Grovesend

18°CLight rain shower

• Today: 19° / 17° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:47Sunset 19:35

12h 48m 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

28 reported · July 2026▼ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Other crime3
• Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: Gorseinon and Penyrheol · 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)

149 food businesses within 2 miles

• 124 rated 4–5 ★ (94 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Llangennech (2.9 km)
• 19 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (8.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (1.7 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Goreseinon Car Park (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches13
• 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)

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
• Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

9 jobs advertised

e.g. Warehouse Shift Manager, Site Automation Engineer, Warehouse Operative (Nights)

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

9% low-carbon electricity

Gas 91% · Wind 7% · Solar 3%

358 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

• 
  Penyrheol Comprehensive School · 1.0 km

  Penyrheol Comprehensive School is a secondary school in Gorseinon, Swansea, Wales.

• Penyrheol, Swansea · 1.1 km

  Penyrheol is a suburban district of Swansea, Wales falling within the Penyrheol ward. Penyrheol is located about 7 miles (11 km) north west of Swansea city centre in northwest Gorseinon.

• 
  Penyrheol (Swansea electoral ward) · 1.3 km

  Penyrheol is the name of an electoral ward and a suburb in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK.

• 
  Gorseinon (electoral ward) · 1.4 km

  Gorseinon is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales.

• 
  Gorseinon Hospital · 1.5 km

  Gorseinon Hospital is a rehabilitation hospital in Gorseinon, Wales. It is managed by Swansea Bay University Health Board.

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  A4240 road · 1.7 km

  The A4240 is a main road in Gorseinon, Swansea, Wales.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)