CF3 postcode district: Cardiff and around
CF3 is a postcode district in Wales, with 922 postcodes in use in 7 sectors. It has postcodes in Cardiff. It is split between 3 councils: Cardiff (837 postcodes), Newport (81) and Caerphilly (4).
- Postcodes in use
- 922
- Sectors
- 7
- Councils
- 3 councils
- Places
- Cardiff
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in CF3, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 31
- Some can get gigabit: 95
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 789
- Ofcom gives no figure: 7
Of the 922 postcodes in CF3 that ONS places, 31 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 95 have some that can, 789 can all get it and 7 have no Ofcom figure.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5206, longitude -3.1113. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
What broadband can you get in CF3?
Ofcom reports on 915 of the 922 postcodes in CF3. At 789 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What do homes sell for in CF3?
Homes in CF3 sold for a typical £250,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 408 sales, down 3.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £366,500 76 sales
- Semi-detached £270,000 173 sales
- Terraced £226,000 128 sales
- Flat or maisonette £130,500 31 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in CF3
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
Places in CF3
Towns and villages with postcodes in CF3, and how many each has here.
Who covers CF3
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Cardiff837
- Newport81
- Caerphilly4
Constituencies
- Cardiff East739
- Cardiff North98
- Newport West and Islwyn81
- Caerphilly4
Police force areas
- South Wales837
- Gwent85
Next to CF3
"Next to" is by number: the district after CF3 in the CF area.
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