Buying a home in SA8, Swansea. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£203kmost £160k–£256k

Houses per m²£2,506flats £1,728

Sold last year75627 in five years

Prices in Neath Port Talbot+2.8%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in SA8 sold for £202,505 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £160,000 and £255,619, for about 88 m² of space. That is 4% less than the same home across Swansea (£211,000).

75 homes sold here in the last year: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month. Flats start at around £82k for two bedrooms. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in SA8 4 (£2,290) and the most in SA8 3 (£2,783).

Across Neath Port Talbot, prices are up 2.8% on a year ago and up 30.3% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £727 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £923 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £41,000 for that mortgage: what £45,000 buys.

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House prices in SA8 by bedrooms

Bedrooms	Typical price	Most sell for	Size	Sold, 5 years
1	£193,561	£119k–£260k	85 m²	7
2	£166,981	£141k–£198k	68 m²	157
3	£202,505	£160k–£256k	88 m²	288
4	£253,547	£204k–£324k	107 m²	91
5+	£344,304	£245k–£390k	141 m²	79

Prices by type of home

	1 bed	2 bed	3 bed	4 bed	5+ bed
Houses	£194k	£167k	£203k	£254k	£344k
Detached	—	£214k	£265k	£306k	£360k
Semi-detached	—	£161k	£181k	£205k	£236k
Terraced	—	£145k	£152k	£157k	—
Flats	—	£82k	—	—	—

Typical sale price over the last five years, adjusted to today's prices with the UK House Price Index.

Price per m² across SA8

Postcode sector	Houses	Flats
SA8 3	£2,783	—
SA8 4	£2,290	£1,753

Nearby areas

SA10 Neath · 5 km3-bed house £192k SA7 Swansea · 7 km3-bed house £206k SA6 Swansea · 7 km3-bed house £177k SA11 Neath · 8 km3-bed house £152k SA9 Swansea · 9 km3-bed house £171k SA18 Ammanford · 11 km3-bed house £180k SA5 Swansea · 12 km3-bed house £168k SA1 Swansea · 12 km3-bed house £152k

Questions about SA8

Is SA8 a good area to buy a home?

What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs 4% less than across Swansea; prices in Neath Port Talbot are up 2.8% on a year ago; 75 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.

How much is a 3-bedroom house in SA8?

A typical 3-bedroom house in SA8 sold for £202,505 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £160,000 and £255,619.

Is SA8 expensive for Swansea?

A 3-bedroom house in SA8 costs 4% less than the typical 3-bedroom house across Swansea (£211,000).

How many homes sell in SA8 each year?

75 homes sold in the last year and 627 in five years: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month.

Where is cheaper near SA8?

For a 3-bedroom house, SA6 (£177k, 7 km), SA11 (£152k, 8 km), SA9 (£171k, 9 km).

Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.