Sheffield urban area explained

See also: Sheffield City Region.

Sheffield Agglomeration
Other Name:	Sheffield-Rotherham
Settlement Type:	Built-up area
Coordinates:	53.395°N -1.455°W
Subdivision Type:	Sovereign state
Subdivision Name:	United Kingdom
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	England
Subdivision Type2:	Region
Subdivision Name2:	Yorkshire and the Humber
Subdivision Type3:	Ceremonial County
Subdivision Type5:	Sub divisions
Population Total:	685,368
Population Rank:	8th
Timezone:	GMT (UTC)
Timezone Dst:	BST
Utc Offset Dst:	+1
Area Code Type:	Postcode area
Area Code:	S

The Sheffield Urban Area is a conurbation in the north of England with a population of 685,368 according to the 2011 census.^[1] This was a 7% increase on the 2001 population of 640,720^[2] making it the 8th largest conurbation in the United Kingdom and England's 6th largest. Named the Sheffield Urban Area by the Office for National Statistics, it must not be confused with the Sheffield City Region, a non-government term, although often used, particularly by the business community. In 2001 the population density of the urban area was 3,949.2 people per km^{2 [3]} by 2011 this had increased slightly to 4,092 people per km².^[1]

The city of Sheffield contributes just over two thirds of the population of the whole conurbation.

Subdivisions

The conurbation's population is made up of the following subdivision, defined by the Office for National Statistics:

Subdivision	District	Population^[4]
		1991	2001	2011
Aughton	Rotherham	14,122	13,456	align=center	-
Beighton	Sheffield	9,467	10,676	align=center	-
Catcliffe	Rotherham	-|align="center"|–||align="center"|2,108|-||Chapeltown||Sheffield|align="center"|23,479||align="center"|22,665||align=center|-|-||Eckington||North East Derbyshire|align="center"|-|align="center"|–||align="center"|7,386|-||Killamarsh||North East Derbyshire|align="center"|–|align="center"|–||align="center"|9,251|-||Mosborough/ Highlane||Sheffield|align="center"|15,222||align="center"|18,585||align=center|-|-||Rawmarsh||Rotherham|align="center"|18,085||align="center"|18,210||align=center|18,498|-||Rotherham||Rotherham|align="center"|121,380||align="center"|117,262||align=center|109,691|-||Sheffield||Sheffield|align="center"|431,607||align="center"|439,866||align=center|518,090|-||Swallownest||Rotherham|align="center"|-	–	15,022
Thorpe Hesley	Rotherham	-|align="center"|–||align="center"|4,427|-|colspan="2"|Total population|align="center"|633,362||align="center"|640,720||align=center|685,369|-|colspan="2"|Percentage change|align="center"|–||align="center"|+1.17%||align="center"|+6.97%|} Nearby places Settlements very close to the conurbation but not included in the official statistics include Wharncliffe Side and Oughtibridge, which are separated from Hillsborough by Worrall and a half-mile stretch of the A6102 Middlewood Road North and the towns of Wath upon Dearne, Brampton Bierlow, Swinton, Mexborough, Darfield and Conisbrough which are part of the Dearne Valley Urban Area and are separated from Rawmarsh by the Wentworth Road, with the A633 and Dearne Valley railway lines.^[5] Slightly further afield, Dronfield, in Derbyshire, is around half a mile away from the Greenhill area of the city along the A61 and B6158. See also List of Settlements in South Yorkshire by population List of conurbations in the United Kingdom List of metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom References ]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2011 Census - Built-up areas. . 1 July 2013.
2. Web site: Usual Resident population: Census 2001, Key statistics for urban areas (see line 516). ONS.
3. Web site: Acrobat (PDF) file giving statistics from UK Government. Pointer. Grahmam. ONS (www.statistics.gov.uk). 8 April 2007. 4 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110804232006/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_compendia/fom2005/03_FOPM_UrbanAreas.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: National Statistics Online - Census 2001/1991. webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20060718000856/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/sheffield_urban_area.asp. 18 July 2006. bot: unknown. 2 October 2017.
5. Web site: Urban North map (part 5). ONS. 8 April 2007. 9 January 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070109141715/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_urban_north_part_5.pdf. dead.