DARWIN ROAD, SA12 6BR House Prices & Local Information

SA12 6BR is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Darwin Road, 0.8km from Aberavon in Port Talbot. Administratively it sits within Sandfields East ward and the Aberavon constituency.

This is a strong family neighbourhood — a spacious suburb popular with older working households approaching retirement. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a non-metropolitan suburban areas zone — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. Residents average 45 years old — this is a settled, predominantly owner-occupied area with a stable, community-minded population. 90% of properties are owner-occupied — a strong indicator of neighbourhood stability and long-term community investment.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 29 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £225k. 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 SA12 6BR are sourced from Output Area W00009940 (shared with 2 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.