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LL49

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Porthmadog and Tremadog, in Gwynedd.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an LL49 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 93% of people in LL49 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£205,000
Joint 421st cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
4,281
414th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
93%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How LL49 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

LL49Middle
Median sale price57 postcode districts, LL · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in LL57 areas from £130,250 to £435,500. The middle area is £208,750. LL49 is £205,000.
£205,000joint 27th cheapest
Population66 postcode districts, LL · 2021
Population: every postcode district in LL66 areas from 259 to 42,043. The middle area is 3,858. LL49 is 4,281.
4,28132nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares66 postcode districts, LL · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in LL66 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. LL49 is 93.0%.
93%joint 15th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage66 postcode districts, LL · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in LL66 areas from 1.6% to 98.8%. The middle area is 78.7%. LL49 is 94.1%.
94.1%12th highest

Is LL49 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LL49 at a rate of 119.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 97.5 per 1,000 people across the LL postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 49 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LL49.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (206), anti-social behaviour (123) and other crime (91).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LL49 was 114.3 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in LL49, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LL49 has no single figure. Of its 3 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.

Neighbourhoods in LL49

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Gwynedd 010C1,729115.0 per 1,000696.3%
Gwynedd 010D1,506139.9 per 1,000894.8%
Gwynedd 010E1,196112.2 per 1,000489.5%

Your MP

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in LL491

Postcode sectors in LL491

Council1

Postcode districts next to LL494

Nearest rail stations4

More in the LL postcode area2

LL49 in brief

LL49 is a postcode district covering Porthmadog and Tremadog, in Gwynedd.

About 4,417 people lived in LL49 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £205,000 in 2025 across 60 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 119.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in LL49 was £205,000 in 2025.

LL49 had 4,281 usual residents at the census.

About 93% of people in LL49 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In LL49, 94.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.