Schools
34 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Y Cwmpawd Gilfach is the nearest published school at 694 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF81 9AG
Aberbargoed and Bargoed · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Bargoed
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- Postcode district
- CF81
- Postcode sector
- CF81 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CF81 9AG
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 November 2010
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF81
- Postcode sector
- CF81 9
- Latitude
- 51.682143
- Longitude
- -3.219100
- British National Grid easting
- 315,813
- British National Grid northing
- 198,857
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Aberbargoed and Bargoed · W05001649
- Parish or community
- W04000728
- Westminster constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney · W07000084
- Output area
- W00006949
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 003B · W01001326
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 003 · W02000292
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 CF81
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Ty Allforol, Unit 9, Euro Business Park, Aberbargoed, Bargoed, CF81 9AG | 21 December 2016 | £440,000 |
Schools
Within 5 km of this postcode
- Open schools
- 34
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 694 m
Y Cwmpawd Gilfach
Welsh establishment
- 725 m
Ysgol Gymraeg Gilfach Fargoed
Welsh establishment
- 815 m
Gilfach Fargoed Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,749
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 739
- Anti social behaviour 229
- Public order 186
- Criminal damage and arson 182
- Vehicle crime 105
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CF81 9 residents
- 8,052
Age bands in CF81 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.4%
- 1,410 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.7%
- 949 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.1%
- 2,035 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.9%
- 2,181 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.8%
- 1,523 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+
- 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
10
within 5 km straight-line
BRYNTIRION SURGERY
WEST STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SA
ODS code W95068
1.2 km
SOUTH STREET SURGERY
SOUTH STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SU
ODS code W95078
1.3 km
SUNNYBANK HEALTH CENTRE
BRYN ROAD, CEFN FFOREST, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3NA
ODS code W93014
1.6 km
PENGAM HEALTH CENTRE
GLAN-YR-AFON LANE, FLEUR DE LIS, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3WA
ODS code W93614
1.8 km
MARKHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
JAMES STREET, MARKHAM, BLACKWOOD, NP12 0QN
ODS code W93010
2.4 km
MEDDYGFA GELLIGAER SURGERY
HEOL HEN YSGOL, GELLIGAER, HENGOED, CF82 8FQ
ODS code W95050
3.0 km
BLACKWOOD MEDICAL GROUP
AVICENNA MEDICAL CENTRE, PONTLLANFRAITH BLACKWOOD, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93011
3.6 km
PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTIC, PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE, BLACKWOOD ROAD, PONTLLANFRAITH, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93012
3.6 km
MEDDYGFA CWM RHYMNI PRACTICE
WHITE ROSE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE, WHITE ROSE WAY, NEW TREDEGAR, NP24 6EE
ODS code W95080
4.3 km
OAKFIELD SURGERY
OAKFIELD STREET, YSTRAD MYNACH, HENGOED, CF82 7WX
ODS code W95065
4.6 km
Nearby transport
- 142 m
Britannia Walk
BCT · Britannia
- 194 m
Britannia Walk
BCT · Britannia
- 351 m
Britannia Terrace
BCT · Britannia
- 392 m
Britannia Terrace
BCT · Britannia
- 567 m
Gilfach Fargoed Rail Station
RLY · Gilfach
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,749 published events cover 12 months, averaging 146 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 739 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.