Neighbourhood · Neath Port Talbot
Skewen & Jersey Marine: house prices and how the area is changing
Official figures for the Skewen & Jersey Marine neighbourhood of Neath Port Talbot, Wales (ONS area Neath Port Talbot 010). Headline figures assembled 3 October 2026. Additional local information checked 13 October 2026. Postcodes SA1, SA10. Figures that read a point use the neighbourhood's centre, near SA10 6YR.
A middle-income neighbourhood, showing some signs of gentrification
Skewen & Jersey Marine is a middle-income neighbourhood; it shows some signs of gentrification against Neath Port Talbot (3 of 18 signals rising, 1 falling). Houses here typically resell for £172,500 (median resale price, 2023-2025). Recorded crime is lower than across Neath Port Talbot (0.8 times the borough's rate) and the nearest station, Skewen, is about a 12-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre.
The neighbourhood in brief, from the figures on this page. Summary updated 13 October 2026; source dates are shown below.
Typical house price
£172,500
Median resale price of houses in the neighbourhood, 2023-2025; +36% against 2017-2019.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Affluence today
Middle income
How well off the neighbourhood is now, from household income, home prices and deprivation.
Source: ONS, HM Land Registry, MHCLG Indices of Deprivation
Signs of gentrification
Some signs
Weighted balance +0.13; 3 of 18 signals up, 1 down, against the borough.
Source: Official statistics on prices, incomes, benefits, businesses, schools and more (a full report shows every signal)
Average household income
£46,600
ONS estimate for the neighbourhood (modelled, with a margin of error).
Source: Office for National Statistics
Recorded crime
0.8 times the borough's rate
Crimes recorded by the police over 12 months (not anti-social behaviour) per resident, against the borough. Crime per resident can overstate the risk in busy centres where many people work or visit.
Source: Police.uk
Where Skewen & Jersey Marine sits in Neath Port Talbot
- Typical house price: 6th highest of 18 neighbourhoods in Neath Port Talbot
- Average household income: 3rd highest of 18 neighbourhoods in Neath Port Talbot
Ranked among the council's neighbourhoods by the figures on each one's own page, checked 13 October 2026: typical prices are HM Land Registry resale medians over the latest three-year window, household income the ONS's modelled estimate, with a margin of error, so neighbourhoods a place or two apart may not really differ.
Prices over time in Skewen & Jersey Marine
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, held locally and checked 13 October 2026. Medians each year, not a valuation of any home.
How the area is changing, signal by signal
3 of 18 counted signals point towards rising affluence against Neath Port Talbot, 1 the other way and 14 in line. A reading of official statistics against the borough, not a prediction; a full report shows every signal's figures and weight. Where this reading sits among every neighbourhood in England and Wales: the gentrification league table.
Rising against the borough
- Single-person households under 65
- Air quality
- Borough against the region
Falling behind the borough
- Anti-social behaviour
Stations nearby
Nearest station
- Skewen Railway station, about a 12-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre (940 m in a straight line). About 1.5 trains an hour leave between 07:00 and 19:00 on a weekday: Transport for Wales to Cardiff Central (about 60 min) and Pembroke Dock (about 143 min).
Station locations: NaPTAN (Department for Transport). Trains: Network Rail's timetable for Tuesday 6 October 2026, with the timetabled minutes of direct trains; timetabled, not live running. Distances from the neighbourhood's centre in a straight line, walked at 4.8 km/h; the real route is longer.
Questions about Skewen & Jersey Marine
What is the typical house price in Skewen & Jersey Marine?
£172,500. Median resale price of houses in the neighbourhood, 2023-2025; +36% against 2017-2019.
How does Skewen & Jersey Marine compare with the rest of Neath Port Talbot?
Typical house price: 6th highest of 18 neighbourhoods in Neath Port Talbot. Average household income: 3rd highest of 18 neighbourhoods in Neath Port Talbot.
Is Skewen & Jersey Marine an affluent area?
Middle income. How well off the neighbourhood is now, from household income, home prices and deprivation.
Is Skewen & Jersey Marine gentrifying?
Some signs. Weighted balance +0.13; 3 of 18 signals up, 1 down, against the borough.
What is the nearest station to Skewen & Jersey Marine?
Skewen. Railway station, about a 12-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre (940 m in a straight line). About 1.5 trains an hour leave between 07:00 and 19:00 on a weekday: Transport for Wales to Cardiff Central (about 60 min) and Pembroke Dock (about 143 min).
Each answer repeats a figure shown above, with its source there.
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Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library, MSOA Names, Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains public sector information (MHCLG, Police.uk, Ofsted, Department for Education) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Station locations from NaPTAN (Department for Transport), Open Government Licence v3.0. Trains: contains information of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures describe the area, not any home, and are not a valuation or a prediction.