What is the population of Swansea?

The city of Swansea has a population of approximately 230,000. If we consider the Swansea Bay conurbation - i.e. the local government units of Swansea plus Neath Port Talbot - then, by the 2007 figures issued by the Welsh Assembly, we have a population of 365,500. Swansea 228,100 and Neath Port Talbot 137,400. Subtracting the population of the rural Gower peninsula leaves a contiguous urban-industrial area with a population of over 350,000. If we wished to talk of 'Greater Swansea' then the population of Llanelli

• 2006 est. 47,206 - could be added. For Swansea on its western

side runs up to the river Llwchwr while Llanelli begins on the other side of that river. There is, therefore, a contiguous urban strip, centred on Swansea city centre, from the west side of Llanelli to the eastern edge of Port Talbot. This 'Greater Swansea' has a population - not including Gower - approaching 400,000 people.