Canisland

18°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 15° · 67% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:40

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Other theft1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Pennard · 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)

47 food businesses within 2 miles

• 40 rated 4–5 ★ (34 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gowerton (7.0 km)
• 1 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 (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (9.2 km)

11 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: Beaufort Arms (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1

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

Labour majority

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

• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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:

• 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

• List of villages on the Gower Peninsula · 0.6 km

  The Gower Peninsula in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, contains over twenty villages and communities. Most of the peninsula is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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  Ilston · 0.6 km

  Ilston is a village and community in Swansea, southwest Wales. Ilston has its own community council.

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  Kilvrough Manor · 0.8 km

  Kilvrough Manor is a large country house near Swansea. It is a Grade II* listed building. Its park is listed on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.

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  Kittle, Swansea · 1.2 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…

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  Pennard · 1.3 km

  Pennard is a village and community on the south of the Gower Peninsula, about 7 miles south-west of Swansea city centre. It falls within the Pennard electoral ward of Swansea. The Pennard community includes the larger…

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  A4118 road · 1.6 km

  The A4118 road is in Swansea, Wales, connecting Dyfatty Street in Swansea City Centre with Port Eynon in the Gower Peninsula. The route runs through suburban areas until it reaches Upper Killay, where the road enters…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)