Gowerton

10°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 9° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:43

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

35 reported · August 2026▲ 46% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences15
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Public order4

Neighbourhood team: Gowerton · 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)

185 food businesses within 2 miles

• 153 rated 4–5 ★ (113 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gowerton (0.5 km)
• 28 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 (8.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (9.4 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

41 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Gowerton Car Park (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches27
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds3

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

Tonia Antoniazzi

Labour

Gower

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

• Schools6
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £28,288 avg

e.g. Support Worker

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

13% low-carbon electricity

Gas 87% · Wind 11% · Solar 3%

343 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

7 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in SA4

• Community Resource Team
• Abmu Continence Service
• Heart Failure Clinic Comm

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

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  Gowerton · 0.1 km

  Gowerton is a large village and community, about 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Swansea city centre, Wales. Gowerton is often known as the gateway to the Gower Peninsula. Gowerton's original name was Ffosfelin. The villa…

• Ysgol Gyfun Gŵyr · 0.3 km

  Ysgol Gyfun Gŵyr is a Welsh-medium secondary school for pupils aged between 11 and 19 years. The school is situated in Gowerton, Swansea, Wales. It was established in 1984.

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  Gowerton (electoral ward) · 0.3 km

  Gowerton is an electoral ward in the county of Swansea, Wales, UK. It is named after Gowerton village which falls within the ward. The Gowerton community boundaries are coterminous with the ward.

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  Gowerton South railway station · 0.4 km

  Gowerton South railway station served the village of Gowerton, West Glamorgan, Wales from 1867 to 1964 on the Llanelly Railway.

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  Gowerton railway station · 0.5 km

  Gowerton railway station serves the village of Gowerton, Wales. It is located at street level at the end of Station Road in Gowerton, 219 miles 45 chains (353.4 km) from the zero point at London Paddington, measured v…

• Greatest Hits Radio South Wales · 0.5 km

  Greatest Hits Radio South Wales is an Independent Local Radio station owned and operated by Bauer Radio as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. The station broadcasts to Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Carmarthensh…

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