Schools
15 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Y.G. Cwm Gwyddon is the nearest published school at 750 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NP11 5AL
Abercarn · Caerphilly · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Newport
- Ward
- Abercarn
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn
- Postcode district
- NP11
- Postcode sector
- NP11 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NP11 5AL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NP
- Postcode district
- NP11
- Postcode sector
- NP11 5
- Latitude
- 51.650537
- Longitude
- -3.122591
- British National Grid easting
- 322,431
- British National Grid northing
- 195,235
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Caerphilly · W06000018
- Electoral ward
- Abercarn · W05001650
- Parish or community
- W04000725
- Westminster constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn · W07000105
- Output area
- W00006964
- Lower layer super output area
- Caerphilly 014A · W01001327
- Middle layer super output area
- Caerphilly 014 · W02000303
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
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Property
5 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Foresters House, Abercarn, Newport, NP11 5AL | 24 June 2011 | £225,000 |
| 2, Graig Wen Houses, Abercarn, Newport, NP11 5AL | 31 March 2008 | £235,000 |
| 1, Graig Wen Houses, Abercarn, Newport, NP11 5AL | 6 July 2007 | £149,950 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 15
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 750 m
Y.G. Cwm Gwyddon
Welsh establishment
- 853 m
Abercarn Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.8 km
Cwmcarn Primary School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 351
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 139
- Anti social behaviour 65
- Criminal damage and arson 40
- Public order 32
- Vehicle crime 24
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 21
- Postcode households
- 8
- Residents per household
- 2.6
- NP11 5 residents
- 6,105
9 female, 12 male
Age bands in NP11 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.5%
1,169 residents
632 residents
1,739 residents
1,697 residents
1,188 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NP11 5 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
5
within 5 km
ST. LUKE'S SURGERY
ST LUKES SURGERY, (OFF GWYDDON ROAD), ABERCARN NEWBRIDGE, NEWPORT, NP11 5GX
ODS code W93001
727 m
NORTH CELYNEN PRACTICE
CROWN STREET, CRUMLIN, NEWPORT, NP11 4PQ
ODS code W93067
3.2 km
RISCA SURGERY
ST. MARY STREET, RISCA, NEWPORT, NP11 6YS
ODS code W93064
4.1 km
BLACKWOOD MEDICAL GROUP
AVICENNA MEDICAL CENTRE, PONTLLANFRAITH BLACKWOOD, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93011
4.6 km
PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTIC, PONTLLANFRAITH HEALTH CENTRE, BLACKWOOD ROAD, PONTLLANFRAITH, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2YU
ODS code W93012
4.6 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Clytha Square
BCT · Llanfach
- 0.2 miles
Penrhiw Terrace
BCT · Persondy
- 0.3 miles
Twyn Place
BCT · Llanfach
- 0.3 miles
Persondy Terrace
BCT · Persondy
- 0.4 miles
Llanfach Post Office
BCT · Llanfach
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
351 published events cover 12 months, averaging 29.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 139 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.