Cardiff urban area

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Map of the Cardiff Urban Area showing subdivisions and local authority boundaries

The Cardiff Built-up Area or Cardiff Urban Area is the name given to the urban area around Cardiff. The vast bulk of the population and area are contributed by Cardiff, which had a population of 335,145 at the 2011 census. The rest was made up by the towns of Penarth and Dinas Powys, connected to the south-west of the city along Cardiff Bay; as well as the South Wales Valleys towns of Caerphilly and Pontypridd. The total official population of this urban area was given to be 447,487 in 2011.[1] This was an increase of almost 37% on the 2001 population of 327,706. This was mainly due to Caerphilly and Pontypridd becoming part of the built-up area. The population of the Cardiff unitary authority (not co-terminous with the built-up area or the wider urban area) in 2001 was 305,353.[2] Cardiff Council estimated the population of the unitary authority at 317,500 in 2006; at the 2011 census it was 346,090.

Subdivisions

According to the ONS definition the Cardiff Urban Area had the following subdivisions:

Rank Urban sub-area Population
2001 census 2011 census
1 Cardiff 292,150 335,145
2 Caerphilly 41,402
3 Pontypridd 30,457
4 Penarth 23,245 27,226
5 Dinas Powys 7,653 7,490
6 Taff's Well 5,567
Radyr 4,658
Total 327,206 447,287

Notes:

  • Radyr was included in the Cardiff subdivision in the 2011 census.
  • Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Taff's Well were separate urban areas in the 2001 census.

References
  1. "2011 Census - Built-up areas". ONS. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  2. Area: Cardiff (Local Authority), Office of National Statistics.
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