Schools
10 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Porthcawl Primary School is the nearest published school at 954 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF36 5RJ
Newton · Bridgend · Wales
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF36 5RJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 April 1985
- Terminated
- 1 December 1986
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF36
- Postcode sector
- CF36 5
- Latitude
- 51.486235
- Longitude
- -3.677834
- British National Grid easting
- 283,600
- British National Grid northing
- 177,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Bridgend · W06000013
- Electoral ward
- Newton · W05001245
- Parish or community
- W04000645
- Westminster constituency
- Bridgend · W07000086
- Output area
- W00005453
- Lower layer super output area
- Bridgend 019B · W01001030
- Middle layer super output area
- Bridgend 019 · W02000236
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 CF36
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 10
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 954 m
Porthcawl Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.2 km
Newton Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.1 km
Nottage Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 555
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 248
- Public order 70
- Anti social behaviour 48
- Shoplifting 41
- Criminal damage and arson 38
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF36 5 residents
- 6,792
Age bands in CF36 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 12.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 17.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 31%
- Age 65 and over
- 29.2%
822 residents
642 residents
1,170 residents
2,054 residents
1,937 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
2
within 5 km straight-line
PORTHCAWL MEDICAL
PORTHCAWL MEDICAL CENTRE, CLOS Y MAMETZ, PORTHCAWL, CF36 5DJ
ODS code W95041
605 m
HEATHBRIDGE HOUSE
1A PISGAH STREET, KENFIG HILL, BRIDGEND, CF33 6BY
ODS code W95063
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Heol-y-Graig
BCT · Newton
- 0.0 miles
Heol-y-Graig
BCT · Newton
- 0.1 miles
St Clare's Convent School
BCT · Newton
- 0.2 miles
Ancient Briton
BCT · Newton
- 0.2 miles
Danygraig Avenue
BCT · Newton
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
555 published events cover 12 months, averaging 46.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 248 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.