Summary

Analysis of characteristics of Built Up Areas (BUAs), based on the new 2021 data. The article will focus on differences in topics by size of BUA (based on population size), and will describe and contrast some towns and cities that exhibit interesting trends.

Publications

• Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021

  Characteristics of built-up areas (BUAs) in England (excluding London) and Wales. Characteristics include age and sex, country of birth, housing, qualifications and employment.

Data

• Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021

  Population and household characteristics by built-up area (BUA) size classification and individual BUAs, England (excluding London) and Wales, Census 2021. Data are available at a country, BUA size classification and individual BUA level.

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About the data

This release includes data from Census 2021.

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

• meet user needs
• are presented clearly and accessibly
• are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
• are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest