Schools
85 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Kitchener Primary School is the nearest published school at 479 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF5 1WL
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 1WL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 2001
- Terminated
- 1 June 2003
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF5
- Postcode sector
- CF5 1
- Latitude
- 51.479737
- Longitude
- -3.206839
- British National Grid easting
- 316,289
- British National Grid northing
- 176,333
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
- W00008878
- Lower layer super output area
- Cardiff 040B · W01001710
- Middle layer super output area
- Cardiff 040 · W02000406
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
- 85
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 479 m
Kitchener Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 525 m
Radnor Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 553 m
Lansdowne Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,403
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,310
- Vehicle crime 624
- Public order 473
- Shoplifting 460
- Criminal damage and arson 350
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF5 1 residents
- 11,866
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
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
35
within 5 km straight-line
MEDDYGFA CANNA SURGERY
27 WYNDHAM CRESCENT, CARDIFF, CF11 9EE
ODS code W97296
710 m
MEDDYGFA LANSDOWNE SURGERY
AFON ELAI PARTNERSHIP, SANATORIUM ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 8DG
ODS code W97031
773 m
LLANDAFF FIELDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
CANTON COURT, WELLINGTON STREET, CARDIFF, CF11 9SH
ODS code W97005
788 m
TAFF RIVERSIDE PRACTICE
WELLINGTON STREET, CARDIFF, CF11 9SH
ODS code W97016
788 m
THE SURGERY
ST DAVIDS COURT, 68A COWBRIDGE ROAD EAST, CARDIFF, CF11 9DN
ODS code W97018
813 m
KINGS ROAD (DRS SURGERY)
180 KINGS ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 9DQ
ODS code W97067
864 m
GRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
BISHOP STREET, CARDIFF, CF11 6PG
ODS code W97061
1.6 km
CLARE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
148-152 CLARE ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 6RW
ODS code W97299
1.7 km
LLANDAFF SURGERY
19A HIGH STREET, LLANDAFF, CARDIFF, CF5 2DY
ODS code W97619
1.8 km
ELY BRIDGE SURGERY
23 MILL ROAD, ELY, CARDIFF, CF5 4AD
ODS code W97040
1.9 km
NORTH ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
182 NORTH ROAD, CARDIFF, CF14 3XQ
ODS code W97020
2.4 km
CATHAYS SURGERY
137 CATHAYS TERRACE, CARDIFF, CF24 4HU
ODS code W97009
2.4 km
CARDIFF BAY SURGERY
45 CAMBRIDGE STREET, GRANGETOWN, CARDIFF, CF11 7DJ
ODS code W97044
2.4 km
GRANGETOWN HEALTH CENTRE
CAMBRIDGE STREET, GRANGETOWN, CARDIFF, CF11 7DJ
ODS code W97616
2.4 km
FAIRWATER HEALTH CENTRE
PLASMAWR ROAD, CARDIFF, CF5 3JT
ODS code W97047
2.7 km
BUTETOWN MEDICAL PRACTICE
LOUDOUN, PLAS IONA, CARDIFF, CF10 5HW
ODS code W97291
2.7 km
THE CITY SURGERY
187 CITY ROAD, ROATH, CARDIFF, CF24 3WD
ODS code W97056
2.8 km
MEDDYGFA ALBANY SURGERY
219 - 221 CITY ROAD, ROATH, CARDIFF, CF24 3JD
ODS code W97014
2.8 km
WHITCHURCH ROAD SURGERY
SACHVILLE AVENUE, CARDIFF, CF14 3NY
ODS code W97025
2.9 km
THE CAERAU LANE SURGERY
DANESCOURT & GREENMOUNT SURGERY, 25 CHURCH ROAD, ELY, CARDIFF, CF5 5LQ
ODS code W97068
3.0 km
Showing 20 of 35 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Beda Road
BCT · Canton
- 0.0 miles
Beda Road
BCT · Canton
- 0.1 miles
Broad Street
BCT · Leckwith
- 0.1 miles
Broad Street
BCT · Leckwith
- 0.2 miles
Radnor Court
BCT · Canton
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
4,403 published events cover 12 months, averaging 366.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,310 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.