Schools
20 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Caedraw Primary School is the nearest published school at 536 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF48 1AG
Cyfarthfa · Merthyr Tydfil · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Ward
- Cyfarthfa
- Local authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
- Postcode district
- CF48
- Postcode sector
- CF48 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF48 1AG
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF48
- Postcode sector
- CF48 1
- Latitude
- 51.743843
- Longitude
- -3.386363
- British National Grid easting
- 304,380
- British National Grid northing
- 205,925
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Merthyr Tydfil · W06000024
- Electoral ward
- Cyfarthfa · W05001617
- Parish or community
- W04000714
- Westminster constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare · W07000099
- Output area
- W00010274
- Lower layer super output area
- Merthyr Tydfil 004B · W01001293
- Middle layer super output area
- Merthyr Tydfil 004 · W02000286
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 CF48
Property
6 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Bungalow, 3, Ynysfach, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1AG | 17 June 2011 | £185,000 |
| Green Acres, Ynysfach, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1AG | 2 March 2010 | £180,000 |
| Teg Fan, Ynysfach, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1AG | 18 January 2007 | £185,000 |
Schools
Within 5 km of this postcode
- Open schools
- 20
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 536 m
Caedraw Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.1 km
Cyfarthfa Park Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.1 km
Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Santes Tudful
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,420
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 804
- Shoplifting 465
- Anti social behaviour 256
- Public order 253
- Criminal damage and arson 174
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 21
- 8 female, 13 male
- Postcode households
- 9
- Residents per household
- 2.3
- CF48 1 residents
- 9,045
Age bands in CF48 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.1%
- 1,789 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- 909 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.7%
- 2,411 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.9%
- 2,430 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 19.7%
- 1,851 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CF48 1 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+
- 90.9%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 90.9%
- Gigabit-capable
- 90.9%
- 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
6
within 5 km straight-line
PONTCAE MEDICAL PRACTICE
DYNEVOR STREET, GEORGETOWN, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1YE
ODS code W95072
316 m
PRACTICE 1
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95023
359 m
PRACTICE 2
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95647
359 m
PRACTICE 3 KEIR HARDIE HE
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95005
359 m
MORLAIS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BERRY SQUARE, DOWLAIS, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 3AL
ODS code W95086
2.8 km
BROOKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
HEOL AFON TAF, TROEDYRHIW, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 4DT
ODS code W95634
4.4 km
Nearby transport
- 79 m
Llwyncelyn Close
BCT · Ynysfach
- 86 m
Llwyncelyn Close
BCT · Ynysfach
- 113 m
Penlan View
BCT · Ynysfach
- 177 m
Penlan View
BCT · Ynysfach
- 182 m
Teachers Centre
BCT · Ynysfach
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,420 published events cover 12 months, averaging 202 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 804 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.