Schools
25 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Penyfai C.I.W. Primary is the nearest published school at 744 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF31 4LN
Pen-y-fai · Bridgend · Wales
Updated September 2026
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Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF31 4LN
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF31
- Postcode sector
- CF31 4
- Latitude
- 51.525974
- Longitude
- -3.585952
- British National Grid easting
- 290,075
- British National Grid northing
- 181,977
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Bridgend · W06000013
- Electoral ward
- Pen-y-fai · W05001250
- Parish or community
- W04000642
- Westminster constituency
- Bridgend · W07000086
- Output area
- W00005520
- Lower layer super output area
- Bridgend 013C · W01001041
- Middle layer super output area
- Bridgend 013 · W02000230
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
- 25
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 744 m
Penyfai C.I.W. Primary
Welsh establishment
- 1.1 km
Bryntirion Comprehensive School
Welsh establishment
- 1.3 km
St Robert's Catholic Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,290
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 554
- Public order 163
- Anti social behaviour 135
- Shoplifting 105
- Criminal damage and arson 98
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 49
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF31 4 residents
- 13,681
6 female, 43 male
Age bands in CF31 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.5%
2,190 residents
1,336 residents
3,364 residents
3,883 residents
3,129 residents
This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CF31 4 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+
- 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 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
TYNYCOED SURGERY
20 MERFIELD CLOSE, SARN, BRYNCETHIN, BRIDGEND, CF32 9SW
ODS code W95037
1.7 km
RIVERSDALE HOUSE
MERTHYRMAWR ROAD, BRIDGEND, CF31 3NL
ODS code W95035
2.5 km
BRIDGEND GROUP
MERTHYR MAWR ROAD, BRIDGEND, CF31 3NW
ODS code W95070
2.7 km
OAK TREE SURGERY
WHITETHORN DRIVE, BRACKLA, BRIDGEND, CF31 2PQ
ODS code W95010
2.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Glanrhyd Hospital
BCT · Pen-y-fai
- 0.2 miles
Glanrhyd Hospital
BCT · Pen-y-fai
- 0.2 miles
Glanrhyd Hospital
BCT · Pen-y-fai
- 0.3 miles
Wernlys Road
BCT · Pen-y-fai
- 0.3 miles
Pen y fai
BCT · Pen-y-fai
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,290 published events cover 12 months, averaging 107.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 554 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.