Llewitha Bridge
Suburb · 1,251 residents
52Fair
Fair · better than 2 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
- Environment scores 74, well above the typical 60
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 13% 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
- Health scores 33, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Llewitha Bridge
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Llewitha Bridge a good place to live?
Llewitha Bridge scores 52/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (74).
It scores lowest on health (33) and schools (36).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Llewitha Bridge in Wales, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Llewitha Bridge
Semi-detached houses dominate here, pebble-dashed and privately owned, with the odd terrace breaking up the streets near the centre — this is a settled, owner-occupied corner of Swansea rather than a rental turnover zone, and the freehold board outside most houses tells you people tend to buy and stay.
The practical picture is mixed in a way that rewards a close look rather than a glance at one grade. Penllergaer Primary School serves the area as the visible community school, a solid 348-pupil presence, though Wales's Estyn system means you won't find an Ofsted-style rating to lean on, and the area's own schools grade sits at a C+ — worth a visit before you commit rather than a number to trust blind. Twelve transport stops keep local buses ticking over, and connectivity is genuinely strong, with 80% full-fibre coverage putting home broadband well ahead of a lot of places this size. Housing is where it gets interesting: the median sale price of £227,500 runs about 18% above the wider Swansea figure, semi-detached homes here actually outselling their type nationally (£222,500 against £210,000 across Wales), while detached houses sell for less locally than the Welsh average — a place where the middle of the market is doing better than the top of it.
Green space is thin rather than absent — four small pockets rather than a proper park to anchor a Saturday, so weekend life here leans more on what's close to hand than on a big open space to walk the dog in. Health provision is the one grade that sits below the pattern set by everything around it — a C+ against a run of B-plusses elsewhere on affordability, housing, connectivity and safety — worth checking GP registration waits before you move rather than assuming it matches the rest of the profile. Median age of just under 41 and a population density well below the Welsh average point to a settled, unhurried suburb rather than a young, transient one — more people who've been here a decade than people passing through.