Schools
13 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Hirwaun Primary School is the nearest published school at 363 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF44 9HL
Hirwaun, Penderyn and Rhigos · Rhondda Cynon Taf · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
- Postcode district
- CF44
- Postcode sector
- CF44 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF44 9HL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1992
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF44
- Postcode sector
- CF44 9
- Latitude
- 51.734053
- Longitude
- -3.505970
- British National Grid easting
- 296,100
- British National Grid northing
- 205,000
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Rhondda Cynon Taf · W06000016
- Electoral ward
- Hirwaun, Penderyn and Rhigos · W05001087
- Parish or community
- W04000685
- Westminster constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare · W07000099
- Output area
- W00006253
- Lower layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 001C · W01001188
- Middle layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 001 · W02000252
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 CF44
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 13
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 363 m
Hirwaun Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 884 m
Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun
Welsh establishment
- 1.8 km
Penywaun Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 523
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 261
- Public order 56
- Anti social behaviour 51
- Criminal damage and arson 48
- Other theft 28
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF44 9 residents
- 9,244
Age bands in CF44 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.5%
1,712 residents
974 residents
2,112 residents
2,434 residents
2,101 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
3
within 5 km straight-line
HIRWAUN MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGH STREET, HIRWAUN, ABERDARE, CF44 9SL
ODS code W95020
793 m
ST JOHN'S MEDICAL PRACTICE
HIGH STREET, ABERDARE, CF44 7DD
ODS code W95001
4.6 km
74 MONK STREET
73-74 MONK STREET, ABERDARE, CF44 7PA
ODS code W95633
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Cynon Terrace
BCT · Hirwaun
- 0.1 miles
Cynon Terrace
BCT · Hirwaun
- 0.1 miles
Trewaun
BCT · Hirwaun
- 0.2 miles
Trewaun
BCT · Hirwaun
- 0.2 miles
Ffwrd Terrace
BCT · Hirwaun
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
523 published events cover 12 months, averaging 43.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 261 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.