# SA18 1YR: area report for a postcode in Carmarthenshire

SA18 1YR is a postcode in Carmarthenshire.

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 Carmarthenshire. Open the map at SA18 1YR for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire) › [SA18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa18) › [SA18 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa18-1)

## Around this postcode

- **2 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 50% on July. Carmarthenshire 010A: 116 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-3.8968,51.7964,SA181YR
- **Ammanford, 6.9 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-3.8968,51.7964,SA181YR
- **No schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 1.1 km away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-3.8968,51.7964,SA181YR
- **Outside flood zones**: Nearest zone is 300 m east. (Outline) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-zones?around=-3.8968,51.7964,SA181YR
- **Wales’s most deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Carmarthenshire 010A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-wales?around=-3.8968,51.7964,SA181YR
- **£199,025 average price**: For the whole of Carmarthenshire, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-3.8968,51.7964,SA181YR
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 890 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-3.8968,51.7964,SA181YR
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.1 km away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-3.8968,51.7964,SA181YR
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SA18 1YR**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-3.8968,51.7964,SA181YR
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% 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=-3.8968,51.7964,SA181YR
- **3.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-3.8968,51.7964,SA181YR

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Y BEDOL](https://openindex.co.uk/school/y-bedol-w6692388) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Ofsted inspects schools in England only | – |
| [YGG Gwaun Cae Gurwen](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ygg-gwaun-cae-gurwen-w6712149) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Ofsted inspects schools in England only | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2025 | £144,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| May 2026 | £262,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 380 m |
| August 2025 | £141,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 380 m |
| March 2024 | £66,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 450 m |
| April 2026 | £180,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 490 m |
| June 2026 | £125,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 550 m |
| September 2025 | £192,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 560 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: AMMAN TAWE PARTNERSHIP (890 m)
- Pharmacies: GARNANT PHARMACY (810 m); GCG PHARMACY (890 m)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £199,025** (July 2026). Carmarthenshire’s average house price was £199,025 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 6.0% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £37,405** (2025). Full-time workers living in Carmarthenshire earned a median of £37,405 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 138th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.3×** (2025). A home in Carmarthenshire costs 5.3 times local full-time pay. Joint 54th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Population estimate: 190,037** (2025). Carmarthenshire’s population was an estimated 190,037 in mid-2025 (ONS population estimates). Down 0.2% in a year. Source: Mid-year population estimates, 2025. Published 1 October 2026.

## Carmarthenshire 010A (Neighbourhood)

- **Median sale price: £144,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Carmarthenshire 010A was £144,000 in 2025. Joint 2,068th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,049** (2021). Carmarthenshire 010A had 2,049 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 4,564th most 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: 88.6%** (January 2026). In Carmarthenshire 010A, 88.6% 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: 5.3%** (August 2026). In Carmarthenshire 010A, 5.3% 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.

## SA18 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £182,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SA18 was £182,750 in 2025. 270th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 29,980** (2021). SA18 had 29,980 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 927th 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: 29%** (2022). About 29% of people in SA18 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: 83.4%** (January 2026). In SA18, 83.4% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire)
- Centre: 51.7964, -3.8968

Council: [Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire) (Welsh council, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Caerfyrddin](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/caerfyrddin): Ann Davies (Plaid Cymru), 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), July 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=-3.8968,51.7964,SA181YR

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa18-1yr.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa18-1yr