# SA12 9UW: area report for a postcode in Neath Port Talbot

SA12 9UW is a postcode in Neath Port Talbot.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Neath Port Talbot. Open the map at SA12 9UW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) › [SA12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa12) › [SA12 9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa12-9)

## Around this postcode

- **3 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 25% on July. Neath Port Talbot 014E: 48 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-3.7351,51.6524,SA129UW
- **Neath, 5.1 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-3.7351,51.6524,SA129UW
- **No schools within 800 m**: None found within 1.6 km. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-3.7351,51.6524,SA129UW
- **Outside flood zones**: Nearest zone is 70 m south. (Outline) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-zones?around=-3.7351,51.6524,SA129UW
- **Wales’s most deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Neath Port Talbot 014E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-wales?around=-3.7351,51.6524,SA129UW
- **£165,787 average price**: For the whole of Neath Port Talbot, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-3.7351,51.6524,SA129UW
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: None found within 2 km. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-3.7351,51.6524,SA129UW
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: None found within 2 km. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-3.7351,51.6524,SA129UW
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SA12 9UW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-3.7351,51.6524,SA129UW
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 4 of 6**: 5% to 10% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-3.7351,51.6524,SA129UW
- **2.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-3.7351,51.6524,SA129UW

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| February 2025 | £295,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| December 2025 | £100,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 180 m |
| April 2026 | £143,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 260 m |
| January 2026 | £80,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 310 m |
| May 2025 | £105,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 360 m |
| May 2023 | £130,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 450 m |
| October 2025 | £100,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 550 m |

## Within 1 km

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £165,787** (August 2026). Neath Port Talbot’s average house price was £165,787 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 2.0% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,359** (2025). Full-time workers living in Neath Port Talbot earned a median of £36,359 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 105th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 4.6×** (2025). A home in Neath Port Talbot costs 4.6 times local full-time pay. Joint 28th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Population estimate: 142,028** (2025). Neath Port Talbot’s population was an estimated 142,028 in mid-2025 (ONS population estimates). Down 0.4% in a year. Source: Mid-year population estimates, 2025. Published 1 October 2026.

## Neath Port Talbot 014E (Neighbourhood)

- **Median sale price: £117,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Neath Port Talbot 014E was £117,500 in 2025. Joint 778th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,156** (2021). Neath Port Talbot 014E had 1,156 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 12,030th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 66.4%** (January 2026). In Neath Port Talbot 014E, 66.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.
- **Claimant rate: 3.5%** (August 2026). In Neath Port Talbot 014E, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## SA12 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £162,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SA12 was £162,000 in 2025. Joint 163rd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 32,698** (2021). SA12 had 32,698 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 765th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 39%** (2022). About 39% of people in SA12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.0%** (January 2026). In SA12, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot)
- Centre: 51.6524, -3.7351

Council: [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) (Welsh council, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Aberafan Maesteg](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/aberafan-maesteg): Stephen Kinnock (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood zones](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-zones) (Outline)
- [Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-wales), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-3.7351,51.6524,SA129UW

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa12-9uw