# CF23 5JU: area report for a postcode in Cardiff

CF23 5JU is a postcode in Cardiff.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Cardiff. Open the map at CF23 5JU for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Cardiff](https://openindex.co.uk/cardiff) › [CF23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf23) › [CF23 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cf23-5)

## Around this postcode

- **12 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 20% on July. Cardiff 024A: 27 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-3.1634,51.5025,CF235JU
- **Cathays, 1.8 km**: About 23 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-3.1634,51.5025,CF235JU
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 580 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-3.1634,51.5025,CF235JU
- **Outside flood zones**: Nearest zone is 430 m south west. (Outline) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-zones?around=-3.1634,51.5025,CF235JU
- **Wales’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Cardiff 024A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-wales?around=-3.1634,51.5025,CF235JU
- **£272,443 average price**: For the whole of Cardiff, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-3.1634,51.5025,CF235JU
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 520 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-3.1634,51.5025,CF235JU
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 810 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-3.1634,51.5025,CF235JU
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at CF23 5JU**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-3.1634,51.5025,CF235JU
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 5 of 6**: 10% to 30% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-3.1634,51.5025,CF235JU
- **12.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-3.1634,51.5025,CF235JU

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Edern](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ysgol-gyfun-gymraeg-bro-edern-w6814074) | Secondary | 580 m (7 minutes on foot) | Ofsted inspects schools in England only | – |
| [ROATH PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL](https://openindex.co.uk/school/roath-park-primary-school-w6812043) | Primary | 710 m (9 minutes on foot) | Ofsted inspects schools in England only | – |
| [Marlborough Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/marlborough-primary-w6812326) | Primary | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Ofsted inspects schools in England only | – |
| [ALL SAINTS C/W PRIMARY](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-saints-c-w-primary-w6813357) | Primary | 890 m (11 minutes on foot) | Ofsted inspects schools in England only | – |
| [Howardian Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/howardian-primary-school-w6812331) | Primary | 980 m (12 minutes on foot) | Ofsted inspects schools in England only | – |
| [ALBANY PRIMARY SCHOOL](https://openindex.co.uk/school/albany-primary-school-w6812005) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Ofsted inspects schools in England only | – |
| [LLANEDEYRN PRIMARY SCHOOL](https://openindex.co.uk/school/llanedeyrn-primary-school-w6812094) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Ofsted inspects schools in England only | – |
| [LAKESIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lakeside-primary-school-w6812074) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Ofsted inspects schools in England only | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2025 | £170,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| June 2024 | £225,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| March 2026 | £135,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| July 2025 | £830,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| November 2025 | £270,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| November 2025 | £560,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| June 2023 | £1,375,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| January 2025 | £765,500 | Detached, established, leasehold | 160 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: ROATH HOUSE SURGERY (520 m); THE PENYLAN SURGERY (660 m)
- Pharmacies: CENTRAL PHARMACY (770 m)
- Dental practices: MARLBOROUGH DENTAL PRACTICE (820 m); DENTAL SURGERY (850 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Cardiff Wellfield Rd Express (810 m, Tesco); Cook Cardiff (850 m, Cook); Co-op Cardiff - Colchester Avenue (900 m, The Co-operative Group); Sainsburys Cardiff Albany Road Local (980 m, Sainsburys)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £272,443** (August 2026). Cardiff’s average house price was £272,443 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 2.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,946** (2025). Full-time workers living in Cardiff earned a median of £36,946 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 121st lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.4×** (2025). A home in Cardiff costs 7.4 times local full-time pay. Joint 168th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Population estimate: 381,516** (2025). Cardiff’s population was an estimated 381,516 in mid-2025 (ONS population estimates). Down 0.1% in a year. Source: Mid-year population estimates, 2025. Published 1 October 2026.

## Cardiff 024A (Neighbourhood)

- **Median sale price: £347,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Cardiff 024A was £347,500 in 2025. Joint 11,900th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,712** (2021). Cardiff 024A had 1,712 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 13,008th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.2%** (January 2026). In Cardiff 024A, 96.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.
- **Claimant rate: 1.3%** (August 2026). In Cardiff 024A, 1.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## CF23 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £290,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CF23 was £290,000 in 2025. Joint 1,065th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 48,085** (2021). CF23 had 48,085 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 246th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 96%** (2022). About 96% of people in CF23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.9%** (January 2026). In CF23, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Cardiff](https://openindex.co.uk/cardiff)
- Centre: 51.5025, -3.1634

Council: [Cardiff](https://openindex.co.uk/cardiff) (Welsh council, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Cardiff East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/cardiff-east): Jo Stevens (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood zones](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-zones) (Outline)
- [Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-wales), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-3.1634,51.5025,CF235JU

## How to cite

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