United Kingdom · Wales · Local Authority
Swansea
Local Authority · Wales · population ~247k
Affordable to buy, but expensive to rent. Swansea's median house price is 5.3 times median annual pay, below the Welsh median, and its median weekly earnings are slightly above the Welsh average at £718.80. However, monthly rent eats up 26.7% of gross median earnings, a higher proportion than most of Wales. Council tax is slightly below the Welsh median at £2,238. Recorded crime is marginally higher than the Welsh average, at 76.4 per 1,000. This suits those prioritising home ownership over rental costs.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Swansea ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£37,378/yr
Low
Worse than 71% of UK LAs
House price
£197,000
Most affordable
Better than 81% of UK LAs
Rent
£833/mo
Affordable
Better than 68% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,238/yr
Cheapest
Better than 89% of UK LAs
Crime
76.4/1k
Mid
Worse than 57% of UK LAs
Deprivation
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no data
Schools
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no data
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools data
School quality is published by the Estyn regulator, which uses a methodology distinct from England's Ofsted. We don't synthesise a Wales schools list here — for current ratings of schools in Swansea, see the official Estyn site.
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