Alexandra
Suburb · 436 residents
47Fair
Fair · better than 1 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Food & drink scores 97, well above the typical 60
- 3 GP practices within a short walk
- Property market scores 74, well above the typical 60
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 20% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Safety scores 20, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Alexandra
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Alexandra a good place to live?
Alexandra scores 47/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for food & drink (97) and health (78).
It scores lowest on safety (20).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Alexandra in Wales, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Alexandra
Terraced rows dominate here, packed tightly enough that the population density runs well above the Welsh average — this is dense, inner-city Swansea living, not suburban sprawl despite the "suburb" label. The streets are narrow, the houses are old stock, and at a median age of 35.5 against a national figure of 43, you're looking at a younger, more transient population than most of Wales. It reads as a working city-centre neighbourhood rather than a place people retire to.
The practical picture is mixed in a way that rewards a close look rather than a glance. Swansea Rail Station gives you a proper city-centre commute without needing a car, and full fibre reaches over 80% of properties, so working from home here is more plausible than in plenty of smarter-looking postcodes. But this sits in the most deprived decile in Wales on both income and general deprivation, and the housing itself is cheap for a reason: a median sale price of £145,000, nearly a quarter below the already-modest Swansea average, with almost all of it freehold terraces changing hands well under the Welsh median. A "For Sale" board here is advertising an affordable freehold entry point, not a renovation project with upside — the type mix barely varies, and there's essentially no new-build activity to speak of.
Green space is the one area's grades don't paper over: a single plot of under a tenth of a hectare is the total public open space serving the whole population, which is thin even by dense urban standards, so this isn't a place built around a park-and-café weekend rhythm. What it does offer is health provision that grades among the best locally, and the overall character grades — housing, connectivity, environment — sit comfortably above the Welsh average. The one grade that breaks that pattern hard is safety, marked down to a C, and the crime figures explain why: violence and sexual offences make up nearly a third of all recorded incidents, well ahead of shoplifting and anti-social behaviour in second and third place. The safety trend is holding flat rather than improving, so this isn't a temporary spike to wait out.