The
Cardiff Urban Area is the name given to the urban area around
CardiffCardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales. According to recent estimates, the...
. The vast bulk of the population and area are contributed by Cardiff which had a population of 292,150 as recorded at the 2001 census. The rest was made up by the towns of
PenarthPenarth is a town and seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan , Wales 5.2 miles south west from the Welsh capital city of Cardiff and lying on the north shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay...
and
Dinas PowysDinas Powys is a large village and a community in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. The village is 5.6 miles south-west of the centre of Cardiff and conveniently situated on the A4055 Cardiff to Barry main road...
connected to the south-east of the city along
Cardiff BayCardiff Bay is the area created by the Cardiff Barrage in South Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The regeneration of Cardiff Bay is now widely regarded as one of the most successful regeneration projects in the UK. The Bay is supplied by two rivers to form a freshwater lake round the former...
. The total official population of this urban area was given to be 327,706 in 2001. The population of the Cardiff unitary authority (not co-terminous with the built-up area or the wider urban area) in 2001 was 305,353
http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=276879&c=Cardiff&d=13&e=16&g=421924&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1201126076142&enc=1&dsFamilyId=75.
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The
Cardiff Urban Area is the name given to the urban area around
CardiffCardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales. According to recent estimates, the...
. The vast bulk of the population and area are contributed by Cardiff which had a population of 292,150 as recorded at the 2001 census. The rest was made up by the towns of
PenarthPenarth is a town and seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan , Wales 5.2 miles south west from the Welsh capital city of Cardiff and lying on the north shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay...
and
Dinas PowysDinas Powys is a large village and a community in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. The village is 5.6 miles south-west of the centre of Cardiff and conveniently situated on the A4055 Cardiff to Barry main road...
connected to the south-east of the city along
Cardiff BayCardiff Bay is the area created by the Cardiff Barrage in South Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The regeneration of Cardiff Bay is now widely regarded as one of the most successful regeneration projects in the UK. The Bay is supplied by two rivers to form a freshwater lake round the former...
. The total official population of this urban area was given to be 327,706 in 2001. The population of the Cardiff unitary authority (not co-terminous with the built-up area or the wider urban area) in 2001 was 305,353
http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=276879&c=Cardiff&d=13&e=16&g=421924&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1201126076142&enc=1&dsFamilyId=75. Cardiff Council estimated the population of the unitary authority at 317,500 in 2006.
Settlements
According to the ONS definition the Cardiff Urban Area consists of the following settlements:
| Rank |
Urban sub-area name |
Population |
| 1 |
CardiffCardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales. According to recent estimates, the...
|
292,150 |
| 2 |
Penarth Penarth is a town and seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan , Wales 5.2 miles south west from the Welsh capital city of Cardiff and lying on the north shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay...
|
23,245 |
| 3 |
Dinas PowysDinas Powys is a large village and a community in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. The village is 5.6 miles south-west of the centre of Cardiff and conveniently situated on the A4055 Cardiff to Barry main road...
|
7,653 |
| 4 |
RadyrRadyr is an outer suburb of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The suburb is situated in the west of the city, although it was originally a separate village, and is located around 5 miles north west of Cardiff city centre. The population was recorded at 4,658 according to the 2001 Census...
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4,658 |
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