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WALES
- top tens
Largest population
1
Cardiff
305340
2
Rhondda Cynon Taff
231952
3
Swansea
223293
4
Carmarthenshire
173635
5
Caerphilly
169521
6
Flintshire
148565
7
Newport
137017
8
Neath Port Talbot
134471
9
Bridgend
128650
10
Wrexham
128477
Smallest population
1
Merthyr Tydfil
55983
2
Isle of Anglesey
66828
3
Blaenau Gwent
70058
4
Ceredigion
75384
5
Monmouthshire
84879
6
Torfaen
90967
7
Denbighshire
93092
8
Conwy
109597
9
Pembrokeshire
112901
10
Gwynedd
116838
Most densely populated
persons per km
2
1
Cardiff
2181
2
Torfaen
722
3
Newport
721
4
Blaenau Gwent
643
5
Caerphilly
610
6
Swansea
591
7
Rhondda Cynon Taff
547
8
Bridgend
513
9
Merthyr Tydfil
504
10
The Vale of Glamorgan
360
Least densely populated
persons per km
2
1
Powys
24
2
Ceredigion
42
3
Gwynedd
46
4
Pembrokeshire
71
5
Carmarthenshire
72
6
Isle of Anglesey
94
7
Conwy
97
8
Monmouthshire
100
9
Denbighshire
111
10
Wrexham
255
Highest No males per female
sex ratio (m/f)
1
Powys
0.98
2
Flintshire
0.96
3
Monmouthshire
0.95
4
Wrexham
0.95
5
Ceredigion
0.95
6
Caerphilly
0.95
7
Bridgend
0.95
8
Blaenau Gwent
0.94
9
Rhondda Cynon Taff
0.94
10
Isle of Anglesey
0.94
Highest No females per male
sex ratio (m/f)
1
Conwy
0.91
2
Cardiff
0.91
3
Denbighshire
0.92
4
Gwynedd
0.92
5
Newport
0.92
6
The Vale of Glamorgan
0.93
7
Merthyr Tydfil
0.93
8
Carmarthenshire
0.93
9
Pembrokeshire
0.93
10
Neath Port Talbot
0.93
Highest proportion of
persons aged under 16
1
Newport
22.5%
2
Caerphilly
21.6%
3
Merthyr Tydfil
21.5%
4
The Vale of Glamorgan
21.5%
5
Torfaen
21.5%
6
Blaenau Gwent
21.3%
7
Rhondda Cynon Taff
20.9%
8
Cardiff
20.7%
9
Flintshire
20.6%
10
Pembrokeshire
20.5%
Highest proportion of persons aged under 1
1
Newport
1.22%
2
Gwynedd
1.22%
3
Cardiff
1.19%
4
Caerphilly
1.18%
5
Bridgend
1.17%
6
Wrexham
1.15%
7
Rhondda Cynon Taff
1.13%
8
Pembrokeshire
1.12%
9
Flintshire
1.10%
10
Merthyr Tydfil
1.09%
Highest proportion of persons of retirement age
1
Conwy
26%
2
Denbighshire
23%
3
Powys
23%
4
Carmarthenshire
22%
5
Pembrokeshire
22%
6
Gwynedd
22%
7
Isle of Anglesey
22%
8
Ceredigion
22%
9
Neath Port Talbot
21%
10
Swansea
21%
Highest proportion of persons aged 85 and over
1
Conwy
3.3%
2
Denbighshire
2.8%
3
Powys
2.4%
4
Gwynedd
2.4%
5
Isle of Anglesey
2.3%
6
Carmarthenshire
2.3%
7
Ceredigion
2.2%
8
Swansea
2.2%
9
Neath Port Talbot
2.1%
10
Pembrokeshire
2.1%
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