CASTLE STREET, SA1 1HY House Prices & Local Information

SA1 1HY is an up-and-coming urban area on Castle Street, 0.1km from Strand in Swansea. Administratively it sits within Castle ward and the Swansea West constituency.

This is a well-established rental postcode — a young professional neighbourhood — career-focused, mobile, mostly renting. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a public administration and security zone — public administration and security with mainly white workforces. The 31 average age reflects a thriving young professional community — a good mix of renters and first-time buyers, with strong employment rates. 88% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants. The area has a notably diverse population — 35% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Swansea.

Safety: Crime rates are high (580 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. 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 SA1 1HY are sourced from Output Area W00010255 (shared with 4 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.