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SA40

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Llanybydder, Glan-Duar and Dre-fach, in Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SA40 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In SA40, 65.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£208,500
444th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
2,461
310th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
65.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How SA40 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

SA40Middle
Median sale price49 postcode districts, SA · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SA49 areas from £140,000 to £440,000. The middle area is £225,000. SA40 is £208,500.
£208,50021st cheapest
Population52 postcode districts, SA · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SA52 areas from 256 to 51,694. The middle area is 10,195. SA40 is 2,461.
2,46111th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage52 postcode districts, SA · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SA52 areas from 13.7% to 98.5%. The middle area is 75.2%. SA40 is 65.9%.
65.9%22nd lowest
Claimant rate47 postcode districts, SA · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in SA47 areas from 1.7% to 5.2%. The middle area is 3.1%. SA40 is 3.7%.
3.7%joint 10th highest

Is SA40 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SA40 at a rate of 83.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 86.6 per 1,000 people across SA.

In August 2026 alone, 13 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SA40.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (74), violence and sexual offences (74) and other crime (27).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SA40 was 50.6 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in SA40, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SA40 has no single figure. Of its 2 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.

Neighbourhoods in SA40

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Carmarthenshire 001D1,18287.1 per 1,000486.2%
Ceredigion 008E1,74262.6 per 1,000544.5%

MPs for SA40

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

Postcode sectors in SA401

Councils SA40 covers2

Postcode districts next to SA404

More in the SA postcode area2

SA40 in brief

SA40 is a postcode district covering Llanybydder, Glan-Duar and Dre-fach, in Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.

About 2,508 people lived in SA40 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £208,500 in 2025 across 32 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 83.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SA40 was £208,500 in 2025.

SA40 had 2,461 usual residents at the census.

In SA40, 65.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In SA40, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.