Pontardawe
Middle areaNorth west Neath Port Talbot. 12,365 people in 52 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by ward
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
Under 60%98% or more
There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Pontardawe’s wards yet.
How Pontardawe compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
PontardaweMiddle
Median sale price18 middle areas, Neath Port Talbot · 2025
£211,5002nd highest
Population18 middle areas, Neath Port Talbot · 2021
12,4532nd highest
Gigabit broadband coverage18 middle areas, Neath Port Talbot · Jan 2026
87.3%6th lowest
Claimant rate18 middle areas, Neath Port Talbot · Aug 2026
2.7%5th lowest
Figures for the whole of Neath Port Talbot
These figures are published for the whole of Neath Port Talbot, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Neath Port Talbot and not Pontardawe alone. See Neath Port Talbot
Pontardawe in brief
The median price paid for a home in Pontardawe was £211,500 in 2025.
Pontardawe had 12,453 usual residents at the census.
In Pontardawe, 87.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Pontardawe, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.