LABURNUM PLACE, SA2 8HT House Prices & Local Information

SA2 8HT is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Laburnum Place, 0.1km from Pen-yr-Heol in Swansea. Administratively it sits within Sketty ward and the Swansea West constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, SA2 8HT is a popular retirement area with older residents and low crime. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a teachers and carers in metro suburbs zone — ethnically mixed workforce primarily in care and education. Residents here average 56 years — a mature, stable demographic with deep roots in the area and very low property turnover. 34% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 21% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 25 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £121k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the 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 SA2 8HT are sourced from Output Area W00004559 (shared with 7 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.