Ward maps

Wales is currently made up of 22 unitary or local authorities, which in turn are divided into electoral wards and communities.  Electoral wards are the key building blocks of local administrative geography in Wales, and the units used to elect local government councillors. 

This page includes an overall map of the City and County of Swansea area and individual maps of each of Swansea's 32 electoral wards - available to view via the Downloads section below.  The maps on this page reflect the current wards in Swansea.

Electoral Wards in Swansea (May 2022) (PDF, 4 MB)

The ward boundaries in Swansea changed following the latest Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales review and Local Government Elections on 5 May 2022.  In summary, the changes related to the following areas:

• Gower and Pennard - boundary change
• 'Mumbles' (new ward combining former Newton and Oystermouth wards) and West Cross / Mumbles boundary change
• 'Dunvant and Killay' (new ward combining three former wards - Dunvant, Killay North, Killay South)
• Cockett (changed) and 'Waunarlwydd' (new ward)
• 'Llwchwr' (new ward combining three former wards - Kingsbridge, Lower Loughor, Upper Loughor)
• 'Gorseinon and Penyrheol' - combining two former wards
• north area - changes to Clydach, Llangyfelach and Pontarddulais wards (incorporating former Mawr ward) and new 'Pontlliw and Tircoed' ward
• city / south east area - changes to Castle and St Thomas wards and new 'Waterfront' ward.

Our ward profiles are also available. These bring together a range of key statistics, maps and other information about all of the electoral wards in Swansea.

Constituencies

Parliamentary Constituencies are the areas used to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to the UK Parliament in London, and Members of the Senedd (MS) to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) in Cardiff.  There are a total of 650 constituency areas in the UK.

The UK General Election of 2019 and most recent Senedd Cymru election of 2021 were contested for 40 constituency areas in Wales.  Map images of the three constituencies located within the City and County of Swansea are available below:

• Gower (PDF, 1 MB)
• Swansea East (PDF, 2 MB)
• Swansea West (PDF, 3 MB)

Following the Parliamentary Boundary Commission reviews in 2023, the total number of constituency areas in the UK was unchanged (650).  However, there were changes in areas and boundaries across the UK, and for the UK General Election in July 2024 the total number of constituencies in Wales reduced from 40 to 32. 

In the Swansea area, these changes created the new or changed UK Parliamentary constituencies listed below.  At the moment, the Senedd Cymru constituency areas are not subject to change.  The links below contain map images showing the boundaries of these new constituency areas:

• Gower (PDF, 1 MB)
• Neath and Swansea East (PDF, 3 MB)  (partly within the Neath Port Talbot Council area)
• Swansea West (PDF, 3 MB)

Communities

The smallest type of administrative areas in Wales are the Communities - the equivalent of parishes in England. Community councils or town councils operate across Wales. There are currently 39 defined community areas in Swansea, of which 24 are active as councils - mostly outside the main urban area. An overall map of these areas in Swansea, and a series of individual maps, is available here.  However, the communities are currently subject to review by the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru, and their boundaries will change for the next local council elections in May 2027.

If you require any further information or advice on local geography or area boundaries, please contact us.

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