Schools
4 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Penderyn Primary School is the nearest published school at 133 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF44 9JW
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 9JW
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF44
- Postcode sector
- CF44 9
- Latitude
- 51.763785
- Longitude
- -3.521003
- British National Grid easting
- 295,131
- British National Grid northing
- 208,328
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
- W00006477
- Lower layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 001F · W01001233
- 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
- 4
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 133 m
Penderyn Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 3.2 km
Hirwaun Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 3.8 km
Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 36
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 16
- Criminal damage and arson 8
- Anti social behaviour 5
- Public order 4
- Burglary 1
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.
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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- 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
1
within 5 km straight-line
HIRWAUN MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGH STREET, HIRWAUN, ABERDARE, CF44 9SL
ODS code W95020
2.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Distillery
BCT · Penderyn
- 0.1 miles
Penderyn Garage
BCT · Penderyn
- 0.1 miles
Capel Siloam
BCT · Penderyn
- 0.1 miles
Penderyn Primary School
BCT · Penderyn
- 0.2 miles
Pontpren
BCT · Pontbren Llwyd
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
36 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 16 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.