Listz area intelligence · Wales

Swansea

A data-led view of living in Swansea, bringing property, population, work, crime, energy and local services together in one place.

249,429Population (2025)
£156,000Median terraced price (2025)
65.6%Employment rate
69Median EPC score

Population

Age profile

35,603Aged 5–17
26,885Aged 18–24
157,011Aged 16–64
51,706Aged 65+

Population history

YearTotalAge 65+Age 80+
2021237,89749,23113,574
2022242,78649,73113,692
2023248,79550,40213,944
2024250,59451,06314,326
2025249,42951,70614,709

Property and affordability

Property typeMedian priceSalesFive-year growthPrice/earnings
Detached£345,000837+38.0%9.2×
Semi-detached£210,000991+34.2%5.6×
Terraced£156,000949+26.1%4.2×
Flats and maisonettes£133,000227+8.1%3.6×

Affordability comparisons require at least 100 recorded sales for the property type. A missing ratio does not mean housing is free or unaffordable; it means the sample was insufficient.

Employment and earnings

Labour market

65.6%Employment rate
10.0%Unemployment rate
27.1%Economic inactivity
3.4%Claimant Count rate

Median weekly earnings

£718.80Resident basis
£709.70Workplace basis

Recorded crime

MeasureRate per 1,000Previous rateCount
Anti-social behaviour11.812.12,932
Burglary1.72.1432
Criminal damage and arson6.77.31,682
Overall recorded street-level crime77.380.319,274
Robbery0.40.3111
Shoplifting7.910.71,969
Vehicle crime3.23.9806
Violence and sexual offences34.333.58,548

Police.uk street-level recorded crime. These figures do not capture every offence or directly measure an individual's risk.

Home energy efficiency

Home typeEPCsMedian scoreRated A–CRated E–GImprovement
All homes48,3016952.0%11.0%14 points
Bungalows2,9556532.6%20.7%19 points
Flats11,9727475.5%5.2%3 points
Houses32,4986744.6%12.4%16 points
Maisonettes8767270.2%5.9%4 points

EPC records describe assessed properties rather than every home and do not directly measure energy bills.

Schools, healthcare and care

Schools

98Not applicable schools

0 schools have a current Ofsted report card.

Healthcare locations

Not currently covered for Wales

Older-adult care

CQC care-location coverage is currently available for England only.

What this profile can answer

Use this page to compare the area's housing market, population, work indicators, energy efficiency and service availability. Individual streets and neighbourhoods can differ substantially from council-wide figures.

Sources and limitations

  • Missing datasets are returned as empty arrays and identified by availability flags.
  • Affordability eligibility requires at least 100 sales for the property type.
  • Crime data is street-level recorded crime and is unavailable for Greater Manchester.
  • School, healthcare and care-location sections currently cover England only.
  • Location counts measure registered locations, not service quality, capacity or cost.

Sources include HM Land Registry, ONS and Nomis, Police.uk, MHCLG EPC records, Department for Education, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission. Data is mapped to the current local-authority geography used by Listz.