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Cardiff has an ethnically diverse population due to its past trading connections, post-war immigration and the large numbers of foreign students who attend university in the city. The ethnic make-up of Cardiff's population at the time of the 2001 census was: 91.6% white, 2% mixed race, 4% South Asian, 1.3% black, 1.2% other ethnic groups.
Cardiff had a population of 372,089 in 2022 [2] and forms a principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Caerdydd). The city is the eleventh largest in the United Kingdom .
Built-up area Welsh name Population Cardiff: Caerdydd: 348,535 Swansea: Abertawe: 170,085 Newport: Casnewydd: 130,890 Barry: Y Barri: 56,605 Bridgend: Pen-y-bont
Wales has seven cities as of September 2022. Bangor is Wales' oldest cathedral city, [1] whereas St Davids is the smallest city in the United Kingdom. [1] Cardiff is the capital city of Wales and its most-populous, followed by Swansea the second most-populous.
Cardiff and South Wales valleys (1,097,000) Cardiff (353,000) ... List of towns and cities in England by population; List of urban areas in the United Kingdom;
The rest was made up by the towns of Penarth and Dinas Powys, connected to the south-west of the city along Cardiff Bay; as well as the South Wales Valleys towns of Caerphilly and Pontypridd. The total official population of this urban area was given to be 447,487 in 2011. [1] This was an increase of almost 37% on the 2001 population of 327,706.
Also referred to as the "Cardiff and South Wales Valley metropolitan area", it corresponds to the preserved counties of Gwent and South Glamorgan. It is the largest metropolitan area in Wales, with the next largest being centred on the Swansea Urban Area. Cardiff has been the official capital of Wales since 1955 and a city since 1905.
In 2011, 27 per cent (837,000) of the total population of Wales were not born in Wales, [7] [8] including 636,000 people (21 per cent of the total population of Wales) who were born in England. [9] The main population and industrial areas are in South Wales , including the cities of Cardiff, Swansea and Newport and the nearby valleys , with ...