Schools
55 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Fairwater Primary School is the nearest published school at 507 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF5 3XS
Fairwater · Cardiff · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Fairwater
- Local authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff West
- Postcode district
- CF5
- Postcode sector
- CF5 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF5 3XS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1983
- Terminated
- 1 December 1984
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF5
- Postcode sector
- CF5 3
- Latitude
- 51.488847
- Longitude
- -3.253013
- British National Grid easting
- 313,100
- British National Grid northing
- 177,400
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Cardiff · W06000015
- Electoral ward
- Fairwater · W05001277
- Parish or community
- W04000845
- Westminster constituency
- Cardiff West · W07000092
- Output area
- W00009049
- Lower layer super output area
- Cardiff 031C · W01001753
- Middle layer super output area
- Cardiff 031 · W02000397
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
- 55
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 507 m
Fairwater Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 593 m
Holy Family R.C. Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 595 m
Pentrebane Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,040
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,146
- Public order 386
- Anti social behaviour 330
- Criminal damage and arson 260
- Shoplifting 244
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF5 3 residents
- 12,153
Age bands in CF5 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.5%
2,380 residents
1,403 residents
3,371 residents
3,284 residents
2,060 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
20
within 5 km straight-line
FAIRWATER HEALTH CENTRE
PLASMAWR ROAD, CARDIFF, CF5 3JT
ODS code W97047
842 m
ELY BRIDGE SURGERY
23 MILL ROAD, ELY, CARDIFF, CF5 4AD
ODS code W97040
1.5 km
WOODLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
1 GREENFARM ROAD, CARDIFF, CF5 4RG
ODS code W97023
2.0 km
THE CAERAU LANE SURGERY
DANESCOURT & GREENMOUNT SURGERY, 25 CHURCH ROAD, ELY, CARDIFF, CF5 5LQ
ODS code W97068
2.1 km
LLANDAFF SURGERY
19A HIGH STREET, LLANDAFF, CARDIFF, CF5 2DY
ODS code W97619
2.4 km
LLANDAFF NORTH MEDICAL CE
99 STATION ROAD, LLANDAFF NORTH, CARDIFF, CF14 2FD
ODS code W97286
2.5 km
MEDDYGFA LANSDOWNE SURGERY
AFON ELAI PARTNERSHIP, SANATORIUM ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 8DG
ODS code W97031
2.6 km
RADYR MEDICAL CENTRE
RECTORY CLOSE, RADYR, CARDIFF, CF15 8EW
ODS code W97024
2.8 km
BISHOPS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
1 BISHOPS ROAD, WHITCHURCH, CARDIFF, CF14 1LT
ODS code W97028
3.4 km
WHITCHURCH VILLAGE PRACTICE
WHITCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE, PARK ROAD, WHITCHURCH, CARDIFF, CF14 7BP
ODS code W97294
3.6 km
KINGS ROAD (DRS SURGERY)
180 KINGS ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 9DQ
ODS code W97067
3.7 km
MEDDYGFA CANNA SURGERY
27 WYNDHAM CRESCENT, CARDIFF, CF11 9EE
ODS code W97296
3.9 km
THE SURGERY
ST DAVIDS COURT, 68A COWBRIDGE ROAD EAST, CARDIFF, CF11 9DN
ODS code W97018
4.1 km
LLANDAFF FIELDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
CANTON COURT, WELLINGTON STREET, CARDIFF, CF11 9SH
ODS code W97005
4.1 km
TAFF RIVERSIDE PRACTICE
WELLINGTON STREET, CARDIFF, CF11 9SH
ODS code W97016
4.1 km
NORTH ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
182 NORTH ROAD, CARDIFF, CF14 3XQ
ODS code W97020
4.3 km
WHITCHURCH ROAD SURGERY
SACHVILLE AVENUE, CARDIFF, CF14 3NY
ODS code W97025
4.6 km
BIRCHGROVE SURGERY
CAERPHILLY ROAD, CARDIFF, CF14 4QJ
ODS code W97021
4.8 km
GRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
BISHOP STREET, CARDIFF, CF11 6PG
ODS code W97061
4.9 km
CATHAYS SURGERY
137 CATHAYS TERRACE, CARDIFF, CF24 4HU
ODS code W97009
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Tatem Drive
BCT · Fairwater
- 0.0 miles
Forest View
BCT · Fairwater
- 0.1 miles
Shamrock Road
BCT · Pentrebane
- 0.1 miles
Fairways Crescent
BCT · Fairwater
- 0.2 miles
Fairways Crescent
BCT · Fairwater
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,040 published events cover 12 months, averaging 253.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,146 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.