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SA7

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Swansea, Trallwn and Birchgrove, in Swansea.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SA7 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In SA7, 90.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£192,250
Joint 331st cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
15,203
1,018th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How SA7 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

SA7Middle
Median sale price49 postcode districts, SA · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SA49 areas from £140,000 to £440,000. The middle area is £225,000. SA7 is £192,250.
£192,25018th cheapest
Population52 postcode districts, SA · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SA52 areas from 256 to 51,694. The middle area is 10,195. SA7 is 15,203.
15,20318th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage52 postcode districts, SA · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SA52 areas from 13.7% to 98.5%. The middle area is 75.2%. SA7 is 90.5%.
90.5%7th highest
Claimant rate47 postcode districts, SA · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in SA47 areas from 1.7% to 5.2%. The middle area is 3.1%. SA7 is 2.4%.
2.4%joint 8th lowest

Is SA7 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SA7 at a rate of 67.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 86.6 per 1,000 people across the SA postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 77 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SA7.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (399), other crime (262) and anti-social behaviour (137).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SA7 was 74.8 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in SA7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SA7 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.

Neighbourhoods in SA7

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Swansea 006A1,56763.1 per 1,000897.4%
Swansea 006C1,45362.7 per 1,000973.4%
Swansea 006D1,711102.9 per 1,000294.1%
Swansea 006E1,69320.2 per 1,000999.7%
Swansea 006F1,47442.7 per 1,000899.7%
Swansea 010A2,213148.3 per 1,000783.7%
Swansea 010B1,50838.3 per 1,000899.3%
Swansea 010C1,42647.2 per 1,000796.5%
Swansea 010D1,85046.5 per 1,000299.5%

MPs for SA7

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in SA72

Postcode sectors in SA72

Council1

Towns in SA71

Postcode districts next to SA73

Nearest rail stations4

More in the SA postcode area2

SA7 in brief

SA7 is a postcode district covering Swansea, Trallwn and Birchgrove, in Swansea.

About 15,516 people lived in SA7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £192,250 in 2025 across 176 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 67.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SA7 was £192,250 in 2025.

SA7 had 15,203 usual residents at the census.

In SA7, 90.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In SA7, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.