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Greater Glasgow
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Satellite image showing the Greater Glasgow Area
Area265 km2 (102 sq mi)  [1]
Population1,028,220 (2020) [2]
Language English, Scots, Gaelic [3]
OS grid reference NS590655
•  Edinburgh 42 mi (68 km)
•  London 403 mi (649 km)
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town GLASGOW
Postcode district G1–G84
Post townPAISLEY
Postcode district PA1–PA19
Post townMOTHERWELL
Postcode district ML1–ML8
Dialling code 0141, 01236, 01355, 01360, 01389, 01505, 01698, 01475
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Greater Glasgow is an urban settlement in Scotland consisting of all localities which are physically attached to the city of Glasgow, forming with it a single contiguous urban area (or conurbation). It does not relate to municipal government boundaries, and its territorial extent is defined by National Records of Scotland, which determines settlements in Scotland for census and statistical purposes. Greater Glasgow had a population of 1,199,629 at the time of the 2001 UK Census [4] making it the largest urban area in Scotland and the fifth-largest in the United Kingdom. [5] However, the population estimate for the Greater Glasgow 'settlement' (a chain of continuously populated postcodes) in mid-2016 was 985,290 [6] —the reduced figure explained by the removal of the Motherwell & Wishaw (124,790), Coatbridge & Airdrie (91,020), and Hamilton (83,730) settlement areas east of the city due to small gaps between the populated postcodes. The 'new towns' of Cumbernauld (which had a 2016 settlement population of 50,920) and East Kilbride (75,120) were never included in these figures despite their close ties to Glasgow due to having a clear geographical separation from the city. In the 2020 figures (with almost the same boundaries as 2016, the main difference being the re-addition of Barrhead), the Greater Glasgow population had risen to just over 1 million. [2]

Contents

A more extensive Greater Glasgow concept covers a much larger area and may include Ayrshire down to Ayr as well as the whole of Lanarkshire down to Lanark, Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, and Inverclyde. At present, the Glasgow City Region consists of the Glasgow City Council, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire, East Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, and Inverclyde Local Authorities, with a combined population of over 1.7 million. This city-region is described as a metropolitan area by its own strategic planning authority and is similar to the Glasgow metropolitan area identified by the European Union.

The City of Glasgow grew substantially in population during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, becoming in 1912 the eighth city in Europe to reach the one million mark after Rome, London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, and Moscow. The official population stayed over a million for fifty years. [7] Since the 1960s, successive boundary changes and large-scale relocation to suburban districts and new towns have reduced the population of the City of Glasgow council area to 593,245 at the time of the 2011 UK Census.

Urban Area

Following the local government boundary changes in 1996 and the creation of the present day unitary councils in Scotland, replacing the former regional and district councils, the Greater Glasgow Settlement Area or Urban Area was created for the 2001 Census from groups of neighbouring urban postcodes grouped so that each group of postcode units (known as a locality) contains at least a given number of addresses per unit area, and the group contains at least 500 residents. The localities that make up Greater Glasgow are listed below:

LocalityCouncil areaPopulation

(1991 census)

Population

(2001 census) [4]

Population

(2016 estimate) [6]

Population

(2020 estimate) [2]

