Schools
22 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Heronsbridge School is the nearest published school at 557 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF31 1UB
Oldcastle · Bridgend · Wales
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF31 1UB
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1990
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF31
- Postcode sector
- CF31 1
- Latitude
- 51.503889
- Longitude
- -3.571857
- British National Grid easting
- 291,000
- British National Grid northing
- 179,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Bridgend · W06000013
- Electoral ward
- Oldcastle · W05001248
- Parish or community
- W04000883
- Westminster constituency
- Bridgend · W07000086
- Output area
- W00005489
- Lower layer super output area
- Bridgend 014E · W01001035
- 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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 22
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 557 m
Heronsbridge School
Welsh establishment
- 598 m
Penybont Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 774 m
Brynteg Comprehensive School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,047
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,193
- Public order 450
- Anti social behaviour 347
- Shoplifting 307
- Criminal damage and arson 208
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF31 1 residents
- 8,914
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
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.
GP practices
4
within 5 km straight-line
BRIDGEND GROUP
MERTHYR MAWR ROAD, BRIDGEND, CF31 3NW
ODS code W95070
493 m
RIVERSDALE HOUSE
MERTHYRMAWR ROAD, BRIDGEND, CF31 3NL
ODS code W95035
510 m
OAK TREE SURGERY
WHITETHORN DRIVE, BRACKLA, BRIDGEND, CF31 2PQ
ODS code W95010
1.0 km
TYNYCOED SURGERY
20 MERFIELD CLOSE, SARN, BRYNCETHIN, BRIDGEND, CF32 9SW
ODS code W95037
4.3 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Castle Bingo
BCT · Tremains
- 0.1 miles
Castle Bingo
BCT · Tremains
- 0.1 miles
Cheapside Aldi
BCT · Bridgend
- 0.2 miles
Waunscil Avenue
BCT · Tremains
- 0.2 miles
Cheapside
BCT · Bridgend
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,047 published events cover 12 months, averaging 253.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,193 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.