WATER STREET, LL57 1BT House Prices & Local Information

LL57 1BT is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Water Street, 0.2km from Penlon Gardens in Bangor. Administratively it sits within Dwyrain Bangor ward and the Arfon constituency.

For renters and young professionals, LL57 1BT offers a diverse suburb with younger adults and first-time buyers, good starter homes. By day, the area transitions to a rural with mining or quarrying character: includes some mining and quarrying and other industrial activity. With residents averaging 34 years old, this is a classic professional renter's neighbourhood — energetic, sociable, and career-focused. 45% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 109 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. Property: With prices averaging £113k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, down 5.2% year-on-year. 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 LL57 1BT are sourced from Output Area W00000397 (shared with 8 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.