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Port-Eynon

Port-Eynon is a village in West Glamorgan, Wales, with a population of around 226. There are 3 restaurants and cafés, and 5 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Port-Eynon area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Swansea area is around the average in Wales (WIMD 2019). The wider council area has around 238,489 residents at roughly 632 people per km².

Council
Swansea
County
West Glamorgan
Constituency
Gower
Police force
South Wales

Weather

18°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 19° / 18° · 85% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:48Sunset 19:36

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Swansea Morriston Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Gower · South Wales

Local policing priorities

  • Rural Crime involving wildlife
  • ASB AT BEACHES

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

18 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 15 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Llanelli (14.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£206,059 average 0.2% YoY

Across Swansea · to 2026-06

Detached£329,065
Semi-detached£211,208
Terraced£169,527
Flat£109,596

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Croft Acre Holiday Cottages (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

238,489 residents in Swansea · 632/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

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

Your MP

Tonia Antoniazzi

Labour

Gower

Recent votes:

  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

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

Amenities nearby

  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 111,325 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

Grid electricity

16% low-carbon electricity

Gas 84% · Wind 10% · Solar 7%

330 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gower:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Port Eynon · 0.6 km

    Port Eynon is a village and community within the City and County of Swansea, Wales, on the far south tip of the Gower Peninsula within the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The A4118 from Swansea city cen…

  • Horton and Port Eynon Lifeboat Station · 0.8 km

    Horton and Port Eynon Lifeboat Station is located at Horton Beach, just off Underhill Lane in the village of Horton, on the south coast of the Gower Peninsula in Wales, approximately 14 miles (23 km) west of Swansea.

  • Horton Beach · 0.8 km

    Horton Beach is located in Port Eynon Bay on the south coast of the Gower Peninsula in Wales.

  • Slade Bay · 2.0 km

    Slade Bay - marked on Ordnance Survey maps as "The Sands" - is a sandy beach near the village of Slade, on the Gower Peninsula in South West Wales. It is set in a relatively inaccessible location - being reachable onl…

  • Penrice, Swansea · 3.0 km

    Penrice is a village and community in Swansea, Wales, on the Gower peninsula. It had a population of 451 as of the 2011 UK census and the community includes the villages of Oxwich, Oxwich Green, Slade, Little Reynolds…

  • Oxwich · 3.2 km

    Oxwich is a village on the Gower Peninsula, in the city and county of Swansea in south Wales. Oxwich is part of the small community of Penrice which extends from the village of Horton to Oxwich Bay, and as of 2001 rec…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Port-Eynon?
Port-Eynon is a town in West Glamorgan, Wales, in the Swansea local authority.
What is the population of Port-Eynon?
Port-Eynon has an approximate settlement population of 226.
How deprived is Port-Eynon?
The Swansea local authority, which includes Port-Eynon, is around the average in Wales on the WIMD 2019.