Airdrie [lower-alpha 1] North Lanarkshire 12,43636,32637,41036,390
Bargeddie [lower-alpha 1] North Lanarkshire 2,3252,7902,9603,210
Barrhead [lower-alpha 2] East Renfrewshire 16,70317,44317,61017,890
Bearsden East Dunbartonshire 27,70727,96728,12028,470
Bellshill [lower-alpha 1] North Lanarkshire 20,07520,13420,29019,700
Bishopbriggs East Dunbartonshire 23,82523,11823,54023,680
Blantyre [lower-alpha 1] South Lanarkshire 16,90016,800
Bothwell [lower-alpha 1] South Lanarkshire 6,3806,870
Bowling West Dunbartonshire 5,5005,500560560
Brookfield [lower-alpha 3] Renfrewshire 540880
Busby East Renfrewshire 1,6171,6543,2503,310
Cambuslang South Lanarkshire 23,21224,50029,10030,790
Chapelhall [lower-alpha 1] North Lanarkshire 4,4055,6916,6907,140
Chryston [lower-alpha 1] North Lanarkshire 3,0003,100
Clarkston East Renfrewshire 18,89919,1369,8609,800
Clydebank West Dunbartonshire 29,17129,85826,32025,620
Coatbridge [lower-alpha 1] North Lanarkshire 40,32041,17043,96043,950
Duntocher and Hardgate West Dunbartonshire 7,8827,3016,8806,680
Elderslie Renfrewshire 5,1665,1805,3305,480
Erskine [lower-alpha 1] Renfrewshire 15,16615,34715,51015,010
Faifley West Dunbartonshire 6,0874,9324,8604,740
Gartcosh [lower-alpha 1] North Lanarkshire 2,2002,920
Giffnock East Renfrewshire 16,19016,17812,30012,250
Glasgow Glasgow City 658,379629,501612,040632,350
Hamilton [lower-alpha 1] South Lanarkshire 44,65853,45754,08054,480
Inchinnan [lower-alpha 1] Renfrewshire 1,2331,5741,8601,820
Johnstone Renfrewshire 18,28016,46816,09015,930
Kilbarchan Renfrewshire 3,7103,6223,4803,300
Linwood Renfrewshire 10,1839,0588,6008,450
Milngavie East Dunbartonshire 11,99212,79512,94012,840
Moodiesburn [lower-alpha 1] North Lanarkshire 6,8906,830
Motherwell [lower-alpha 1] North Lanarkshire 27,42630,30132,59032,840
Muirhead [lower-alpha 1] North Lanarkshire 1,3801,830
Netherlee East Renfrewshire 4,6004,530
Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire 19,34222,63726,60028,210
Old Kilpatrick West Dunbartonshire 2,4083,1994,6804,470
Paisley Renfrewshire 73,92574,17077,22077,270
Renfrew Renfrewshire 20,76420,25122,57024,270
Rutherglen South Lanarkshire 25,00025,00031,19030,950
Stamperland East Renfrewshire 3,6403,630
Stepps North Lanarkshire 4,9424,8027,4507,700
Thornliebank East Renfrewshire 3,9804,0514,0704,170
Uddingston [lower-alpha 1] South Lanarkshire 6,3706,300
Wishaw [lower-alpha 1] North Lanarkshire 26,43928,56430,29030,050
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 No longer included in Greater Glasgow in 2016 or 2020 figures.
  2. ↑ No longer included in Greater Glasgow in 2016 figures, but re-added in 2020.
  3. ↑ Added to figure in 2020.

Transport

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Rail passengers 2018-2019

In 1973, the Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive (later Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive from 1983 and Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority from 1996) was created to take over control of Glasgow Corporation Transport (which included the Glasgow Subway). Following local government reorganisation in 1975, control subsequently passed to Strathclyde Regional Council. The former PTE is now the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, within Transport Scotland.

The city is served by the only metro system in Scotland, the Glasgow Subway; and by two international airports, Glasgow Prestwick Airport [8] and Glasgow Airport. [9]

Glasgow City Region

The Glasgow City Region [10] is a collection of local authorities clustered around Glasgow. [11] The eight constituent authorities are:

The population of this area in 2011 was 1,787,515. The city region is not a conurbation as significant parts of the council areas (and the whole of Inverclyde) are separated from Greater Glasgow by open countryside. It uses numerous other terms for itself, including Metropolitan Glasgow, [10] the metropolitan City-Region of Glasgow, [12] Glasgow and the Clyde Valley and Clydeside.

As a collection of individual local authorities the city region has no single municipal government however, following the agreement of a City Deal with the UK Government, the eight constituent authorities formally established a joint Glasgow and Clyde Valley Cabinet on 20 January 2015. This cabinet consists of the leaders of all eight councils, with the leader of Glasgow City Council being Chair of the Cabinet. [13] Prior to 2015 the eight authorities formed only a combined strategic planning authority. [12]

Metropolitan Glasgow

While the Scottish Government makes no official recognition of 'Metropolitan status' in its workings, [14] the term is used by other bodies. The European Union's statistical body Eurostat lists Glasgow as the 32nd most populous metropolitan area, or Larger Urban Zones, in the EU. Although not defining the boundaries of this metropolitan area, Eurostat state it consists "of over 1.7 million inhabitants covering an area of 3,346 km2"., [15] which is similar to the 1.75 million population of the Glasgow City Region and may suggest a correlation between the two. The Glasgow City Region's strategic development authority describes itself as the planning authority for the "Glasgow metropolitan area" [16] and the "metropolitan city-region of Glasgow". [12]

The former local government region of Strathclyde has also been identified as a metropolitan area surrounding the Greater Glasgow conurbation, and covers approximately 2.3 million people, 41% of Scotland's population. [17]

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