Schools
73 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Millbank Primary School is the nearest published school at 550 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF5 1DB
Canton · Cardiff · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Canton
- Local authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff West
- Postcode district
- CF5
- Postcode sector
- CF5 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF5 1DB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 February 2015
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF5
- Postcode sector
- CF5 1
- Latitude
- 51.483963
- Longitude
- -3.223297
- British National Grid easting
- 315,154
- British National Grid northing
- 176,822
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Cardiff · W06000015
- Electoral ward
- Canton · W05001273
- Parish or community
- W04000840
- Westminster constituency
- Cardiff West · W07000092
- Output area
- W00008854
- Lower layer super output area
- Cardiff 035C · W01001716
- Middle layer super output area
- Cardiff 035 · W02000401
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 CF5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 73
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 550 m
Millbank Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 683 m
Lansdowne Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 721 m
Ysgol Gymraeg Treganna
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,379
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,005
- Vehicle crime 410
- Public order 390
- Shoplifting 343
- Anti social behaviour 303
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 13
- Postcode households
- 8
- Residents per household
- 1.6
- CF5 1 residents
- 11,866
8 female, 5 male
Age bands in CF5 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 33.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.7%
2,011 residents
1,138 residents
3,976 residents
3,049 residents
1,747 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CF5 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+
- 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
33
within 5 km
MEDDYGFA LANSDOWNE SURGERY
AFON ELAI PARTNERSHIP, SANATORIUM ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 8DG
ODS code W97031
555 m
ELY BRIDGE SURGERY
23 MILL ROAD, ELY, CARDIFF, CF5 4AD
ODS code W97040
732 m
LLANDAFF SURGERY
19A HIGH STREET, LLANDAFF, CARDIFF, CF5 2DY
ODS code W97619
1.1 km
FAIRWATER HEALTH CENTRE
PLASMAWR ROAD, CARDIFF, CF5 3JT
ODS code W97047
1.5 km
KINGS ROAD (DRS SURGERY)
180 KINGS ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 9DQ
ODS code W97067
1.7 km
MEDDYGFA CANNA SURGERY
27 WYNDHAM CRESCENT, CARDIFF, CF11 9EE
ODS code W97296
1.8 km
THE SURGERY
ST DAVIDS COURT, 68A COWBRIDGE ROAD EAST, CARDIFF, CF11 9DN
ODS code W97018
2.0 km
LLANDAFF FIELDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
CANTON COURT, WELLINGTON STREET, CARDIFF, CF11 9SH
ODS code W97005
2.0 km
TAFF RIVERSIDE PRACTICE
WELLINGTON STREET, CARDIFF, CF11 9SH
ODS code W97016
2.0 km
THE CAERAU LANE SURGERY
DANESCOURT & GREENMOUNT SURGERY, 25 CHURCH ROAD, ELY, CARDIFF, CF5 5LQ
ODS code W97068
2.2 km
LLANDAFF NORTH MEDICAL CE
99 STATION ROAD, LLANDAFF NORTH, CARDIFF, CF14 2FD
ODS code W97286
2.5 km
NORTH ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
182 NORTH ROAD, CARDIFF, CF14 3XQ
ODS code W97020
2.7 km
GRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
BISHOP STREET, CARDIFF, CF11 6PG
ODS code W97061
2.8 km
CLARE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
148-152 CLARE ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 6RW
ODS code W97299
2.9 km
WOODLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
1 GREENFARM ROAD, CARDIFF, CF5 4RG
ODS code W97023
3.0 km
BISHOPS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
1 BISHOPS ROAD, WHITCHURCH, CARDIFF, CF14 1LT
ODS code W97028
3.1 km
CATHAYS SURGERY
137 CATHAYS TERRACE, CARDIFF, CF24 4HU
ODS code W97009
3.1 km
WHITCHURCH ROAD SURGERY
SACHVILLE AVENUE, CARDIFF, CF14 3NY
ODS code W97025
3.1 km
CRWYS MEDICAL CENTRE
THE CRWYS SURGERY, WEDAL ROAD, CARDIFF, CF14 3QX
ODS code W97041
3.6 km
CARDIFF BAY SURGERY
45 CAMBRIDGE STREET, GRANGETOWN, CARDIFF, CF11 7DJ
ODS code W97044
3.6 km
Showing 20 of 33 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Windway Road
BCT · Canton
- 0.0 miles
Windway Road
BCT · Canton
- 0.1 miles
Ely Bridge
BCT · Canton
- 0.1 miles
Victoria Park 5
BCT · Victoria Park
- 0.2 miles
Ely Bridge
BCT · Canton
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,379 published events cover 12 months, averaging 281.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,005 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.