Swansea

11°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 12° / 9° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:45

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

55US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

56 reported · August 2026▲ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences22
• Shoplifting11
• Public order6
• Anti-social behaviour4

Neighbourhood team: Cockett · South Wales

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

107 reported road collisions (2025)

22 killed or seriously injured · 140 casualties · 4.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

293 food businesses within 2 miles

• 241 rated 4–5 ★ (178 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gowerton (2.4 km)
• 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£211,177 average▲ 1.8% YoY

Across Swansea · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£852 average monthly rent▲ 6.2% YoY

• 1 bed £688
• 2 bed £797
• 3 bed £897

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

5.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.4 times median annual pay (5.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (6.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (7.1 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

46 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra-Swansea Cadle (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

238,489 residents in Swansea · 632/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,408
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,622
• Net moves−1,214

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in Wales

11% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 23% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 115,650)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Labour majority

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools4
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens227
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

798 jobs advertised · £41,046 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders, Vehicle Technician / MOT Tester, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£719 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,255 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 111,325 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gower:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases261 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks218 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth199 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers181 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately141 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• 
  Waunarlwydd · 1.1 km

  Waunarlwydd is a village and community in Swansea, Wales, within the newly formed Waunarlwydd ward in 2021. Waunarlwydd became a community in 2022.

• Fforestfach · 1.6 km

  Fforestfach is a suburban district of Swansea, Wales which developed during the Victorian era as part of the expansion of Swansea, and to service several collieries in the area. It lies within the Cockett ward, betwee…

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  Cockett (electoral ward) · 1.6 km

  Cockett is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The ward is coterminous with the Cockett community. It elects three councillors.

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  Cefn Coed Hospital · 1.7 km

  Cefn Coed Hospital is a mental-health facility in Swansea, Wales. It is managed by the Swansea Bay University Health Board.

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  Cockett railway station · 1.8 km

  Cockett railway station was a former station on the West Wales Line from Swansea to Gowerton and onwards to Llanelli.

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  Battle of Llwchwr · 1.9 km

  The Battle of Llwchwr was fought between Welsh and Norman forces between Loughor and Swansea on New Year's Day 1136.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)