Wrexham Built-up area
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The Wrexham Built-up area (also known as the Wrexham Urban Area) is an area of land defined by the United Kingdom Office for National Statistics (ONS) for population monitoring purposes. It is an urban conurbation fully within Wrexham County Borough and consists of the urban area centred on the city of Wrexham. Until the 2021 census, it also included the historically industrial settlements to the west including Gwersyllt, Rhostyllen, Brymbo, Bradley and New Broughton.
Description
= 2011 census =
The detailed methodology of the process used across the UK by ONS in 2011 is set out in 2011 Built-up Areas - Methodology and Guidance, published in June 2013. It is summarised as "..a ‘bricks and mortar’ approach, with areas defined as built-up land with a minimum area of 20 hectares (0.2 km2 / 0.077 mile2), while settlements within 200 metres of each other are linked. Built-up area sub-divisions are also identified to provide greater detail in the data, especially in the larger conurbations."[http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/ref/builtupareas_userguidance.pdf Office for National Statistics, 2011 Built-up Areas - Methodology and Guidance, p.3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921224350/http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/ref/builtupareas_userguidance.pdf|date=2013-09-21}}{{Cite web |last=ONS Geography |date=August 2015 |title=2011 Built-up Areas - Methodology and Guidance |url=https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/documents/ons::built-up-areas-user-guidance-1/explore |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}
The total population of the built-up area defined on this basis in 2011 was 65,692 at the 2011 census{{Cite web |title=Wrexham Built-up area - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W37000376 |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk |archive-date=1 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401011129/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W37000376 |url-status=live }} making Wrexham the fourth largest built-up area in Wales, and largest in North Wales at the time. This accounts for almost half ({{Percentage|65692|136055}}) of the entire country borough's population of 136,055 residents,{{Cite web |title=Population estimates by local authority and year |url=https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Population-and-Migration/Population/Estimates/Local-Authority/populationestimates-by-localauthority-year |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=statswales.gov.wales |archive-date=20 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620101839/https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Population-and-Migration/Population/Estimates/Local-Authority/populationestimates-by-localauthority-year |url-status=live }} with the remainder living in Rhosllanerchrugog's built-up area of 25,362 residents (2011 census){{Cite web |title=2011 Census Rhosllanerchrugog Built-up area - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W37000401 |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk |archive-date=29 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529124935/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W37000401 |url-status=live }} or in various villages and towns in rural parts of the county borough.
= 2021 census =
For the 2021 census, the "Wrexham built-up area" was reduced to 44,785 residents, with other areas formerly considered part of the BUA split into separate ones.Within the dataset under 1d – W45000151 – Wrexham.{{Cite web |date=2 August 2023 |title=Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021 |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/datasets/townsandcitiescharacteristicsofbuiltupareasenglandandwalescensus2021 |access-date=3 August 2023}}
Subdivisions (2011 census)
The ONS provides sub-division statistics for the Wrexham built-up area for the 2011 census.
See also
References
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