Penllergaer
Penllergaer is covered by postcode districts SA4 and SA5. It is in the Swansea council area, Wales.
Every postcode in Penllergaer, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 11
- In use before 2020: 94
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 105 postcodes in Penllergaer that ONS places, 11 are new since 2020 and 94 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 220 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.6703, longitude -4.0058. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SA4 5EH, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Penllergaer?
Homes sold for a typical £255,500 in the 12 months to August 2026. At 70 of the 89 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Ty'r Felin Surgery, 2.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Gowerton, 3.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
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Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Welsh Government, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Penllergaer?
Homes in Penllergaer sold for a typical £255,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 39 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £275,000 from 56 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £317,000 14 sales
- Semi-detached £257,750 16 sales
- Terraced £186,500 8 sales
- Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole SA4 district, Penllergaer's main postcode district: a typical £220,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Penllergaer: 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 Penllergaer?
11 of the 105 postcodes now in use in Penllergaer came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 56 homes sold in Penllergaer were newly built (13%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SA4 district, 13%.
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
| Period | In Penllergaer | Across the SA4 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 39 (0%) | 17 of 529 (3%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 7 of 56 (13%) | 98 of 742 (13%) |
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 Penllergaer?
Ofcom reports on 89 of the 105 postcodes in Penllergaer. At 70 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Penllergaer?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Penllergaer. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Source: Welsh Government, maintained schools on DataMap Wales, read 27 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its page on My Local School. How we use it
How far is the station from Penllergaer?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Penllergaer is Gowerton Rail Station, 3.2 km away in a straight line.
- Gowerton Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
- Llangennech Rail Station Railway station 5.5 kmDrive
- Pontarddulais Rail Station Railway station 5.9 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 Penllergaer?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Penllergaer. 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.
- Ty'r Felin Surgery Phone 01792 898844 2.2 kmCycle
- Princess Street Surgery Phone 01792 895681 2.7 kmCycle
- Cheriton Medical Centre Phone 01792 561122 3.3 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Penllergaer safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 166 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Penllergaer 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
- 12 September 2025
- 14 October 2025
- 14 November 2025
- 15 December 2025
- 9 January 2026
- 14 February 2026
- 14 March 2026
- 10 April 2026
- 17 May 2026
- 14 June 2026
- 14 July 2026
- 19 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 4, shoplifting 2, robbery 1, possession of weapons 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.
Crime around one postcodeSource: 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 Penllergaer?
- Council
- Swansea
- Parliamentary constituency
- Gower
- Police force area
- South Wales
- Country
- Wales
- MP
- Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour)
All 105 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, read 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Penllergaer
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Swansea about council tax Council tax, on swansea.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Penllergaer postcodes
105 postcodes in use in Penllergaer, by district:
Those districts are all in the SA postcode area.
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Places near Penllergaer
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Penllergaer's £255,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Penllergaer
- What is the postcode for Penllergaer?
- Postcode districts SA4 and SA5, with 105 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Penllergaer in?
- Swansea. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Penllergaer?
- Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour), for Gower. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Penllergaer?
- A typical £255,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, from 39 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Penllergaer?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Penllergaer Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Penyrheol Comprehensive School, 2.5 km away. Source: Welsh Government.
- Does Penllergaer have a railway station?
- The nearest is Gowerton station, 3.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Penllergaer?
- Ofcom reports on 89 of the 105 postcodes in Penllergaer. At 70 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom.
- Are new homes being built in Penllergaer?
- 11 of the 105 postcodes now in use in Penllergaer came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 56 homes sold in Penllergaer were newly built (13%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SA4 district, 13%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
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