Pontarddulais

13°CSunny

• Today: 17° / 12° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:42

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Roadside, United Kingdom

26 reported · July 2026▼ 49% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Other theft3
• Public order2

Neighbourhood team: Pontarddulais · South Wales

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

317 reported road collisions (2024)

138 killed or seriously injured · 473 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

83 food businesses within 2 miles

• 72 rated 4–5 ★ (56 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pontarddulais (0.6 km)
• 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£197,547 average▲ 6.1% YoY

Across Carmarthenshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£685 average monthly rent▲ 7% YoY

• 1 bed £499
• 2 bed £645
• 3 bed £738

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.8 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 (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (4.9 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Pontarddulais Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

187,897 residents in Carmarthenshire · 79/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in Wales

4% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 11% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 90,070)

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

Tonia Antoniazzi

Labour

Gower

Source: UK Parliament

Plaid Cymru majority

• Lab 14
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 38

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

15 jobs advertised · £27,868 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Window & Door Installers, Waking Night Support Worker

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,814 disposable income per head (2024)

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

32% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 89,353 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

9% low-carbon electricity

Gas 91% · Wind 6% · Solar 2% · Nuclear 1%

358 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gower:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s383 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership380 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office346 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases261 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test238 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Pontarddulais Park · 0.3 km

  Pontarddulais Park is a cricket ground in Pontarddulais, Glamorgan. The ground was established in 1976, when Pontarddulais Cricket Club played Glamorgan in a friendly. From 1992 to the present day, it has hosted 13 Mi…

• Pontarddulais Comprehensive School · 0.5 km

  Pontarddulais Comprehensive School is an 11–16 mixed comprehensive school situated in the town of Pontarddulais, Wales. It is maintained by the Local Education Authority (LEA), the City and County of Swansea. It is ma…

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  Pontarddulais · 0.5 km

  Pontarddulais, also spelled Pontardulais, is a town and community in Swansea, Wales. It is 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the city centre. It is in the Pontarddulais ward of the City and County of Swansea Council. Pont…

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  Pontarddulais railway station · 0.6 km

  Pontarddulais railway station serves the town of Pontarddulais and village of Hendy in Swansea, Wales. The station is located at street level not far from the town centre and the Loughor estuary. All trains serving th…

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  Pontarddulais (electoral ward) · 0.8 km

  Pontarddulais is a name of an electoral ward and parish of the City and County of Swansea, south Wales. The parish of Pontarddulais has its own elected town council.

• Hendy · 1.3 km

  Hendy is a village in the community of Llanedi in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is situated at the Carmarthenshire and Swansea border, and lies on Afon Gwili, just across the River Loughor from Pontarddulais. Together wi…

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