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List of Welsh principal areas by population

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Population in Wales is concentrated in the South Wales Valleys and the northeast; the remainder of Wales is sparsely populated

This is a list of principal areas of Wales showing population, density and area. The figures are estimates for 2022 from the Office for National Statistics.[1]

District Population Population
density/km²
Area km² Style
Cardiff align="center" align="center" align="center"|140 City and county
Swansea align="center" align="center"| 378 City and county
Rhondda Cynon Taf align="center" align="center" align="center"|424 County borough
Carmarthenshire align="center" align="center" align="center"|2,370[2] County
Caerphilly align="center" align="center" align="center"|278 County borough
Flintshire align="center" align="center" align="center"|438 County
Newport align="center" align="center" align="center"|190 City
Bridgend align="center" align="center" align="center"|246 County borough
Neath Port Talbot align="center" align="center" align="center"|442 County borough
Wrexham align="center" align="center" align="center"|498 County borough
Powys align="center" align="center" align="center"|5,180[3] County
Vale of Glamorgan align="center" align="center" align="center"|335 County borough
Pembrokeshire align="center" align="center" align="center"|1,590 County
Gwynedd align="center" align="center" align="center"|2,535[4] County
Conwy align="center" align="center" align="center"|1,130 County borough
Denbighshire align="center" align="center" align="center"|844 County
Monmouthshire align="center" align="center" align="center"|850 County
Torfaen align="center" align="center" align="center"|126 County borough
Ceredigion align="center" align="center" align="center"|1,795 County
Isle of Anglesey align="center" align="center" align="center"|714 County
Blaenau Gwent align="center" align="center" align="center"|109 County borough
Merthyr Tydfil align="center" align="center" align="center"|111 County borough

References

  1. ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Carmarthenshire - Population Density (QS102EW)". UKCensusdata.com. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  3. ^ "Powys - Population Density (QS102EW)". UKCensusdata.com. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  4. ^ "Gwynedd - Population Density (QS102EW)". UKCensusdata.com. Retrieved 2018-06-18.