Greater_Glasgow

Greater Glasgow

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Greater Glasgow is the conurbation that includes and surrounds the city of Glasgow in the west of Scotland. It has a population of 1,199,629 at the 2001 census making it the largest urban area in Scotland and the fifth largest in the United Kingdom.

In addition to the conurbation, Greater Glasgow is used to mean the general area around the city, with various definitions being in use.

The City of Glasgow in the late 19th and early 20th centuries grew to having a population of over one million people and was the third city in Europe to reach one million, after London and Paris. The official population stayed well over one million for more than 150 years. However, in the 1960s large-scale relocation to new towns in the suburban area of the city and many boundary changes since then have reduced the population of the core City of Glasgow council area to 580,690 (August 2007).

Transport

In 1973, the Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive was created to take over control of Glasgow Corporation Transport (which included the Glasgow Subway). Following local government reorganisation in 1975, control subsequently passed to Strathclyde Regional Council. The former PTE is now the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, within Transport Scotland.

The Glasgow conurbation is served by the largest urban rail network in the UK outside of London, with 186 rail stations in the Greater Glasgow area. The city is served by the only metro system in Scotland, the Glasgow Subway; and by two international airports, Glasgow Prestwick International Airport and Glasgow International Airport.

Postal Codes

Following the local government boundary changes in 1996 and the creation of unitary councils in Scotland, replacing the former regional and district councils, the Greater Glasgow Settlement Area or Urban Area was created for the 2001 Census from groups of neighboring urban postcodes grouped so that each group of postcode unit contains at least a given number of addresses per unit area, and the group contains at least 500 residents.

Settlements

The Urban Area includes the following localities:

Settlement	Population (1991 Census)	Population (2001 Census)
Airdrie	36,842	36,326
Bargeddie	2,325	2,144
Barrhead	16,753	17,244
Bearsden	27,707	27,967
Bellshill	21,624	20,705
Bishopbriggs	23,825	23,118
Bothwell	6,542	6,379
Busby	1,617	1,654
Calderbank	1,709	1,663
Carfin	1,226	1,048
Chapelhall	4,405	5,214
Clarkston	18,899	19,136
Clydebank	29,171	29,858
Coatbridge	43,467	41,170
Duntocher and Hardgate	7,882	7,301
Elderslie	5,166	5,180
Faifley	6,087	4,932
Giffnock	16,190	16,178
Glasgow	658,379	629,501
Holytown	5,648	5,483
Howwood	1,036	1,502
Johnstone	18,280	16,468
Kilbarchan	3,710	3,622
Linwood	10,183	9,058
Milngavie	11,992	12,795
Milton	1,079	986
Motherwell	30,769	30,311
New Stevenston	3,287	4,108
Newarthill	6,585	6,849
Newmains	5,878	5,329
Newton Mearns	19,342	22,637
Old Kilpatrick	2,408	3,199
Paisley	73,925	74,170
Renfrew	20,764	20,251
Stepps	4,942	4,802
Uddingston	5,367	5,576
Viewpark	15,044	15,841
Wishaw	29,574	28,565

Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Conurbation

Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Conurbation is a term used to describe a collection of local government districts clustered around Glasgow. This area is not a true conurbation.