CASTLE STREET, SA10 6BY House Prices & Local Information

SA10 6BY is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Castle Street, 0.1km from Pentreffynnon in Neath. Administratively it sits within Coedffranc Central ward and the Aberavon constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, SA10 6BY is a mature area with an older, predominantly retired population. By day, the area transitions to a non-metropolitan suburban areas character: white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. An average age of 44 puts this squarely in mixed-family territory — professional couples, school-age children households, and established residents all sharing the streets. 28% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 26 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £211k, down 10.5% 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 SA10 6BY are sourced from Output Area W00004862 (shared with 13 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.