Bishopston

18°CSunny

• Today: 18° / 18° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:37

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▲ 43% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson3
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Shoplifting1

Neighbourhood team: Bishopston · South Wales

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

138 reported road collisions (2024)

19 killed or seriously injured · 172 casualties · 5.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

89 food businesses within 2 miles

• 77 rated 4–5 ★ (61 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gowerton (8.0 km)
• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£206,059 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across Swansea · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£848 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £684
• 2 bed £793
• 3 bed £893

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

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: 154.9p · Esso (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (10.3 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Down to Earth Project (Murton Site) (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds2

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)

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

Tonia Antoniazzi

Labour

Gower

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens37
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

18 jobs advertised · £29,175 avg

e.g. Registered Manager - Children's Home, Work from Home Independent Contractor, Residential End of Lease Cleaners

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

10% low-carbon electricity

Gas 90% · Wind 6% · Solar 3%

356 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

• 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:

• 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

• 
  Bishopston, Swansea · 0.3 km

  Bishopston is a large village and community situated on the Gower Peninsula, 6 miles (9.7 km) west south west of the centre of Swansea in South Wales.

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  Bishopston Comprehensive School · 0.7 km

  Bishopston Comprehensive School is a comprehensive school in Bishopston, Swansea, Wales. It provides education to GCSE level, and has an enrollment as of September 2023 of 1,109 pupils and a total of 1,112 pupils. It…

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  Kittle, Swansea · 1.1 km

  Kittle is a village in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The village is located on the B4436 road between Pennard and Bishopston, It is part of the Pennard community, which is in the south east of the Gower penin…

• Brandy Cove · 1.2 km

  Brandy Cove is a very small beach in the Gower Peninsula, south Wales, that is much less accessible than Caswell Bay immediately to the east. It is set at the end of a valley from Bishopston village. It is reachable b…

• Bishop's Wood · 1.3 km

  Bishop's Wood is a nature reserve in the Gower Peninsula, south Wales.

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  Caswell Bay · 1.4 km

  Caswell Bay, is a beach on the south east of the Gower Peninsula, Swansea, Wales. It is a sandy beach popular with families, holiday makers and surfers, and it regularly achieves Blue Flag status.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)