SA5 5JH House Prices & Local Information

SA5 5JH is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood located 0.1km from Fforesthall in Swansea. Administratively it sits within Penderry ward and the Swansea East constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, SA5 5JH is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. The daytime character shifts — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. An average age of 33 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 89% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 24% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 50 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 SA5 5JH are sourced from Output Area W00004453 (shared with 8 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.