CF5 6EJ Cardiff
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Pentyrch and St Fagans.
Streets
- Cardiff Road, St Fagans / Sain Ffagan: 18 addresses
- Unnamed street near Cardiff Road, St Fagans: 2 addresses
- Crofft-y-Genau Road, Caerdydd - Cardiff: 1 address
- Castle Hill, St Fagans / Sain Ffagan: 1 address
- Michaelston Road, Cardiff / Caerdydd: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Cardiff in 2026-27: Band D £2,013 a year on average, including the police and community council charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,342 | £1,566 | £1,789 | £2,013 | £2,461 | £2,908 | £3,355 | £4,026 | £4,697 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band E (24% of about 1,460 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, St. Fagans. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 19.
- Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and green belt: Wales has no national record of these; the council's planning department holds them.
Listed buildings
- St Fagans Castle, grade I
- Lead Cistern in the east forecourt of St Fagans Castle, grade II*
- 1 Castle Hill, grade II
- 2 Castle Hill, grade II
- 3 Castle Hill, grade II
- 4 Castle Hill, grade II
- Curtain Walls of St Fagans Castle with attached Bothies in the Service Yard, grade II
- Front Garden Wall, grade II
- Front Garden Walls of Nos 1-4 (consec), grade II
- Garden Wall of No. 1 The Twyn, grade II
- Hill Cottage, grade II
- Laundry Cottage, grade II
- No.1 The Twyn, grade II
- Riverside Cottage, grade II
- Silver Stream, grade II
- South Boundary Wall of the Stable Court including the Drinking Fountain on Castle Hill, grade II
- South Wall of Forecourt at St Fagans Castle, grade II
- South Wall of the Entrance Garden separating it from the Stable Court at St Fagans Castle, grade II
- Stable Court at St Fagans Castle, grade II
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: of the 23 address points in this postcode, 7 at high risk, 9 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: 4 at high risk, 12 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Surface water and small watercourses alone: 3 at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 at low risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. The map allows for flood defences. Address points are every property record (UPRN) in the postcode, each counted if it is in an area or within 5 m of one (the maps stop at building walls); a few are not homes, such as garages, business units or caravan pitches. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences. Welsh zones include an allowance for climate change.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 23 addresses are between 13 m and 27 m above sea level (16 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Fairwater 106,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km |
| Waun-gron Park 116,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km | |
| Danescourt 84,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m, 11 within 800 m; nearest Castle Hill Court St Fagans | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | Cardiff Bus Interchange Bay 14 Cardiff Bus Station | 6.3 km |
| Ferry terminal | Cardiff Castle Waterbus Stop | 5.8 km |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 2.3 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 11.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Woodlands Medical Centre | 1.6 km |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Knights Wilson Road Pharmacy | 1.6 km |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 1.4 km |
| Hospital | Rookwood Hospital | 3.1 km |
| Police station | Ely Police Station | 1.8 km |
| Cash machines | Grand Avenue Food Store, Ely Cashzone | 1.2 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest St Fagans Park 670 m² | 100 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 9.1 ha | 590 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,340 m² | 840 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 11 ha | 850 m |
| Allotments | Fairwater Allotments 2.1 ha | 1.6 km |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 9.2 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
Defra's noise maps cover England only; the Welsh Government's 2022 maps are not shown here yet.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 43 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 21% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 66% | 66% |
| Owned outright | 37% | 38% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | under 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 32% | 17% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 54% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 25% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 6% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 49% | 26% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 61% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | under 1% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 3% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 8% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 73% | 60% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 11% | 10% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 55% | 32% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 6% |
| Main language English or Welsh (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 97% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | under 1% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 9 of 10 on the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of Wales's 1,917 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Cardiff Road.