Schools
22 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Craig Y Parc School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF72 8SA
Pentyrch and St Fagans · Cardiff · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff West
- Postcode district
- CF72
- Postcode sector
- CF72 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF72 8SA
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF72
- Postcode sector
- CF72 8
- Latitude
- 51.508527
- Longitude
- -3.306812
- British National Grid easting
- 309,404
- British National Grid northing
- 179,654
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Cardiff · W06000015
- Electoral ward
- Pentyrch and St Fagans · W05001287
- Parish or community
- W04000855
- Westminster constituency
- Cardiff West · W07000092
- Output area
- W00008935
- Lower layer super output area
- Cardiff 014A · W01001727
- Middle layer super output area
- Cardiff 014 · W02000380
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 CF72
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 22
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 1.9 km
Craig Y Parc School
Welsh establishment
- 2.3 km
Pentyrch Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.4 km
Creigiau Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 120
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 47
- Public order 27
- Other crime 9
- Criminal damage and arson 9
- Other theft 7
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF72 8 residents
- 10,893
Age bands in CF72 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 23%
1,863 residents
1,061 residents
2,388 residents
3,261 residents
2,561 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 50%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 75%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 100%
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
3
within 5 km
RADYR MEDICAL CENTRE
RECTORY CLOSE, RADYR, CARDIFF, CF15 8EW
ODS code W97024
3.8 km
THE MEDICAL CENTRE
TAFFS WELL MEDICAL CENTRE, CARDIFF ROAD, TAFFS WELL, CARDIFF, CF15 7YG
ODS code W95060
4.8 km
FAIRWATER HEALTH CENTRE
PLASMAWR ROAD, CARDIFF, CF5 3JT
ODS code W97047
4.9 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Heol Sant y Nyll
BCT · Capel Llanilltern
- 0.3 miles
Broadlands
BCT · Capel Llanilltern
- 0.3 miles
Broadlands
BCT · Capel Llanilltern
- 0.4 miles
Graig-y-Parc
BCT · Capel Llanilltern
- 0.4 miles
Graig-y-Parc
BCT · Capel Llanilltern
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
120 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 47 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.