Ty-coch's streets are the kind where detached houses sit next to solid semis, hedges trimmed, cars parked neatly on the drive rather than the kerb. It reads as settled rather than showy — the sort of place people move to once and stay, not a stopover. That sense of permanence shows up in the numbers around it. The median age here is a little above the Welsh average, and the mix of property on the market — mostly detached and semi-detached homes, sold freehold, with barely any leasehold or new-build in the recent sales sample — points to family houses bought to keep rather than flip. A typical detached home here sells for well above the Welsh median for that type, and the overall median price sits comfortably ahead of both the national and regional figures, which puts Ty-coch among the better-off pockets of Swansea — a status backed up by an income and deprivation ranking that lands in the top fifth of Wales. Sketty Primary, a sizeable community school with nearly 500 pupils, anchors the area's family feel, though school performance here is the one grade that undercuts the picture — a C+ against a run of B's and B+'s elsewhere, worth asking neighbours about if education is a priority. Green space is limited rather than absent — three plots covering just over three hectares, enough for a dog walk or a kickabout but not sprawling parkland — and the housing density (a touch above both the Welsh average and the national one) tells you this is suburb, not village. Broadband is a strength most people won't think to check until they need it: over four in five properties have full-fibre access, which matters if you're working from home. Crime overall sits well above the Swansea-wide rate, and violence and sexual offences make up nearly half of recorded incidents — a figure that deserves attention even allowing for the fact that a single dominant category can skew the total; criminal damage, public order and shoplifting make up most of the rest, with burglary and vehicle crime a smaller share than you might expect for a suburb this settled. It suits people who want a house with a drive and a garden, plan to stay a while, and don't mind trading a wider choice of parks and school options for fibre broadband and relative affluence. Anyone weighing it up should look past the headline safety grade and read the crime breakdown itself before deciding whether that trade-off sits comfortably.