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List of ONS built-up areas in England by population
Statistical areas of England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about 2021 ONS built-up areas. For 2011 ONS built-up areas (known as urban areas in 2001) and having no equivalent in 2021, see List of urban areas in the United Kingdom. For an alphabetical list of cities, see List of cities in the United Kingdom. For an alphabetical list of towns, see List of towns in England.
This list of built-up areas for England was compiled by the Office for National Statistics after the 2021 UK Census.[1] Built-up area boundaries are defined and named by the ONS. (In ONS reports of the 2011 and 2021 censuses, many of these areas were called "built-up sub-areas" of larger urban areas; as of October 2024[update], the ONS has not defined a new nomenclature for the urban areas or released any data for them.)
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Classifications
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Population range | BUA classed as[1] | Approximate settlement type |
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200,000+ | major | cities |
75,000-199,999 | large | large towns or smaller cities |
20,000-74,999 | medium | medium towns |
5,000-19,999 | small | larger village or small town |
0-4,999 | minor | hamlet or village or small charter town |
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The ONS has classified all built-up areas with a population of at least 200,000 as "major". Most are cities, with three large towns (Luton, Northampton and Reading) included.[1] (Conversely, there are many settlements that have city status but do not reach the threshold.)
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Large
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The ONS classified all built-up areas between 199,999 and 75,000 as large-sized, most include large towns or smaller cities.[1]
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Medium
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The ONS classified all built-up areas between 75,000 and 20,000 as medium-sized, most are moderate towns with some exceptional cities or villages.[1]
49,700 to 74,999
Hereford, Canterbury, Lancaster and Durham have city status, all others are towns and Rochester formerly had city status.
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30,000 to 49,699

"Citypopulation.de" does not record areas with a population lower than Thundersley and South Benfleet.
Winchester, Lichfield and Chichester have city status between 30,000 and 49,700.
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20,000 to 29,999

Truro officially has city status.
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See also
- List of cities in the United Kingdom
- City status in the United Kingdom, differing ways which cities have become cities.
- List of towns in England, England's towns in alphabet order and the differing ways which towns have become towns.
- List of towns and cities in England by historical population, the development of urban centres in England and before England through time.
- Settlements in ceremonial counties of England by population, places with 5,000 or more residents by county and the highest populated built-up area in each county.
- List of English districts by population, population of each local government district in England.
- List of urban areas in the United Kingdom sets out the population of each 2011 built-up area in the UK.
- List of built-up areas in Wales by population, Welsh equivalent.
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