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SA5 8LA lies on Carmarthen Road in Cwmdu, Swansea. SA5 8LA is located in the Cwmbwrla electoral ward, within the unitary authority of Swansea and the Welsh Parliamentary constituency of Swansea East. The Local Health Board is Swansea Bay University and the police force is South Wales. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is SA5 8LA?

Street	Carmarthen Road
Locality	Cwmdu
Town/City	Swansea
Country	Wales
Postcode District	SA5

SA5 8LA Elevation

Elevation or altitude of SA5 8LA as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	80m	262ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	Cwmbwrla
Constituency	Swansea East

Transport

Nearest bus stops to SA5 8LA

Mecca (Carmarthen Road)	Cwmdu	127m
Gwylym Street (Gwilym Street)	Cwmdu	144m
Mecca (Carmarthen Road)	Cwmdu	210m
Torrington Road (Middle Road)	Cwmdu	234m
Beattie Street (Middle Road)	Cwmdu	243m

Nearest railway stations to SA5 8LA

Swansea Station

1.8km

Broadband

Broadband access in SA5 8LA (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in SA5 8LA (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	74.0Mbps
Average download speed	90.0Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	10.0Mbps
Average upload speed	10.2Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in SA5 8LA (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

SA5 8LA gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in SA5 8LA by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	434,773
Meter count	32
Mean (kWh/meter)	13,587
Median (kWh/meter)	12,373

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	114,863
Meter count	32
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,589
Median (kWh/meter)	3,190

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in SA5 8LA, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in SA5 8LA.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

63% of Welsh postcodes are less deprived than SA5 8LA:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to SA5 8LA (metres)

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Nearest post box to SA5 8LA

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Cwmdu P O	17:45	13:00	203m
Babell (Carmarthen Rd)	17:45	11:30	282m
St. Johns Road	18:15	13:00	657m

SA5 8LA ITL and SA5 8LA LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for SA5 8LA:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLL	Wales
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLL1	West Wales and The Valleys
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLL18	Swansea
LAU 1 Code	Name
W06000011	Swansea

SA5 8LA census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for SA5 8LA:

	Code	Name
OA	W00004108
LSOA	W01000764	Swansea 015B
MSOA	W02000182	Swansea 015

Nearest postcodes to SA5 8LA

SA5 8LE	Megan Street	57m
SA5 8LH	Clos Burlais	96m
SA5 8HB	Alice Street	119m
SA5 8LL	Carmarthen Road	137m
SA5 8EU	Vicarage Lane	157m
SA5 8HA	Phyllis Street	158m
SA5 8HD	Gwylym Street	168m
SA5 8JY	Cave Street	182m
SA5 8JX	Carmarthen Road	191m
SA5 8EZ	Middle Road	203m