Sheffield urban area

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Sheffield Agglomeration
Sheffield-Rotherham
Built-up area
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Rotherham, England, 2 May 2010 (17), the New County pub and Rotherham town centre.jpg
SheffieldUrbanArea.svg
Built-up area's sub divisions
Coordinates: 53°23′42″N1°27′18″W / 53.395°N 1.455°W / 53.395; -1.455
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country England
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial County
Sub divisions
Population
  Total685,368 [1]
  Rank 8th
Time zone GMT (UTC)
  Summer (DST) UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area S

The Sheffield Urban Area is a conurbation in the north of England with a population of 685,368 according to the 2011 census. [1] This was a 7% increase on the 2001 population of 640,720 [2] making it the 8th largest conurbation in the United Kingdom and England's 6th largest. Named the Sheffield Urban Area by the Office for National Statistics, it must not be confused with the Sheffield City Region, a non-government term, although often used, particularly by the business community. In 2001 the population density of the urban area was 3,949.2 people per km2 [3] by 2011 this had increased slightly to 4,092 people per km2. [1]

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The city of Sheffield contributes just over two thirds of the population of the whole conurbation.

Subdivisions

The conurbation's population is made up of the following subdivision, defined by the Office for National Statistics:

SubdivisionDistrictPopulation [4] [2] [1]
199120012011
Aughton [lower-alpha 1] Rotherham 14,12213,456-
Beighton [lower-alpha 2] Sheffield 9,46710,676-
Catcliffe [lower-alpha 3] Rotherham-2,108
Chapeltown [lower-alpha 4] Sheffield23,47922,665-
Eckington [lower-alpha 5] North East Derbyshire -7,386
Killamarsh [lower-alpha 6] North East Derbyshire9,251
Mosborough/ Highlane [lower-alpha 7] Sheffield15,22218,585-
Rawmarsh Rotherham18,08518,21018,498
Rotherham Rotherham121,380117,262109,691
Sheffield Sheffield431,607439,866518,090
Swallownest Rotherham-15,022
Thorpe Hesley [lower-alpha 8] Rotherham-4,427
Total population633,362640,720685,369
Percentage change+1.17%+6.97%
  1. Aughton is in the Swallownest subdivision in the 2011 census.
  2. Beighton is in the Sheffield subdivision for the 2011 census.
  3. Catcliffe was in the Rotherham subdivision for the 1991 and 2001 censuses, separated for the 2011 census.
  4. Chapeltown was no longer part of the Sheffield Built-up Area in the 2011 census.
  5. Eckington was a separate urban area in the 1991 and 2001 censuses.
  6. Killamarsh was a separate urban area in the 1991 and 2001 censuses.
  7. Mosborough/Highlane is in the Sheffield subdivision for the 2011 census.
  8. Thorpe Hesley was a separate urban area in the 1991 and 2001 censuses.

Nearby places

Settlements very close to the conurbation but not included in the official statistics include Wharncliffe Side and Oughtibridge, which are separated from Hillsborough by Worrall and a half-mile stretch of the A6102 Middlewood Road North and the towns of Wath upon Dearne, Brampton Bierlow, Swinton, Mexborough, Darfield and Conisbrough which are part of the Dearne Valley Urban Area and are separated from Rawmarsh by the Wentworth Road, with the A633 and Dearne Valley railway lines. [5]
Slightly further afield, Dronfield, in Derbyshire, is around half a mile away from the Greenhill area of the city along the A61 and B6158.

See also

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