CF5 postcode district: Cardiff and around

CF5 is a postcode district in Wales, with 1,444 postcodes in use in 8 sectors. It has postcodes in Cardiff. It is split between 2 councils: Cardiff (1,294 postcodes) and Vale of Glamorgan (150).

Postcodes in use: 1,444
Sectors: 8
Councils: 2 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 CF5, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 48
In use before 2020: 1,396
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,444 postcodes in CF5 that ONS places, 48 are new since 2020 and 1,396 were in use before 2020.

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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.4834, longitude -3.2455. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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

The 5 newest postcodes

CF5 6GXJuly 2026 CF5 7ALJuly 2026 CF5 7ARJuly 2026 CF5 2FJJune 2026 CF5 7AEMarch 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CF5 6GQ, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CF5 2FE, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CF5 2FJ, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in CF5?

Ofcom reports on 1,425 of the 1,444 postcodes in CF5. At 1,213 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit1,213 of 1,425

Postcodes where every home can get superfast1,374 of 1,425

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband2 of 1,425

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in CF5?

Homes in CF5 sold for a typical £287,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 753 sales, up 2.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£287,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£280,000 12 months to August 2025

▲ up 2.5% on the 12 months before

Detached £420,000 139 sales
Semi-detached £280,000 218 sales
Terraced £279,950 301 sales
Flat or maisonette £160,000 95 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