Schools
22 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Penybont Primary School is the nearest published school at 474 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF31 1NJ
Bridgend Central · Bridgend · Wales
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF31 1NJ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF31
- Postcode sector
- CF31 1
- Latitude
- 51.513158
- Longitude
- -3.576053
- British National Grid easting
- 290,731
- British National Grid northing
- 180,537
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Bridgend · W06000013
- Electoral ward
- Bridgend Central · W05001234
- Parish or community
- W04000883
- Westminster constituency
- Bridgend · W07000086
- Output area
- W00005413
- Lower layer super output area
- Bridgend 014C · W01001023
- Middle layer super output area
- Bridgend 014 · W02000231
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore CF31
Property
4 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Caeffatri Bar & Grill, Castle View, Bridgend, CF31 1NJ | 26 February 2020 | £250,000 |
| 64, Castle View, Bridgend, CF31 1NJ | 25 May 2018 | £202,000 |
| 64, Castle View, Bridgend, CF31 1NJ | 28 July 2017 | £150,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 22
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 474 m
Penybont Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 601 m
Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Ogwr
Welsh establishment
- 851 m
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,192
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,338
- Public order 450
- Anti social behaviour 369
- Shoplifting 272
- Criminal damage and arson 225
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 5
- Postcode households
- 2
- Residents per household
- 2.5
- CF31 1 residents
- 8,914
3 female, 2 male
Age bands in CF31 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.5%
1,405 residents
883 residents
2,157 residents
2,343 residents
1,970 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CF31 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 25%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
within 5 km straight-line
RIVERSDALE HOUSE
MERTHYRMAWR ROAD, BRIDGEND, CF31 3NL
ODS code W95035
1.1 km
BRIDGEND GROUP
MERTHYR MAWR ROAD, BRIDGEND, CF31 3NW
ODS code W95070
1.2 km
OAK TREE SURGERY
WHITETHORN DRIVE, BRACKLA, BRIDGEND, CF31 2PQ
ODS code W95010
1.4 km
TYNYCOED SURGERY
20 MERFIELD CLOSE, SARN, BRYNCETHIN, BRIDGEND, CF32 9SW
ODS code W95037
3.2 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Cemetery Road
BCT · Bridgend
- 0.0 miles
Cemetery Road
BCT · Bridgend
- 0.1 miles
Australian Terrace
BCT · Bridgend
- 0.1 miles
Australian Terrace
BCT · Bridgend
- 0.2 miles
Coity Road
BCT · Bridgend
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,192 published events cover 12 months, averaging 266 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,338 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.