Mayals is considered a part of the larger district of Mumbles, along with the nine other settlements within the community council region.

Mayals borders the areas of Sketty, Killay, Fairwood, Bishopston, and West Cross.

The majority of Mayals is situated within the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, which was the first AONB to be established in 1956.

The park is next to Mayals Primary School, and across the street from the West Cross Co-op store, a former pub which was refitted in late 2019.

They had the following ethnic breakdown in 2011[8] Since 1997 Mayals has been a single-member ward for the purposes of City and County of Swansea Council elections.