SMITHFIELD STREET, LL40 1BS House Prices & Local Information

LL40 1BS is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Smithfield Street, 0.7km from Wenallt in Dolgellau. Administratively it sits within Gogledd Dolgellau ward and the Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency.

This is a well-established rental postcode — a neighbourhood with pockets of retirees, often in communal or managed housing. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a market squares zone — traditional retail areas with professional services and self-employed, often in market towns and higher status areas. This is a stable, socially diverse area (average age 44) — accessible for a wide range of households, from young families to empty nesters. 52% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 55 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for LL40 1BS are sourced from Output Area W00000345 (shared with 35 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.