swansea, SA5 4QA | 28 May 2021 | £225,000 |
| 362, Cwmbach Road, Fforestfach, Swansea, SA5 4QA | 21 April 2021 | £286,000 |
| 342, Cwmbach Road, Fforestfach, Swansea, SA5 4QA | 21 August 2017 | £185,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 43
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 995 m
Maes Derw
Welsh establishment
- 1.0 km
Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Y Login Fach
Welsh establishment
- 1.2 km
Dylan Thomas Community School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 878
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 291
- Shoplifting 202
- Public order 91
- Criminal damage and arson 77
- Anti social behaviour 63
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 31
- Postcode households
- 14
- Residents per household
- 2.2
- SA5 4 residents
- 5,624
15 female, 16 male
Age bands in SA5 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.6%
861 residents
568 residents
1,364 residents
1,545 residents
1,127 residents
This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SA5 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+
- 61.1%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 61.1%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 61.1%
- Gigabit-capable
- 61.1%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 61.1%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 33.3%
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
19
within 5 km straight-line
DR BENSUSAN & PARTNERS
PR2 FFORESTFACH MEDICL CENTRE, RAVENHILL ROAD, RAVENHILL, SWANSEA, SA5 5AA
ODS code W98007
1.8 km
DR POWELL & PARTNERS
PR1 FFORESTFACH MEDICAL CENTRE, RAVENHILL ROAD, RAVENHILL, SWANSEA, SA5 5AA
ODS code W98028
1.8 km
CHERITON MEDICAL CENTRE
CHERITON CRESCENT, PORTMEAD, SWANSEA, SA5 5LA
ODS code W98612
2.1 km
SKETTY & KILLAY MEDICAL CENTRE
SKETTY SURGERY, DE LA BECHE ROAD, SKETTY, SWANSEA, SA2 9EA
ODS code W98021
2.8 km
MANSELTON SURGERY
ELGIN STREET, MANSELTON, SWANSEA, SA5 8QE
ODS code W98043
3.0 km
UPLANDS & MUMBLES SURGERY
46-48 SKETTY ROAD, SWANSEA, SA2 0LJ
ODS code W98049
3.0 km
THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 UPLANDS TERRACE, UPLANDS, SWANSEA, SA2 0GU
ODS code W98023
3.2 km
MAYHILL SURGERY
MOUNTAIN VIEW HEALTH CENTRE, 51 MAYHILL ROAD, MAYHILL, SWANSEA, SA1 6TD
ODS code W98015
3.2 km
ESTUARY GROUP PRACTICE
22 MILL STREET, GOWERTON, SWANSEA, SA4 3ED
ODS code W98012
3.3 km
CWMFELIN MEDICAL CENTRE
298 CARMARTHEN ROAD, SWANSEA, SA1 1HW
ODS code W98003
3.4 km
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE
PENMAEN RESIDENCES, SINGLETON PARK, SWANSEA, SA2 8PG
ODS code W98053
3.6 km
BRYNHYFRYD MEDICAL CENTRE
499 LLANGYFELACH ROAD, BRYNHYFRYD, SWANSEA, SA5 9EA
ODS code W98004
3.6 km
BRUNSWICK HEALTH CENTRE
PHILLIPS PARADE, SWANSEA, SA1 4JL
ODS code W98024
3.7 km
NICHOLL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
NICHOLL ST MEDICAL CENTR, 33 NICHOLL STREET, SWANSEA, SA1 4HF
ODS code W98020
3.8 km
ABERTAWE MEDICAL PARTNERS
151 ST. HELENS ROAD, SWANSEA, SA1 4DF
ODS code W98608
3.9 km
KINGSWAY SURGERY
37 THE KINGSWAY, SWANSEA, SA1 5LF
ODS code W98027
4.1 km
CLASE SURGERY
GREENHILL MEDICAL CENTRE, 88 MYNYDD GARNLWYD ROAD, MORRISTON, SWANSEA, SA6 7NZ
ODS code W98039
4.4 km
TY'R FELIN SURGERY
CECIL ROAD, GORSEINON, SWANSEA, SA4 4BY
ODS code W98034
4.4 km
PRINCESS STREET SURGERY
PRINCESS STREET, GORSEINON, SWANSEA, SA4 4US
ODS code W98008
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Woodlands
BCT · Waunarlwydd
- 0.0 miles
Woodlands
BCT · Waunarlwydd
- 0.3 miles
Gypsy Cross
BCT · Waunarlwydd
- 0.3 miles
Bruce Road
BCT · Fforestfach
- 0.3 miles
Fforest-fach Ciro Citterio
BCT · Fforestfach
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
878 published events cover 12 months, averaging 73.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 291 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.