Schools
43 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Waun Wen Primary School is the nearest published school at 593 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SA5 8YL
Cwmbwrla · Swansea · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Cwmbwrla
- Local authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Swansea West
- Postcode district
- SA5
- Postcode sector
- SA5 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SA5 8YL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- 1 October 2000
- Postcode area
- SA
- Postcode district
- SA5
- Postcode sector
- SA5 8
- Latitude
- 51.637586
- Longitude
- -3.950767
- British National Grid easting
- 265,100
- British National Grid northing
- 195,000
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Swansea · W06000011
- Electoral ward
- Cwmbwrla · W05001044
- Parish or community
- W04000962
- Westminster constituency
- Swansea West · W07000108
- Output area
- W00004107
- Lower layer super output area
- Swansea 015A · W01000763
- Middle layer super output area
- Swansea 015 · W02000182
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 43
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 593 m
Waun Wen Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 659 m
Pentrehafod School
Welsh establishment
- 754 m
Hafod Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,935
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,654
- Public order 446
- Anti social behaviour 358
- Criminal damage and arson 346
- Shoplifting 309
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SA5 8 residents
- 7,786
Age bands in SA5 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 19%
1,427 residents
906 residents
1,999 residents
2,032 residents
1,492 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
20
within 5 km straight-line
MANSELTON SURGERY
ELGIN STREET, MANSELTON, SWANSEA, SA5 8QE
ODS code W98043
265 m
CWMFELIN MEDICAL CENTRE
298 CARMARTHEN ROAD, SWANSEA, SA1 1HW
ODS code W98003
439 m
MAYHILL SURGERY
MOUNTAIN VIEW HEALTH CENTRE, 51 MAYHILL ROAD, MAYHILL, SWANSEA, SA1 6TD
ODS code W98015
655 m
BRYNHYFRYD MEDICAL CENTRE
499 LLANGYFELACH ROAD, BRYNHYFRYD, SWANSEA, SA5 9EA
ODS code W98004
923 m
DR BENSUSAN & PARTNERS
PR2 FFORESTFACH MEDICL CENTRE, RAVENHILL ROAD, RAVENHILL, SWANSEA, SA5 5AA
ODS code W98007
1.7 km
DR POWELL & PARTNERS
PR1 FFORESTFACH MEDICAL CENTRE, RAVENHILL ROAD, RAVENHILL, SWANSEA, SA5 5AA
ODS code W98028
1.7 km
KINGSWAY SURGERY
37 THE KINGSWAY, SWANSEA, SA1 5LF
ODS code W98027
1.9 km
CHERITON MEDICAL CENTRE
CHERITON CRESCENT, PORTMEAD, SWANSEA, SA5 5LA
ODS code W98612
1.9 km
NICHOLL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
NICHOLL ST MEDICAL CENTR, 33 NICHOLL STREET, SWANSEA, SA1 4HF
ODS code W98020
2.0 km
ABERTAWE MEDICAL PARTNERS
151 ST. HELENS ROAD, SWANSEA, SA1 4DF
ODS code W98608
2.2 km
BRUNSWICK HEALTH CENTRE
PHILLIPS PARADE, SWANSEA, SA1 4JL
ODS code W98024
2.3 km
THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 UPLANDS TERRACE, UPLANDS, SWANSEA, SA2 0GU
ODS code W98023
2.3 km
UPLANDS & MUMBLES SURGERY
46-48 SKETTY ROAD, SWANSEA, SA2 0LJ
ODS code W98049
2.5 km
CLASE SURGERY
GREENHILL MEDICAL CENTRE, 88 MYNYDD GARNLWYD ROAD, MORRISTON, SWANSEA, SA6 7NZ
ODS code W98039
2.6 km
HARBOURSIDE HEALTH CENTRE
BEACON CENTRE FOR HEALTH, LANGDON ROAD, SWANSEA, SA1 8QY
ODS code W98056
2.6 km
THE BEACON CENTRE FOR HEALTH
SA1 MEDICAL CENTRE, LANGDON ROAD, SWANSEA, SA1 8QY
ODS code W98057
2.6 km
ST. THOMAS SURGERY
YSGOL STREET, PORT TENNANT, SWANSEA, SA1 8LH
ODS code W98016
3.0 km
SKETTY & KILLAY MEDICAL CENTRE
SKETTY SURGERY, DE LA BECHE ROAD, SKETTY, SWANSEA, SA2 9EA
ODS code W98021
3.4 km
STRAWBERRY PLACE SURGERY
5 STRAWBERRY PLACE, MORRISTON, SWANSEA, SA6 7AQ
ODS code W98044
3.6 km
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE
PENMAEN RESIDENCES, SINGLETON PARK, SWANSEA, SA2 8PG
ODS code W98053
3.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Robert Street
BCT · Manselton
- 0.0 miles
Robert Street
BCT · Manselton
- 0.1 miles
Cwmfelin Club
BCT · Cwmbwrla
- 0.1 miles
Cwmfelin Club
BCT · Cwmbwrla
- 0.1 miles
Elgin Street East
BCT · Manselton
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,935 published events cover 12 months, averaging 327.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,654 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.