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Rhiwbina
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Rhiwbina population

11,369people · latest estimate

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Rhiwbina has a population of 11,369, making it the 3rd largest place in Cardiff.

#3
of 7 in Cardiff

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Cardiff population trends, 2001–2024.

Rhiwbina in context

2 km
south to Whitchurch, the nearest larger town
479,955
people live within 10 km
#1,129
largest of 6,358 UK places
Rhiwbina in the UK

Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.

The centre of Rhiwbina sits in postcode district CF14.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Cardiff, the billing authority covering Rhiwbina, is £2,013 for 2026–27.

From the Welsh Government's council tax levels (Table 1): the overall average including police and community council elements, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 2003 valuation — Wales revalued in 2003 where England still uses 1991.

Common questions

What is the population of Rhiwbina?
The populated place itself holds 11,369 residents. The wider Cardiff council area recorded 383,919 in 2024. Each figure describes a different boundary and all are correct; the meanings table on this page says which is which, because a population without its boundary is not an answer.

Go deeper

Population since 2001
Cardiff, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district CF14
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Cardiff

#PlacePopulation
1Cardiff372,089
2Whitchurch13,974
3Llandaff8,776
4Thornhill6,635
5Radyr4,710
6Pentyrch2,287

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