Schools
17 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Pontyclun Primary School is the nearest published school at 865 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF72 9HD
Pontyclun West · Rhondda Cynon Taf · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Pontyclun
- Ward
- Pontyclun West
- Local authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Pontypridd
- Postcode district
- CF72
- Postcode sector
- CF72 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF72 9HD
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF72
- Postcode sector
- CF72 9
- Latitude
- 51.525693
- Longitude
- -3.401119
- British National Grid easting
- 302,896
- British National Grid northing
- 181,684
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Rhondda Cynon Taf · W06000016
- Electoral ward
- Pontyclun West · W05001099
- Parish or community
- W04000876
- Westminster constituency
- Pontypridd · W07000106
- Output area
- W00009902
- Lower layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 031G · W01001967
- Middle layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 031 · W02000282
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
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Coed Trecastle, Pontyclun, CF72 9HD | 26 July 2013 | £150,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 17
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 865 m
Pontyclun Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.3 km
Y Pant Comprehensive School
Welsh establishment
- 1.5 km
Tonysguboriau Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 370
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 159
- Anti social behaviour 46
- Public order 29
- Burglary 23
- Shoplifting 22
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF72 9 residents
- 16,980
Age bands in CF72 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.3%
3,166 residents
1,593 residents
4,576 residents
4,249 residents
2,832 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
2
within 5 km
OLD SCHOOL SURGERY
SCHOOL STREET, PONTYCLUN, CF72 9AA
ODS code W95025
699 m
NEWPARK SURGERY
TALBOT GREEN GROUP PRACTICE, HEOL-Y-GYFRAITH, TALBOT GREEN, PONTYCLUN, CF72 8AJ
ODS code W95036
1.7 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
- 0.1 miles
Tyle Garw
BCT · Tyle-garw
- 0.4 miles
Pontyclun Rail Station
RLY · Pontyclun
- 0.4 miles
Pontyclun Rail Station
RSE · Pontyclun
- 0.4 miles
Tesco Cowbridge Road
BCT · Pontyclun
- 0.4 miles
Pontyclun Rail Station
RSE · Pontyclun
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
370 published events cover 12 months, averaging 30.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 159 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.