Schools
58 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Riverbank Special School is the nearest published school at 342 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF5 5XF
Caerau · Cardiff · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Caerau
- Local authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff West
- Postcode district
- CF5
- Postcode sector
- CF5 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF5 5XF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 2001
- Terminated
- 1 May 2002
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF5
- Postcode sector
- CF5 5
- Latitude
- 51.478451
- Longitude
- -3.240387
- British National Grid easting
- 313,957
- British National Grid northing
- 176,229
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Cardiff · W06000015
- Electoral ward
- Caerau · W05001272
- Parish or community
- W04000839
- Westminster constituency
- Cardiff West · W07000092
- Output area
- W00008833
- Lower layer super output area
- Cardiff 041C · W01001707
- Middle layer super output area
- Cardiff 041 · W02000407
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
- 58
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 342 m
Riverbank Special School
Welsh establishment
- 431 m
Ty Gwyn Special School
Welsh establishment
- 499 m
Trelai Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,841
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,419
- Public order 468
- Anti social behaviour 379
- Shoplifting 355
- Criminal damage and arson 332
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF5 5 residents
- 12,357
Age bands in CF5 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 15.6%
2,663 residents
1,490 residents
3,052 residents
2,838 residents
1,850 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
24
within 5 km straight-line
ELY BRIDGE SURGERY
23 MILL ROAD, ELY, CARDIFF, CF5 4AD
ODS code W97040
736 m
THE CAERAU LANE SURGERY
DANESCOURT & GREENMOUNT SURGERY, 25 CHURCH ROAD, ELY, CARDIFF, CF5 5LQ
ODS code W97068
988 m
FAIRWATER HEALTH CENTRE
PLASMAWR ROAD, CARDIFF, CF5 3JT
ODS code W97047
1.4 km
MEDDYGFA LANSDOWNE SURGERY
AFON ELAI PARTNERSHIP, SANATORIUM ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 8DG
ODS code W97031
1.6 km
WOODLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
1 GREENFARM ROAD, CARDIFF, CF5 4RG
ODS code W97023
1.7 km
LLANDAFF SURGERY
19A HIGH STREET, LLANDAFF, CARDIFF, CF5 2DY
ODS code W97619
2.3 km
KINGS ROAD (DRS SURGERY)
180 KINGS ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 9DQ
ODS code W97067
3.0 km
MEDDYGFA CANNA SURGERY
27 WYNDHAM CRESCENT, CARDIFF, CF11 9EE
ODS code W97296
3.0 km
LLANDAFF FIELDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
CANTON COURT, WELLINGTON STREET, CARDIFF, CF11 9SH
ODS code W97005
3.1 km
TAFF RIVERSIDE PRACTICE
WELLINGTON STREET, CARDIFF, CF11 9SH
ODS code W97016
3.1 km
THE SURGERY
ST DAVIDS COURT, 68A COWBRIDGE ROAD EAST, CARDIFF, CF11 9DN
ODS code W97018
3.1 km
LLANDAFF NORTH MEDICAL CE
99 STATION ROAD, LLANDAFF NORTH, CARDIFF, CF14 2FD
ODS code W97286
3.2 km
GRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
BISHOP STREET, CARDIFF, CF11 6PG
ODS code W97061
3.6 km
CLARE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
148-152 CLARE ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 6RW
ODS code W97299
3.8 km
BISHOPS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
1 BISHOPS ROAD, WHITCHURCH, CARDIFF, CF14 1LT
ODS code W97028
3.9 km
NORTH ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
182 NORTH ROAD, CARDIFF, CF14 3XQ
ODS code W97020
4.0 km
RADYR MEDICAL CENTRE
RECTORY CLOSE, RADYR, CARDIFF, CF15 8EW
ODS code W97024
4.0 km
CARDIFF BAY SURGERY
45 CAMBRIDGE STREET, GRANGETOWN, CARDIFF, CF11 7DJ
ODS code W97044
4.4 km
GRANGETOWN HEALTH CENTRE
CAMBRIDGE STREET, GRANGETOWN, CARDIFF, CF11 7DJ
ODS code W97616
4.4 km
WHITCHURCH ROAD SURGERY
SACHVILLE AVENUE, CARDIFF, CF14 3NY
ODS code W97025
4.4 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
The Pendine
BCT · Caerau
- 0.0 miles
Amroth Road
BCT · Caerau
- 0.1 miles
Narberth Road
BCT · Caerau
- 0.1 miles
Amroth Road
BCT · Ely
- 0.1 miles
Bromley Drive
BCT · Caerau
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,841 published events cover 12 months, averaging 320.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,419 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.