Schools
18 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Deri Primary School is the nearest published school at 135 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CF81 9NU
Darran Valley · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Darran Valley
- 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 9NU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- 1 August 2003
- Postcode area
- CF
- Postcode district
- CF81
- Postcode sector
- CF81 9
- Latitude
- 51.709022
- Longitude
- -3.264880
- British National Grid easting
- 312,700
- British National Grid northing
- 201,900
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Darran Valley · W05001657
- Parish or community
- W04000735
- Westminster constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney · W07000084
- Output area
- W00007123
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 002A · W01001360
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 002 · W02000291
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 18
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 135 m
Deri Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 2.1 km
Whiterose Primary
Welsh establishment
- 2.4 km
Phillipstown Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 64
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 17
- Anti social behaviour 12
- Criminal damage and arson 12
- Vehicle crime 11
- Burglary 6
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%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.8%
1,410 residents
949 residents
2,035 residents
2,181 residents
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.
GP practices
4
within 5 km straight-line
MEDDYGFA CWM RHYMNI PRACTICE
WHITE ROSE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE, WHITE ROSE WAY, NEW TREDEGAR, NP24 6EE
ODS code W95080
2.0 km
SOUTH STREET SURGERY
SOUTH STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SU
ODS code W95078
3.1 km
BRYNTIRION SURGERY
WEST STREET, BARGOED, CF81 8SA
ODS code W95068
3.2 km
MARKHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
JAMES STREET, MARKHAM, BLACKWOOD, NP12 0QN
ODS code W93010
4.2 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Deri Library
BCT · Deri
- 0.0 miles
Deri Library
BCT · Deri
- 0.1 miles
Darran Hotel
BCT · Deri
- 0.1 miles
Darran Hotel
BCT · Deri
- 0.3 miles
Bailey Street
BCT · Deri
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
64 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 17 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.