Schools
4 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Penderyn Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.8 km.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF44 9UL
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 9UL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1998
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF44
- Postcode sector
- CF44 9
- Latitude
- 51.744098
- Longitude
- -3.548818
- British National Grid easting
- 293,165
- British National Grid northing
- 206,179
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
- W04000701
- Westminster constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare · W07000099
- Output area
- W00006482
- 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 5 km of this postcode
- Open schools
- 4
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 2.8 km
Penderyn Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.8 km
Hirwaun Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 4.0 km
Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 61
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 24
- Public order 9
- Anti social behaviour 8
- Criminal damage and arson 5
- Other theft 4
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%
- 1,712 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- 974 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.6%
- 2,112 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- 2,434 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 22.5%
- 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, coverage at January 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
2.6 km
Nearby transport
- 89 m
Hughes` Patch
BCT · Rhigos
- 112 m
Hughes` Patch
BCT · Rhigos
- 343 m
Halt Close
BCT · Rhigos
- 357 m
Halt Close
BCT · Rhigos
- 491 m
Pont yr Ochain
BCT · Rhigos
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
61 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 24 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.