Schools
20 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Caedraw Primary School is the nearest published school at 511 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF48 1AN
Cyfarthfa · Merthyr Tydfil · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- 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 1AN
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 September 1991
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF48
- Postcode sector
- CF48 1
- Latitude
- 51.743622
- Longitude
- -3.386067
- British National Grid easting
- 304,400
- British National Grid northing
- 205,900
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 20
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 511 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
- 2,407
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 796
- Shoplifting 465
- Anti social behaviour 255
- Public order 251
- Criminal damage and arson 173
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF48 1 residents
- 9,045
Age bands in CF48 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.7%
1,789 residents
909 residents
2,411 residents
2,430 residents
1,851 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
6
within 5 km straight-line
PONTCAE MEDICAL PRACTICE
DYNEVOR STREET, GEORGETOWN, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1YE
ODS code W95072
329 m
PRACTICE 1
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95023
391 m
PRACTICE 2
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95647
391 m
PRACTICE 3 KEIR HARDIE HE
KEIR HARDIE HEALTH PARK, ABERDARE ROAD, MERTHYR TYDFIL, CF48 1BZ
ODS code W95005
391 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
- 0.0 miles
Llwyncelyn Close
BCT · Ynysfach
- 0.1 miles
Llwyncelyn Close
BCT · Ynysfach
- 0.1 miles
Penlan View
BCT · Ynysfach
- 0.1 miles
Penlan View
BCT · Ynysfach
- 0.1 miles
Teachers Centre
BCT · Ynysfach
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,407 published events cover 12 months, averaging 200.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 796 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.