West Yorkshire Built-up Area

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West Yorkshire Built-up Area
Conurbation
2011 West Yorkshire Built-up Area.svg
2011 map of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area, showing subdivisions
Area487.8 km2 (188.3 sq mi)
Population1,777,934 
  Density 3,645/km2 (9,440/sq mi)
OS grid reference SE455215
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police West Yorkshire
Fire West Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
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The West Yorkshire Built-up Area, previously known as the West Yorkshire Urban Area, is a term used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to refer to a conurbation in West Yorkshire, England, based on the cities of Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield, and the large towns of Huddersfield and Halifax. It is the fourth largest urban area in the United Kingdom. However, it excludes other towns and villages such as Featherstone, Normanton, Castleford, Pontefract, Hemsworth, Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Knottingley, Wetherby and Garforth which, though part of the county of West Yorkshire, are considered independently. There are substantial areas of agricultural land within the designated area – more than in any other official urban area in England – many of the towns and cities are only just connected by narrow outlying strips of development.

Urban subdivisions

Map of the main settlements West Yorkshire map.png
Map of the main settlements
Leeds, the largest city in the built-up area (BUA) and the United Kingdom's third-largest city by population Leeds CBD at night.jpg
Leeds, the largest city in the built-up area (BUA) and the United Kingdom's third-largest city by population
Bradford, the second largest city in the BUA and United Kingdom's sixth largest city by population Bradfordskyline.jpeg
Bradford, the second largest city in the BUA and United Kingdom's sixth largest city by population
Huddersfield, a market town with the third-highest population in the BUA and one of the largest market towns in UK Huddersfield (16037400213).jpg
Huddersfield, a market town with the third-highest population in the BUA and one of the largest market towns in UK
Wakefield, the BUA's third city and previously a centre for coal mining, famous for its cathedral, castle and the historical battle of Wakefield Wakefield-1.jpg
Wakefield, the BUA's third city and previously a centre for coal mining, famous for its cathedral, castle and the historical battle of Wakefield
Halifax, a centre for the wool industry since the 1400s and fifth largest settlement in the conurbation, also known for its minster church Halifax- Church, Town Hall ... (2324456809).jpg
Halifax, a centre for the wool industry since the 1400s and fifth largest settlement in the conurbation, also known for its minster church

The ONS gives the conurbation a population of 1,777,934 (2011 census), [1] which makes it the fourth-most populous in the UK. The ONS partitions the area down into 39 sub-divisions: [1]

Three further subdivisions are given [2] with no population numbers as they are present or former industrial areas with no resident population.

Rawdon is the subdivision name for Horsforth Vale, on which a former industrial plant was redeveloped for housing from 2010, too late to be recorded for the 2011 census.

Note that the areas below do not have exactly the same borders in each census, so the numbers are not always comparable (e.g. what was classified as Lofthouse/Stanley in 2001 was classified as part of Wakefield in 2011).

#SubdivisionPopulation 2011Population 2001 [3] Population 1991 [4] Population 1981 [5]
1Leeds474,632443,247424,194445,242
2Bradford349,561293,717289,376293,336
3Huddersfield162,949146,234143,726147,825
4Wakefield99,25176,88673,95574,764
5Halifax88,134
6Dewsbury62,94554,34150,16849,612
7Keighley56,34849,45349,56749,188
8Batley46,933
9Brighouse33,28632,36032,19832,597
10Pudsey32,21632,39131,63631,943
11Morley29,67354,05147,57944,652
12Shipley28,69428,16228,16528,815
13Bingley22,49319,88419,58518,954
14Holmfirth21,706
15Ossett21,23121,07620,40520,417
16Yeadon19,668
17Rothwell19,512
18Mirfield19,33018,39018,45918,599
19Horsforth18,89518,92818,59319,205
20Liversedge17,697
21Baildon15,94415,36815,38514,907
22Otley14,215
23Heckmondwike12,08511,2919,8559,775
24Guiseley11,960
25Cleckheaton11,648
26Horbury10,36110,0029,1869,792
27Burley in Wharfedale7,041
28Haworth6,379
29Thornton5,289
30Sowerby Bridge4,601
31Menston4,3694,6604,8884,865
32Netherton3,686
33Robin Hood3,573
34Walton3,231
35Middlestown2,366
36Scholes2,317
37Bottom Boat1,169
38East Morton1,169
39Carlton842
Guiseley/Yeadon31,38131,10430,811
Cleckheaton and Liversedge26,79627,15126,340
Lofthouse/Stanley22,94719,13617,439
Holmfirth/Honley22,69021,97921,138
Queensbury8,7187,4247,410
Shelf4,4964,2374,204
New Farnley2,548
Total1,777,9341,499,4651,445,9811,467,412
2011 subdivision notes:

Lofthouse merged into Wakefield.
Stanley merged into Wakefield.
Honley merged into Holmfirth.
Queensbury merged into Bradford and Shelf merged into Halifax.

New Farnley merged into Leeds.

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