Carmarthenshire County Council
Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers
Carmarthenshire County Council is the one council for Carmarthenshire: it runs bins, council tax and planning, and schools, roads and social care. ONS places 6,733 postcodes in use in Carmarthenshire, in 22 postcode districts of the SA postcode area.
73% of homes and businesses in Carmarthenshire can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Its website
Carmarthenshire County Council
carmarthenshire.gov.walesName and website as GOV.UK gives them.
Do it on Carmarthenshire County Council's own website
Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.
Bins and recycling
Council tax
Planning and building
Housing
Roads and parking
Schools
Care, support and libraries
Councillors, voting and complaints
The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Carmarthenshire County Council. GOV.UK lists 25. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 9 pages had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else). We left those out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.
What broadband can you get in Carmarthenshire?
Across Carmarthenshire, 73% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 73% full fibre, Ofcom says.
For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How much is council tax in Carmarthenshire?
Band D for 2026‑27: £2,351 a year
Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band I is two and a third times it.
| Band | A year |
|---|---|
| Band A | £1,567 |
| Band B | £1,829 |
| Band C | £2,090 |
| Band D | £2,351 |
| Band E | £2,874 |
| Band F | £3,396 |
| Band G | £3,919 |
| Band H | £4,702 |
| Band I | £5,486 |
Band D is the average across the area, including police and community council charges, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.
Check one home's band on GOV.UKSource: Welsh Government (StatsWales), Composition of average band D council tax by billing authority, published 24 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcode districts with postcodes in Carmarthenshire
- SA4 postcode district91 of its 1,150 postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA9 postcode district33 of its 554 postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA14 postcode districtAll 886 of its postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA15 postcode districtAll 1,015 of its postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA16 postcode districtAll 261 of its postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA17 postcode districtAll 429 of its postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA18 postcode district653 of its 772 postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA19 postcode districtAll 826 of its postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA20 postcode districtAll 237 of its postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA31 postcode districtAll 580 of its postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA32 postcode districtAll 399 of its postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA33 postcode districtAll 642 of its postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA34 postcode district201 of its 232 postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA35 postcode district3 of its 42 postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA37 postcode district3 of its 59 postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA38 postcode district112 of its 189 postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA39 postcode district104 of its 117 postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA40 postcode district56 of its 107 postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA44 postcode district141 of its 668 postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA48 postcode district45 of its 378 postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA66 postcode district15 of its 164 postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
- SA67 postcode district1 of its 363 postcodes in use is in Carmarthenshire.
Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.
Its postcode area
Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Carmarthenshire.
Towns and villages
Is an address in Carmarthenshire?
A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.
All councils, A to ZWhat Carmarthenshire covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
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