CATHERINE DRIVE, CF15 7JZ House Prices & Local Information

CF15 7JZ is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Catherine Drive, 0.4km from Tongwynlais in Tongwynlais. Administratively it sits within Whitchurch and Tongwynlais ward and the Cardiff North constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CF15 7JZ is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. By day, the area transitions to a rural with mining or quarrying character: includes some mining and quarrying and other industrial activity. With residents averaging 33 years old, this is a classic professional renter's neighbourhood — energetic, sociable, and career-focused. 55% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 22% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 41 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £168k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for CF15 7JZ are sourced from Output Area W00009719 (shared with 39 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.