CF5 6EP

St Nicholas and Llancarfan · Vale of Glamorgan · Wales

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Cardiff
Local authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan
Postcode district
CF5
Postcode sector
CF5 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CF5 6EQ 227 m
CF5 4UA 452 m
CF5 4US 456 m
CF5 4UP 464 m
CF5 4TZ 532 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CF5 6EP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CF
Postcode district
CF5
Postcode sector
CF5 6
Latitude
51.474467
Longitude
-3.283822
British National Grid easting
310,933
British National Grid northing
175,838

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
Wales · W92000004
Region
W99999999
Local authority district
Vale of Glamorgan · W06000014
Parish or community
W04000671
Westminster constituency
Vale of Glamorgan · W07000110
Output area
W00005882
Lower layer super output area
Vale of Glamorgan 003A · W01001113
Middle layer super output area
Vale of Glamorgan 003 · W02000239

Postcode source versions

Explore CF5

32 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Morning Star, Drope Road, St Georges Super Ely, Cardiff, CF5 6EP 16 August 2024 £625,000
112, Drope Road, St Georges Super Ely, Cardiff, CF5 6EP 27 November 2023 £460,000
108, Drope Road, St Georges Super Ely, Cardiff, CF5 6EP 17 October 2023 £389,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
0
Secondary
0
  1. St Fagans C.I.W. Primary School

    Welsh establishment

    818 m
  2. Ely and Caerau Children's Centre

    Welsh establishment

    911 m
  3. St Francis V.A. Primary School

    Welsh establishment

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
559
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 167
  • Shoplifting 149
  • Public order 52
  • Criminal damage and arson 49
  • Anti social behaviour 41

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
70

33 female, 37 male

Postcode households
27
Residents per household
2.6
CF5 6 residents
6,516

Age bands in CF5 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

1,088 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

588 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.2%

1,676 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

1,877 residents

Age 65 and over
21.3%

1,416 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CF5 6 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

7

within 5 km

  • WOODLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 GREENFARM ROAD, CARDIFF, CF5 4RG

    ODS code W97023

    1.5 km

  • THE CAERAU LANE SURGERY

    DANESCOURT & GREENMOUNT SURGERY, 25 CHURCH ROAD, ELY, CARDIFF, CF5 5LQ

    ODS code W97068

    2.6 km

  • FAIRWATER HEALTH CENTRE

    PLASMAWR ROAD, CARDIFF, CF5 3JT

    ODS code W97047

    3.5 km

  • ELY BRIDGE SURGERY

    23 MILL ROAD, ELY, CARDIFF, CF5 4AD

    ODS code W97040

    3.6 km

  • MEDDYGFA LANSDOWNE SURGERY

    AFON ELAI PARTNERSHIP, SANATORIUM ROAD, CARDIFF, CF11 8DG

    ODS code W97031

    4.6 km

  • RADYR MEDICAL CENTRE

    RECTORY CLOSE, RADYR, CARDIFF, CF15 8EW

    ODS code W97024

    4.9 km

  • LLANDAFF SURGERY

    19A HIGH STREET, LLANDAFF, CARDIFF, CF5 2DY

    ODS code W97619

    5.0 km

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

  • The Old Rectory

    BCT · Drope

    0.0 miles
  • Drope Terrace

    BCT · Drope

    0.1 miles
  • Coed Arhyd

    BCT · Michaelston Super Ely

    0.4 miles
  • Drope Road

    BCT · Michaelston Super Ely

    0.4 miles
  • Nant-y-Drope

    BCT · Michaelston Super Ely

    0.4 miles

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £460,000 from 3 recorded sales in CF5 6EP. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Vale of Glamorgan is £297,999 in June 2026, up 3.3% year on year.

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Fagans C.I.W. Primary School is the nearest published school at 818 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

559 published events cover 12 months, averaging 46.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 167 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.