Greater Glasgow
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Greater Glasgow refers to the Greater Glasgow Health Board area, and the Greater Glasgow Metropolitan Settlement Area (created in the 2001 census) in Scotland.
Greater Glasgow, in a more general sense, refers to the City of Glasgow, together with the network of towns and villages that immediately surround it. The surrounding commuter area of Greater Glasgow including other towns, has an approximate population of 2.1 million people[citation needed], though this is not recorded on the census.
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[edit] Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHS) Health Board
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board covers most of western central Scotland. The previous Greater Glasgow and Argyll and Clyde NHS boards merged in 2006 and the new health board covers Greater Glasgow and the towns of Paisley, Greenock, Renfrew and Dumbarton.
[edit] Greater Glasgow Metropolitan Settlement Area
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 Metropolitan Area was created for the 2001 Census from groups of neighbouring 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. The total population is around 2.1 million.
The area includes the following localities: Airdrie, Bargeddie, Barrhead, Bearsden, Bellshill, Bishopbriggs, Bothwell, Busby, Calderbank, Carfin, Chapelhall, Clarkston, Clydebank, Coatbridge, Duntocher and Hardgate, Elderslie, Faifley, Giffnock, Glasgow, Holytown, Howwood, Johnstone, Kilbarchan, Linwood, Milngavie, Milton, Motherwell, New Stevenston, Newarthill, Newmains, Newton Mearns, Old Kilpatrick, Paisley, Renfrew, Stepps, Uddingston, Viewpark and Wishaw.
[edit] Demographics
[edit] Population density
Due to council boundary changes since the previous census of 1991, Greater Glasgow has four distinct definitions for the population of Glasgow in the 2001 Census: the smallest is the new Glasgow City Council Area (which lost the district of Rutherglen to South Lanarkshire, the Greater Glasgow Health Board area (covered by the local NHS Trust), the City of Glasgow Locality Area (formerly Glasgow District Council Area) and the Greater Glasgow Metropolitan Settlement Area (including surrounding localities).
| Location | Population | Area (km²) |
Density (/km²) |
Area (mi²) |
Density (/mi²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow City Council | 577,869 | 175.49 | 3293 | 67.75 | 8,528 |
| City of Glasgow locality | 629,501 | 162.10 | 3883 | 62.58 | 10,058 |
| Greater Glasgow Health Board | 867,150 | 555.27 | 1562 | 214.38 | 4,044 |
| Greater Glasgow Settlement Area | 1,728,270 | 368.46 | 3171 | 142.26 | 8,212 |
Source 2001 Census
Glasgow is half the density of Inner London.
| History: | Timeline |
| Politics: | City Council • Lord Provost • Red Clydeside • Scottish Parliament electoral region |
| Geography: | Districts and subdivisions • Greater Glasgow • River Clyde |
| Culture: | Festivals • Glasgow Fair • Glasgow patter • Media • Sport |
| Transport: | Central Station • Glasgow Airport • M8 motorway • Prestwick Airport • Queen Street station • Subway |
| Education: | Glasgow Caledonian University • University of Glasgow • University of Strathclyde |
| Religion: | Archbishop of Glasgow • Bishop of Glasgow • Glasgow Cathedral • Saint Mungo • Sectarianism |
| Sport: | Old Firm • Rangers F.C. • Celtic F.C. • Partick Thistle F.C. • Queen's Park F.C. • Hampden Park • Glasgow Warriors |
| People: | Famous Glaswegians |
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