Schools
76 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Howell's School is the nearest published school at 614 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF5 1DW
Canton · Cardiff · Wales
Updated September 2026
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Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF5 1DW
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF5
- Postcode sector
- CF5 1
- Latitude
- 51.487416
- Longitude
- -3.219890
- British National Grid easting
- 315,397
- British National Grid northing
- 177,202
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
- W00008892
- Lower layer super output area
- Cardiff 035A · W01001714
- 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
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2, Thompson Place, Cardiff, CF5 1DW | 28 February 2019 | £510,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 76
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 614 m
Howell's School
Welsh establishment
- 653 m
Llandaff City C.I.W. Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 745 m
The Cathedral School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,491
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 978
- Shoplifting 456
- Vehicle crime 433
- Public order 374
- Anti social behaviour 306
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 5
- Postcode households
- 2
- Residents per household
- 2.5
- CF5 1 residents
- 11,866
2 female, 3 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% 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
- 50%
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
LLANDAFF SURGERY
19A HIGH STREET, LLANDAFF, CARDIFF, CF5 2DY
ODS code W97619
704 m
MEDDYGFA LANSDOWNE SURGERY
AFON ELAI PARTNERSHIP, SANATORIUM ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 8DG
ODS code W97031
807 m
ELY BRIDGE SURGERY
23 MILL ROAD, ELY, CARDIFF, CF5 4AD
ODS code W97040
1.1 km
KINGS ROAD (DRS SURGERY)
180 KINGS ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 9DQ
ODS code W97067
1.4 km
FAIRWATER HEALTH CENTRE
PLASMAWR ROAD, CARDIFF, CF5 3JT
ODS code W97047
1.5 km
MEDDYGFA CANNA SURGERY
27 WYNDHAM CRESCENT, CARDIFF, CF11 9EE
ODS code W97296
1.6 km
THE SURGERY
ST DAVIDS COURT, 68A COWBRIDGE ROAD EAST, CARDIFF, CF11 9DN
ODS code W97018
1.8 km
LLANDAFF FIELDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
CANTON COURT, WELLINGTON STREET, CARDIFF, CF11 9SH
ODS code W97005
1.8 km
TAFF RIVERSIDE PRACTICE
WELLINGTON STREET, CARDIFF, CF11 9SH
ODS code W97016
1.8 km
LLANDAFF NORTH MEDICAL CE
99 STATION ROAD, LLANDAFF NORTH, CARDIFF, CF14 2FD
ODS code W97286
2.1 km
NORTH ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
182 NORTH ROAD, CARDIFF, CF14 3XQ
ODS code W97020
2.3 km
THE CAERAU LANE SURGERY
DANESCOURT & GREENMOUNT SURGERY, 25 CHURCH ROAD, ELY, CARDIFF, CF5 5LQ
ODS code W97068
2.7 km
BISHOPS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
1 BISHOPS ROAD, WHITCHURCH, CARDIFF, CF14 1LT
ODS code W97028
2.7 km
WHITCHURCH ROAD SURGERY
SACHVILLE AVENUE, CARDIFF, CF14 3NY
ODS code W97025
2.7 km
CATHAYS SURGERY
137 CATHAYS TERRACE, CARDIFF, CF24 4HU
ODS code W97009
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
CRWYS MEDICAL CENTRE
THE CRWYS SURGERY, WEDAL ROAD, CARDIFF, CF14 3QX
ODS code W97041
3.2 km
WHITCHURCH VILLAGE PRACTICE
WHITCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE, PARK ROAD, WHITCHURCH, CARDIFF, CF14 7BP
ODS code W97294
3.4 km
MEDDYGFA ALBANY SURGERY
219 - 221 CITY ROAD, ROATH, CARDIFF, CF24 3JD
ODS code W97014
3.4 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Pencisely Road
BCT · Llandaff
- 0.2 miles
Chargot Road
BCT · Victoria Park
- 0.2 miles
Pencisely Road
BCT · Llandaff
- 0.2 miles
Chargot Road
BCT · Victoria Park
- 0.2 miles
The Insole
BCT · Llandaff
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,491 published events cover 12 months, averaging 290.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 978 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.