CF72 postcode district: Pontyclun and around

CF72 is a postcode district in Wales, with 689 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Pontyclun, Llanharan and Brynna, Llantrisant and 3 more places. It is split between 4 councils: Rhondda Cynon Taf (666 postcodes), Vale of Glamorgan (18), Cardiff (4) and 1 other.

Postcodes in use: 689
Sectors: 4
Councils: 4 councils
Places: 6 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in CF72, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 52
In use before 2020: 637
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 689 postcodes in CF72 that ONS places, 52 are new since 2020 and 637 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 170 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 51.5299, longitude -3.4043. 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

CF72 8UPJuly 2026 CF72 0ESJune 2026 CF72 8GUSeptember 2025 CF72 8FWAugust 2025 CF72 8PLAugust 2025

Where the new postcodes lie together

19 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CF72 4BH, is the newest of them.
12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CF72 4AW, is the newest of them.
8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CF72 8UP, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in CF72?

Ofcom reports on 669 of the 689 postcodes in CF72. At 466 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit466 of 669

Postcodes where every home can get superfast590 of 669

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband3 of 669

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 CF72?

Homes in CF72 sold for a typical £257,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 341 sales, up 3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£257,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£250,000 12 months to August 2025

▲ up 3% on the 12 months before

Detached £375,000 116 sales
Semi-detached £232,500 126 sales
Terraced £210,000 87 sales
Flat or maisonette £140,000 12 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