Property market
The five-year median is £130,000 from 1,083 recorded sales in CF81. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Caerphilly is £197,272 in June 2026, up 5.9% year on year.
CF81
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 431
- Current units
- 386
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- Wales
- English regions represented
- W99999999
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 45
Postcode sectors in CF81
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
6,014 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 11, Ruth Street, Bargoed, CF81 8PD | 10 July 2026 | £128,000 |
| 43, Henry Street, Bargoed, CF81 8UB | 10 July 2026 | £103,000 |
| 22, Sannan Street, Aberbargoed, Bargoed, CF81 9BJ | 7 July 2026 | £180,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,272
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 521
- Anti social behaviour 170
- Criminal damage and arson 136
- Public order 124
- Vehicle crime 89
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CF81 usual residents
- 16,030
- Age-profile population
- 16,132
Age bands in CF81
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.6%
- 2,842 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.1%
- 1,793 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.4%
- 4,090 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.3%
- 4,237 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 19.7%
- 3,170 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 384 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 368 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 259 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
BRYNTIRION SURGERY
WEST STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SA
ODS code W95068
SOUTH STREET SURGERY
SOUTH STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SU
ODS code W95078
Evidence in context
Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,272 published events cover 12 months, averaging 106 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 521 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.