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Swansea

Welsh council

South west Wales. 249,429 people in 378 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

34 of Swansea’s 150 neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 20%.

Average house price
£205,383
Down 0.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,586
111th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.6×
Joint 65th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
249,429
Down 0.5% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025

How Swansea compares

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

SwanseaMiddle
Average house price360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
Average house price: every council in UK360 areas from £115,401 to £1,232,640. The middle area is £272,474. Swansea is £205,383.
£205,38381st cheapest
Annual price change360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
Annual price change: every council in UK360 areas from −20.7% to 12.8%. The middle area is 2.3%. Swansea is −0.2%.
−0.2%joint 92nd weakest
Median full-time pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
Median full-time pay: every council in Great Britain348 areas from £29,805 to £57,396. The middle area is £38,490. Swansea is £36,586.
£36,586111th lowest paid
House price to pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
House price to pay: every council in Great Britain348 areas from 3.1× to 23.4×. The middle area is 7.3×. Swansea is 5.6×.
5.6×joint 65th most affordable
Population estimate361 areas, UK · 2025
Population estimate: every council in UK361 areas from 2,299 to 1,176,960. The middle area is 148,772. Swansea is 249,429.
249,42986th most populated
Annual population change361 areas, UK · 2025
Annual population change: every council in UK361 areas from −3.5% to 2.4%. The middle area is 0.4%. Swansea is −0.5%.
−0.5%joint 31st slowest growing

Every council ranked: average house price, annual price change, median full-time pay, house price to pay, population estimate and annual population change.

House prices since 2000

Monthly average house price, smoothed. Swansea’s is 3.9 times its 2000 level, slower than Wales’s.

House prices since 2000Average house price each month for Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, January 2000 to July 2026. Source: UK House Price Index.
House prices since 2000
MonthSwanseaWalesUnited Kingdom
Jan 2000£52,918£49,286£77,950
Jan 2001£52,261£51,586£85,794
Jan 2002£57,198£58,447£89,928
Jan 2003£69,013£73,663£114,996
Jan 2004£91,440£93,655£126,179
Jan 2005£109,227£117,235£138,759
Jan 2006£125,648£123,010£147,360
Jan 2007£137,805£132,332£162,825
Jan 2008£149,858£138,585£171,137
Jan 2009£136,159£118,377£144,840
Jan 2010£125,213£120,944£154,268
Jan 2011£122,120£120,980£154,113
Jan 2012£122,182£120,342£152,831
Jan 2013£124,463£120,804£154,495
Jan 2014£126,930£124,609£164,137
Jan 2015£128,592£128,912£175,636
Jan 2016£132,419£132,574£189,268
Jan 2017£135,952£138,614£198,276
Jan 2018£140,463£144,990£206,844
Jan 2019£144,542£150,122£210,317
Jan 2020£149,642£154,532£213,657
Jan 2021£162,989£169,842£228,417
Jan 2022£182,257£191,552£248,031
Jan 2023£194,506£201,853£260,941
Jan 2024£192,253£197,808£255,972
Jan 2025£195,867£206,010£264,936
Jan 2026£206,762£211,046£268,862
Jul 2026£205,383£215,037£272,611

Wards in Swansea32

Middle areas in Swansea30

Constituencies mostly in Swansea2

Towns in Swansea3

Postcodes in Swansea1

Neighbourhoods in Swansea150
Swansea in brief

Swansea’s average house price was £205,383 in July 2026.

Full-time workers living in Swansea earned a median of £36,586 in 2025.

A home in Swansea costs 5.6 times local full-time pay.

Swansea’s population was an estimated 249,429 in mid-2025.