Wrexham Built-up area

Map of the Wrexham Built-up area as of the 2021 census
Map of the Wrexham Built-up area used in the 2011 census with subdivisions, Bradley and Rhostyllen.
The 2011 BUA within Wrexham County Borough, highlighted in lighter red.

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."[1][2]

The total population of the built-up area defined on this basis in 2011 was 65,692 at the 2011 census[3] making Wrexham the fourth largest built-up area in Wales, and largest in North Wales at the time. This accounts for almost half (48%) of the entire country borough's population of 136,055 residents,[4] with the remainder living in Rhosllanerchrugog's built-up area of 25,362 residents (2011 census)[5] 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.[6]

Subdivisions (2011 census)

The ONS provides sub-division statistics for the Wrexham built-up area for the 2011 census.

Rank Urban sub-area name Population Area Population density (per km2)
- Wrexham (built-up area)[3][7] 65,692 17.3625 km2 (6.7037 sq mi) 3,783.56/km2 (9,799.37/sq mi)
1 Wrexham (subdivision)[8][9] 61,603 16.22 km2 (6.26 sq mi) 3,798.0/km2 (9,836.7/sq mi)
2 Rhostyllen[10][11] 2,766 0.8575 km2 (0.3311 sq mi) 3,225.7/km2 (8,354.4/sq mi)
3 Bradley[12][13] 1,323 0.285 km2 (0.110 sq mi) 4,642/km2 (12,023/sq mi)

See also

References

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics, 2011 Built-up Areas - Methodology and Guidance, p.3 Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ ONS Geography (August 2015). "2011 Built-up Areas - Methodology and Guidance". Office for National Statistics.
  3. ^ a b "Wrexham Built-up area - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Population estimates by local authority and year". statswales.gov.wales. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. ^ "2011 Census Rhosllanerchrugog Built-up area - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  6. ^ Within the dataset under 1d – W45000151 – Wrexham."Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021". 2 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  7. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Wrexham Built-up area Local Area Report (W37000376)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  8. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Wrexham Built-up area Local Area Report (W38000001)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  9. ^ "W38 Built-up Area, sub-division Wrexham BUASD". statistics.data.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  10. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Wrexham Built-up area Local Area Report (W38000005)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  11. ^ "W38 Built-up Area, sub-division Rhostyllen BUASD". statistics.data.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  12. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Wrexham Built-up area Local Area Report (W38000082)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  13. ^ "W38 Built-up Area, sub-division Bradley BUASD". statistics.data.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

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