City and County of Swansea · Wales
Pontlliw population
1,645people · latest estimate
Pontlliw has a population of 1,645, making it the 9th largest place in City and County of Swansea. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 1,535, a rise of 7.2% since.
The other populations of Pontlliw
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Pontlliw has between 595 and 1,645 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
1,645 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
595 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
1,535 | World Gazetteer (2005) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
The 2005 figure is from the World Gazetteer archive and may draw its boundary differently from the current source, so treat the change as indicative. Sources: method.
Pontlliw in context
3 km
north-west to Pontarddulais, the nearest larger town
362,146
people live within 10 km
#3,246
largest of 6,358 UK places
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Pontlliw sits in postcode district SA4.
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Nearby in City and County of Swansea
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bishopston | 3,647 |
| 2 | Southgate | 2,004 |
| 3 | Pen-clawdd | 1,935 |
| 4 | Three Crosses | 1,583 |
| 5 | Grovesend | 1,131 |
| 6 | Crofty | 1,012 |