Electoral ward
Town
Y Dref
W05001624
This page groups current postcode coverage with source-backed Census, recorded sale and school counts. It is an official area summary, not a boundary or service-eligibility check.
Area summary
- Active postcodes
- 296
- Postcode districts
- 2
- Five-year recorded sales
- 642
- Open schools at matching postcodes
- 4
- Census 2021 residents
- 7,900
- Census 2021 households
- 3,635
- Mean postcode coordinate
- 51.74443, -3.37202
Quality-approved postcode districts
Related official areas
- Local authority districtMerthyr TydfilW06000024 · 296 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaMerthyr Tydfil 004DW01001315 · 124 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaMerthyr Tydfil 005DW01001318 · 58 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaMerthyr Tydfil 005CW01001317 · 39 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaMerthyr Tydfil 005FW01001960 · 39 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaMerthyr Tydfil 005EW01001959 · 36 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaMerthyr Tydfil 005W02000287 · 172 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaMerthyr Tydfil 004W02000286 · 124 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyMerthyr Tydfil and AberdareW07000099 · 296 postcodes
Source and limitations
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.. Coverage: United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope.
Names come from ONS Postcode Directory, release 2026-08, file Documents/WD Ward names and codes UK as at 05_26.csv, publisher date 1 Sept 2026.
OGL-3.0 with third-party rights. Counts reflect active postcodes in the current CheckNear.me publication and may differ from administrative service records.