85.3% of homes and businesses in Swansea can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 8.3 points in a year: 10,346 more premises can now order it. 490 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 120,319 premises (homes and businesses), January 2026.
Share of premises that can order full fibre (and gigabit, which also counts cable).
Full fibre Gigabit-capable (incl. cable)
| Swansea | Wales | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 85.3% | 80.8% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 91.6% | 83.1% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.7% | 96.5% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.4% | 1.5% | 0.7% |
Swansea ranks 133rd of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
11,839 of 128,280 premises in BDUK's records (9.2%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by September 2031.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| SA1 | 90% | 98% | 0.2% | 1215 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA2 | 94% | 98% | 0.3% | 762 |
| SA3 | 77% | 94% | 1.7% | 716 |
| SA4 | 81% | 93% | 2% | 1132 |
| SA5 | 90% | 95% | 2% | 752 |
| SA6 | 85% | 96% | 3% | 763 |
| SA7 | 82% | 97% | 0.4% | 345 |
85.3% of premises in Swansea could order full fibre in January 2026, and 91.6% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Swansea went from 77% in January 2025 to 85.3% in January 2026: 10,346 more premises.
490 premises in Swansea (0.4%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 124 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 43% of premises that can get full fibre in Swansea have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
11,839 premises in Swansea can't get gigabit broadband yet. 2,995 are in a provider's own build plans, 1,243 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2031, and 7,601 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 7 postcode districts we cover for Swansea, SA2 has the most gigabit coverage (94% on average) and SA3 the least (77%).
99% of premises in Swansea have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 86.1%.