SA5 postcode area guide — Swansea
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the SA5 postcode district in Swansea — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in SA5
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
94.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
84.2%
Gigabit-capable
83.9%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.2%
Broadband availability in the SA5 postcode district (Swansea) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 751 postcodes Ofcom measures in SA5, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 94.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 83.9%.
Around 0.2% of premises in SA5 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in SA5
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| SA5 4AA | 80% | 70% |
| SA5 4AB | 100% | 85.7% |
| SA5 4AD | 100% | 100% |
| SA5 4AE | 92.3% | 92.3% |
| SA5 4AF | 100% | 92.9% |
| SA5 4AG | 100% | 100% |
| SA5 4AH | 0% | 0% |
| SA5 4AJ | 100% | 0% |
| SA5 4AL | 100% | 90% |
| SA5 4AN | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Swansea
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Swansea district (120,330 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
86.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.2%
5G outdoors — all networks
20%
Voice indoors — all networks
90%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in SA5
Police recorded 202 incidents within about a mile of the centre of SA5 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 78 | 38.6% |
| Shoplifting | 31 | 15.3% |
| Public order | 30 | 14.9% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 15 | 7.4% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 13 | 6.4% |
| Other theft | 8 | 4.0% |
| Vehicle crime | 8 | 4.0% |
| Other crime | 7 | 3.5% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in SA5
Based on 248 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in SA5 is £165,000, up 10.0% on the previous year (£150,000).
Detached
£270,000
35 sales
Semi-detached
£180,000
73 sales
Terraced
£140,000
130 sales
Latest recorded sales in SA5
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2026 | £140,000 | Terraced | Clare Street | SA5 9PQ |
| 15 May 2026 | £160,000 | Semi-detached | Eppynt Road | SA5 7AZ |
| 8 May 2026 | £160,000 | Terraced | Elgin Street | SA5 8QF |
| 8 May 2026 | £730,000 | Other | Kingsway Business Centre | SA5 4DL |
| 7 May 2026 | £167,500 | Terraced | Phyllis Street | SA5 8HA |
| 5 May 2026 | £45,000 | Terraced | St Johns Road | SA5 8PP |
| 1 May 2026 | £124,000 | Terraced | Maes Y Felin | SA5 5DW |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £220,000 | Semi-detached | Llwyn Teg | SA5 4NF |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £86,000 | Semi-detached | Berwyn Place | SA5 7AX |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £257,000 | Detached | Middle Road | SA5 5DH |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Swansea demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Swansea district (238,489 residents, 104,962 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% |
| 15–29 | 25.3% |
| 30–44 | 17.8% |
| 45–64 | 19.4% |
| 65+ | 20.5% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 62.3% |
| Private rented | 18.3% |
| Social rented | 7.4% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around SA5
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadle Primary School | Not applicable | — | — | SA5 5DU |
| Gendros Primary School | Not applicable | — | — | SA5 8DB |
| Waunarlwydd Primary School | Not applicable | — | — | SA5 4QS |
| Clwyd Community Primary School | Not applicable | — | — | SA5 7AZ |
| Portmead Primary School | Not applicable | — | — | SA5 5LA |
| Blaenymaes Primary School | Not applicable | — | — | SA5 5LW |
| Llangyfelach Primary School | Not applicable | — | — | SA5 7JE |
| Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Y Login Fach | Not applicable | — | — | SA5 4ST |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in SA5
231 rated food businesses operate in SA5. 140 hold the top rating of 5, 52 are rated 4, and 3 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Aldi, Aldi, B & M Retail Ltd, Blaen-Y-Maes Drop in Centre, Blaenymaes Primary School.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in SA5
From a sample of 131 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 SA5 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band D). 60% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
1%
Band B
5%
Band C
54%
Band D
27%
Band E
5%
Band F
4%
Band G
5%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Swansea
Landlines around SA5 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.