Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Brynnau Primary School is the nearest published school at 479 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF72 9QN
Pencoed and Penprysg · Bridgend · Wales
Updated September 2026
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Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF72 9QN
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF72
- Postcode sector
- CF72 9
- Latitude
- 51.541770
- Longitude
- -3.465323
- British National Grid easting
- 298,478
- British National Grid northing
- 183,559
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Bridgend · W06000013
- Electoral ward
- Pencoed and Penprysg · W05001249
- Parish or community
- W04000634
- Westminster constituency
- Bridgend · W07000086
- Output area
- W00005506
- Lower layer super output area
- Bridgend 009F · W01001040
- Middle layer super output area
- Bridgend 009 · W02000226
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
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Mill Cottages, Brynna, Pontyclun, CF72 9QN | 12 February 2021 | £190,000 |
| 2, Mill Cottages, Brynna, Pontyclun, CF72 9QN | 1 May 2003 | £85,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 479 m
Brynnau Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.2 km
Dolau Primary
Welsh establishment
- 1.6 km
Llanharan Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 288
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 147
- Anti social behaviour 42
- Public order 36
- Criminal damage and arson 17
- Other theft 12
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 1
- Postcode households
- 1
- Residents per household
- 1.0
- CF72 9 residents
- 16,980
1 female, 0 male
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
This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CF72 9 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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- 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
3
within 5 km straight-line
THE MEDICAL CENTRE
HEOL-YR-ONNEN, PENCOED, BRIDGEND, CF35 5PF
ODS code W95018
3.2 km
THE NEW SURGERY
NEW SURGERY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, MIN-Y-NANT, PENCOED, BRIDGEND, CF35 6YP
ODS code W95017
3.2 km
PARK LANE SURGERY
PARK LANE, TONYREFAIL, PORTH, CF39 8AG
ODS code W95044
4.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Eagle Hotel
BCT · Brynna
- 0.2 miles
Eagle Hotel
BCT · Brynna
- 0.3 miles
Ysgol Gynradd Brynnau
BCT · Brynna
- 0.3 miles
Ysgol Gynradd Brynnau
BCT · Brynna
- 0.4 miles
Hillcrest
BCT · Brynna
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
288 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 147 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.