Newport Built-up area

The Newport Built-up area (previously known in official statistics as the Newport 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 and is not coterminous with the city boundaries. It consists of the urban area centred on Newport, as well as contiguous settlements in the eastern and western valleys extending north of the city – including Cwmbran, Pontypool, Risca, Abercarn and Blackwood – but excludes physically detached urban areas within the city boundaries, such as Marshfield.

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 (200,000 m2), 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]

The total population of the built-up area defined on this basis in 2011 was 306,844,[2] making it the 23rd largest conurbation in England and Wales and the 2nd largest in Wales.

Settlements

The ONS provides sub-division statistics for the Newport Urban Area

Rank Urban sub-area name Population (2011 census)
1Newport128,060
2Cwmbran46,915
3Pontypool28,334
4Blackwood24,042
5Ystrad Mynach19,204
6Risca14,958
7Bargoed11,537
8Newbridge9,590
9Pontllanfraith9,220
10Abersychan7,553
11Abercarn5,352
12Wattsville1,065
13Aberbargoed994

See also

References

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics, 2011 Built-up Areas - Methodology and Guidance, p.3
  2. ↑ "2011 Census - Built-up areas". ONS. Retrieved 22 July 2013.

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