Schools
24 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Archdeacon John Lewis is the nearest published school at 388 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF31 2NL
Brackla East Central · Bridgend · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Brackla East Central
- Local authority
- Bridgend
- Constituency
- Bridgend
- Postcode district
- CF31
- Postcode sector
- CF31 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF31 2NL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF31
- Postcode sector
- CF31 2
- Latitude
- 51.508647
- Longitude
- -3.552191
- British National Grid easting
- 292,376
- British National Grid northing
- 180,000
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Bridgend · W06000013
- Electoral ward
- Brackla East Central · W05001231
- Parish or community
- W04000882
- Westminster constituency
- Bridgend · W07000086
- Output area
- W00009956
- Lower layer super output area
- Bridgend 015A · W01000979
- Middle layer super output area
- Bridgend 015 · W02000232
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 5 km of this postcode
- Open schools
- 24
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 388 m
Archdeacon John Lewis
Welsh establishment
- 458 m
Archbishop McGrath Catholic High School
Welsh establishment
- 1.2 km
Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Ogwr
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,352
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 569
- Public order 192
- Anti social behaviour 139
- Shoplifting 101
- Criminal damage and arson 100
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF31 2 residents
- 11,868
Age bands in CF31 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.9%
- 2,260 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- 1,260 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.7%
- 3,425 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.1%
- 3,234 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 14.7%
- 1,754 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.
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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
6
within 5 km straight-line
OAK TREE SURGERY
WHITETHORN DRIVE, BRACKLA, BRIDGEND, CF31 2PQ
ODS code W95010
443 m
RIVERSDALE HOUSE
MERTHYRMAWR ROAD, BRIDGEND, CF31 3NL
ODS code W95035
2.0 km
BRIDGEND GROUP
BRIDGEND HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, ANGEL STREET, BRIDGEND, CF31 4AH
ODS code W95070
2.2 km
THE NEW SURGERY
NEW SURGERY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, MIN-Y-NANT, PENCOED, BRIDGEND, CF35 6YP
ODS code W95017
3.8 km
THE MEDICAL CENTRE
HEOL-YR-ONNEN, PENCOED, BRIDGEND, CF35 5PF
ODS code W95018
4.0 km
TYNYCOED SURGERY
20 MERFIELD CLOSE, SARN, BRYNCETHIN, BRIDGEND, CF32 9SW
ODS code W95037
4.2 km
Nearby transport
- 97 m
Channel View
BCT · Brackla
- 115 m
Channel View
BCT · Brackla
- 190 m
The Woodlands
BCT · Brackla
- 256 m
Hunters Ridge
BCT · Brackla
- 278 m
Lavender Court
BCT · Brackla
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,352 published events cover 12 months, averaging 113 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 569 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.