Wrexham Built-up area explained

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 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)65,69217.3625km2
1Wrexham (subdivision)[7] 61,60316.22km2
2Rhostyllen[8] 2,7660.8575km2
3Bradley[9] 1,3230.285km2

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/ref/builtupareas_userguidance.pdf Office for National Statistics, 2011 Built-up Areas - Methodology and Guidance, p.3
  2. Web site: ONS Geography . August 2015 . 2011 Built-up Areas - Methodology and Guidance . Office for National Statistics.
  3. Web site: Wrexham Built-up area - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics . 2022-05-29 . www.nomisweb.co.uk . 1 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220401011129/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W37000376 . live .
  4. Web site: Population estimates by local authority and year . 2022-03-27 . statswales.gov.wales . 20 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180620101839/https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Population-and-Migration/Population/Estimates/Local-Authority/populationestimates-by-localauthority-year . live .
  5. Web site: 2011 Census Rhosllanerchrugog Built-up area - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics . 2022-05-29 . www.nomisweb.co.uk . 29 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220529124935/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W37000401 . live .
  6. Within the dataset under 1d – W45000151 – Wrexham.Web site: 2 August 2023 . Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021 . 3 August 2023.
  7. Web site: W38 Built-up Area, sub-division Wrexham BUASD . statistics.data.gov.uk . . 8 June 2022 . 8 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220608200912/https://statistics.data.gov.uk/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.data.gov.uk%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FW38000001 . live .
  8. Web site: W38 Built-up Area, sub-division Rhostyllen BUASD . statistics.data.gov.uk . . 8 June 2022 . 8 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220608200908/https://statistics.data.gov.uk/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.data.gov.uk%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FW38000005 . live .
  9. Web site: W38 Built-up Area, sub-division Bradley BUASD . statistics.data.gov.uk . . 8 June 2022 . 8 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220608200908/https://statistics.data.gov.uk/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.data.gov.uk%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FW38000082 . live .

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