Goppa Hill
Suburb · 226 residents
62Good
Good · better than 6 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
- Schools scores 80, well above the typical 60
- Affordability scores 70, well above the typical 60
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Road noise reaches 43% of the area
- Health scores 27, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Goppa Hill
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Goppa Hill a good place to live?
Goppa Hill scores 62/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for schools (80) and affordability (70).
It scores lowest on health (27).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Goppa Hill in Wales, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Goppa Hill
Semi-detached houses line the streets here, the kind of settled, low-turnover property you'd expect above a small town rather than inside one — Goppa Hill has the feel of a residential shelf overlooking Pontarddulais, quiet enough that you notice a car door closing.
The numbers back up that impression of stability. This is a freehold area almost without exception, dominated by semi-detached homes selling around the £220,000 mark — a touch above both the Welsh average and, more tellingly, about 15% above typical prices in Swansea itself, the city this suburb sits under. Combined with a decile-8 ranking on the Welsh deprivation index — comfortably among the less deprived half of Wales — this reads as a place that has quietly done fine for itself without ever needing to shout about it. Schooling runs through Pontarddulais Primary and Pontarddulais Comprehensive, both sizeable community schools; Wales doesn't run the Ofsted system, so you won't find a headline grade here, but the presence of a full through-route from primary to comprehensive is exactly what keeps a family from having to think about moving twice. There's no rail station in the picture, so this is a driving suburb rather than a commuting one — worth knowing before you commit to a daily trip anywhere beyond Pontarddulais or Swansea.
Green space and eating out aren't itemised in detail for Goppa Hill, so it's hard to paint the Saturday scene with much colour — what you can say is that the population density sits at under 500 people per square kilometre, against a Welsh average nearer 2,500, which tells you this is a spread-out, garden-and-driveway sort of suburb rather than a terraced grid. Health is graded only a C+, the one soft spot against an otherwise consistent run of B and B+ grades across affordability, housing, connectivity and environment — worth a question if ongoing medical access matters to you, since it doesn't match the otherwise settled character of the place. Broadband is solid, with full-fibre reaching most premises, so working from that home office is a realistic option even without a station nearby.