Bishopston

What is it like to live in Bishopston?

Homes sold for a typical £327,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.4% on the 12 months before. At 43 of the 73 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The nearest GP practice is The Mumbles Medical Practice, 2.9 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Gowerton, 7.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Bishopston?

Homes in Bishopston sold for a typical £327,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 33 sales, down 6.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

• Detached £465,000 13 sales
• Semi-detached £338,750 10 sales
• Terraced 2 sales, too few to price
• Flat or maisonette £100,000 8 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole SA3 district, Bishopston's main postcode district: a typical £360,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bishopston: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Bishopston?

1 of the 73 postcodes now in use in Bishopston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 58 homes sold in Bishopston were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SA3 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Bishopston?

Ofcom reports on 73 of the 73 postcodes in Bishopston. At 43 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. 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 far is the station from Bishopston?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bishopston is Gowerton Rail Station, 7.6 km away in a straight line.

• Gowerton Rail Station Railway station 7.6 kmDrive
• Swansea Rail Station Railway station 8.8 kmDrive
• Bynea Rail Station Railway station 10.8 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Bishopston?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Bishopston. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

• The Mumbles Medical Practice Phone 01792 403010 2.9 kmCycle
• Kings Road Surgery Phone 01792 360933 3.1 kmCycle
• University Health Centre Phone 01792 295321 5.6 kmDrive

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Bishopston safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 97 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bishopston over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Also: drugs 2, other crime 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Bishopston?

Council

Swansea

Parliamentary constituency

Gower

Police force area

South Wales

Country

Wales

MP

Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour)

All 73 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources