Schools
13 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Pontyclun Primary School is the nearest published school at 988 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF72 9UG
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
- Cardiff West
- Postcode district
- CF72
- Postcode sector
- CF72 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF72 9UG
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 2003
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF72
- Postcode sector
- CF72 9
- Latitude
- 51.511883
- Longitude
- -3.393360
- British National Grid easting
- 303,405
- British National Grid northing
- 180,138
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Rhondda Cynon Taf · W06000016
- Electoral ward
- Pontyclun West · W05001099
- Parish or community
- W04000878
- Westminster constituency
- Cardiff West · W07000092
- Output area
- W00006432
- Lower layer super output area
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 031C · W01001223
- 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
8 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 3, Manor Cottages, Talygarn, Pontyclun, CF72 9UG | 26 September 2007 | £248,000 |
| 4, Manor Cottages, Talygarn, Pontyclun, CF72 9UG | 7 August 2005 | £249,990 |
| 2, Manor Cottages, Talygarn, Pontyclun, CF72 9UG | 11 July 2003 | £170,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 13
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 988 m
Pontyclun Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.2 km
Y Pant Comprehensive School
Welsh establishment
- 2.7 km
Tonysguboriau Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 163
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 71
- Public order 19
- Anti social behaviour 15
- Shoplifting 13
- Criminal damage and arson 12
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 17
- Postcode households
- 6
- Residents per household
- 2.8
- CF72 9 residents
- 16,980
9 female, 8 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 0.1% 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+
- 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
2
within 5 km
OLD SCHOOL SURGERY
SCHOOL STREET, PONTYCLUN, CF72 9AA
ODS code W95025
1.4 km
NEWPARK SURGERY
TALBOT GREEN GROUP PRACTICE, HEOL-Y-GYFRAITH, TALBOT GREEN, PONTYCLUN, CF72 8AJ
ODS code W95036
2.8 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
- 0.4 miles
Talygarn Gates
BCT · Brynsadler
- 0.4 miles
Talygarn Drive
BCT · Brynsadler
- 0.5 miles
Ivor Arms
BCT · Brynsadler
- 0.5 miles
Ivor Arms
BCT · Brynsadler
- 0.5 miles
Dan y Bryn
BCT · Brynsadler
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
163 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 71 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.