Schools
23 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Heronsbridge School is the nearest published school at 0 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF31 3WB
Oldcastle · Bridgend · Wales
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF31 3WB
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1998
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF31
- Postcode sector
- CF31 3
- Latitude
- 51.499160
- Longitude
- -3.574475
- British National Grid easting
- 290,807
- British National Grid northing
- 178,978
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
- W00005495
- Lower layer super output area
- Bridgend 017D · W01001036
- Middle layer super output area
- Bridgend 017 · W02000234
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
- 23
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 0 m
Heronsbridge School
Welsh establishment
- 257 m
Brynteg Comprehensive School
Welsh establishment
- 1.1 km
Penybont Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,517
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 946
- Public order 382
- Shoplifting 303
- Anti social behaviour 296
- Criminal damage and arson 166
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF31 3 residents
- 4,709
Age bands in CF31 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 24.2%
766 residents
497 residents
1,164 residents
1,457 residents
1,242 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
472 m
RIVERSDALE HOUSE
MERTHYRMAWR ROAD, BRIDGEND, CF31 3NL
ODS code W95035
600 m
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
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Bridgend College
BCT · Bridgend
- 0.1 miles
Brynteg School
BCT · Bridgend
- 0.1 miles
Ewenny Road
BCT · Bridgend
- 0.2 miles
Bridgend College
BCT · Bridgend
- 0.2 miles
Wyndham Crescent
BCT · Bridgend
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,517 published events cover 12 months, averaging 209.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 946 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.