Maple Drive Waunarlwydd, Swansea
11 addresses across 2 postcodes (SA5), about 140 m long, classed as a local access road. USRN 39101643.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Swansea cost £211,177 in August 2026 (+1.8% on a year); private rents averaged £853 a month.
- Flood: At least one postcode centre is in flood zone 2.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Alcoa Manuafacturing G B Limited, is 390 m away.
- Radon: Up to 5 to 10% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Parc Solar Caenewydd, is 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the B4295, carries 9,916 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Swansea costs £2,238 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 82% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Gowerton, about 870 m (0.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 600 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 18 to 22 m above sea level.
- Noise: 7 of its 11 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Estuary Group Practice, about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 240 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 94% of households owned their home and 19% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 17 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Swansea
A typical home in Swansea cost £211,177 in August 2026, 1.8% more than a year before. That is 21% more than five years earlier and 55% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £335,628 |
| Semi-detached | £216,411 |
| Terraced | £174,313 |
| Flat or maisonette | £112,603 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £182,295 |
Private renters in Swansea paid £853 a month on average in September 2026, 6% more than a year before. That is 42% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £689 |
| Two bedrooms | £798 |
| Three bedrooms | £898 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,276 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 9,076 kWh of it on average in 2024, 10% less than the district's 10,096 kWh, and 1,777 kWh of electricity, 35% less than the district's 2,749 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA5 4QR | 9 | 1,526 kWh | 11 | 6,173 kWh |
| SA5 4QH | 24 | 1,395 kWh | 24 | 7,513 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is SA5.
Council tax
What each band costs in Swansea in 2026-27: Band D £2,238 a year on average, including the police and community council charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,492 | £1,741 | £1,990 | £2,238 | £2,736 | £3,233 | £3,730 | £4,477 | £5,223 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (51% of about 730 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and green belt: Wales has no national record of these; the council's planning department holds them.
Energy projects nearby
3 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cockett Valley Swansea 2014/1837 | Solar farm | 4 MW | Operational Mar 2017 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Parc Solar Caenewydd Welsh Government (NSIP) CAS-01900-V0J7C7 | Solar farm | 42 MW | Being built May 2026 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Parc Solar Caenewydd Welsh Government (NSIP) CAS-01900-V0J7C7 | Battery storage | 46 MW | Being built May 2026 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
Street works permits come from the Department for Transport's Street Manager, which covers England only.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: of the 40 address points in this street's postcodes, 10 at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 4 at low risk. Each counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: 10 at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 4 at low risk. Surface water and small watercourses alone: 0 at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. The map allows for flood defences. Address points are every property record (UPRN) in the postcode, each counted if it is in an area or within 5 m of one (the maps stop at building walls); a few are not homes, such as garages, business units or caravan pitches. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences. Welsh zones include an allowance for climate change.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk |
|---|---|---|
| SA5 4QR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 |
| SA5 4QH | zone 2 | 10 / 4 / 4 |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes in this record, which covers the overflows reported to the Environment Agency: most of Wales's are reported to Natural Resources Wales instead.
Coal mining
2 of the street's 2 postcodes are in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 5 to 10%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 390 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoa Manuafacturing G B Limited P O Box 68, Waunarlwydd, Swansea | Not recorded | Inert, industrial | 390 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 11 addresses are between 18 m and 22 m above sea level (20 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA5 4QH | 100% | 91% | 82% | 0% |
| SA5 4QR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Gowerton 159,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
| Bynea 2,720 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) | |
| Swansea 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.2 km (3.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 26 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Derwen Close Waunarlwydd | 220 m |
| Bus or coach station | Gorseinon Bus Station Stand 1 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Swansea Queens Dock Ferry Terminal Swansea Ferry Terminal | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Car parks | Ffordd Beck Parking | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 54.8 km (34 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Estuary Group Practice | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Well | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Cefn Coed Hospital | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Police station | Gorseinon Police Station | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Cash machines | C K Food Stores, Waunarlwydd | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.0 ha | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 280 m² | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.2 ha | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,480 m² | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Mynydd Carn-Goch Roman Earthworks, a scheduled monument, 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mynydd Carn-Goch Roman Earthworks | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Roman Practice Camp on Stafford Common | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bishwell Common | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Cwm y Lladron | Valley | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Cwmllwyd Wood | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Allt-wen Wood | Wood | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Priors Meadow | Wood | 3 km (1.9 miles) south-west |
| Pwll Mawr | Lake or reservoir | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 6.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 11 |
7 of the street's 11 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Swansea: see them on the Swansea page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waunarlwydd Primary School English medium | Primary | 3–11 | 340 m | Estyn reports · My Local School | Not published in Wales |
| Gowerton Comprehensive School English medium | Secondary | 11–19 | 700 m (0.4 miles) | Estyn reports · My Local School | Not published in Wales |
| Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr Welsh medium | Secondary | 11–19 | 930 m (0.6 miles) | Estyn reports · My Local School | Not published in Wales |
| Ysgol Gymraeg Y Login Fach Welsh medium | Primary | 3–11 | 930 m (0.6 miles) | Estyn reports · My Local School | Not published in Wales |
| Gowerton Primary School English medium | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Estyn reports · My Local School | Not published in Wales |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld. Wales publishes no school results tables.
Nurseries and childcare
Ofsted registers childcare in England only. In Wales, nurseries, playgroups and childminders are registered and inspected by Care Inspectorate Wales, whose directory of services lists them with their reports.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorland SA5 4SQ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 180 m | 5 Very good | 11 Nov 2025 |
| Waunarlwydd Primary School SA5 4QS | School/college/university | 340 m | 5 Very good | 13 Mar 2025 |
| Waunarlwydd Wraparound (childcare) SA5 4QS | School/college/university | 340 m | 5 Very good | 13 Mar 2019 |
| The farmers Arms SA5 4SL | Pub/bar/nightclub | 340 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 11 Nov 2025 |
| That Italian Kitchen SA5 4SL | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 340 m | 5 Very good | 29 Nov 2025 |
| Dinu's Pizza SA5 4SL | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 340 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Bryn Road Service Station SA5 4RA | Retailers - other | 370 m | 4 Good | 10 Jan 2020 |
| Jak's Stores SA5 4SN | Retailers - other | 500 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 25 Jun 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 12 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Ash Grove (9); On or near Maple Drive (3); On or near Birch Grove (2); On or near Bryn Close (1); On or near Elm Close (1).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the B4295, with 9,916 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 180 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B4295 | Not recorded | 9,916 estimated; counted 2024 | 1% | 180 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 72 | 43 |
| Children under 15 | 2% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 69% | 21% |
Homes
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 94% | 66% |
| Owned outright | 86% | 38% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | under 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 4% | 17% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 24% | 54% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 66% | 25% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 6% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 12% | 26% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 67% | 61% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | under 1% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 3% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 8% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 76% | 60% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 11% | 10% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 19% | 32% |
| No qualifications | 37% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 6% |
| Main language English or Welsh (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 97% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | under 1% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 of 10 on the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of Wales's 1,917 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Oak Drive · Ash Grove · Birch Grove · Laurel Drive · Willow Close · Westfield Road · Bryn Close · Meadow Way · Willow Close · Derwen Close · Bishwell Road · Nant Gors-Fawr
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.