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Population density in centre zones increases with size of urban settlement
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2016-11-23T08:00:00.000Z
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These statistics monitor the development in centre zones concerning residents, employees and density.

Activity in centre zones, 1 January 2016

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Population density in centre zones increases with size of urban settlement

The density of residents and employees in centre zones is higher in large urban settlements.

Centr zone area and residents. The whole country and by urban settlement size. Square kilometres, square kilometres per resident and per centPublished 23 November 2016
20162011 - 2016
Area of centre zones (km²)Residents per square kilometreResidents per square kilometre
The whole country47.86 59371
Urban settlements with 200 - 1 999 residents2.11 059-5
Urban settlements with 2 000 - 19 999 residents13.12 45546
Urban settlements with at least 20 000 residents32.58 65057

Source: Statistics Norway

Centre zones of large cities have several times the number of residents and employees per km² than centre zones of smaller towns. In urban settlements with more than 20 000 inhabitants, centre zones have an average density of 20 000 employees and 8 500 residents per km². In urban settlements with 200-1 999 inhabitants, these numbers decrease to about 7 000 employees and 1 000 residents per km². In every size range of urban settlements in this analysis, there are more than twice as many employees than residents per km² of centre zone. 

Viewed as a whole, Norway has more than twice as many employees than residents in its centre zones, with an average of 6 500 inhabitants and 17 000 employees per km² in these areas. 

It is a political goal to utilise the urban areas as well as possible in order to ease the pressure on the surrounding undeveloped land whilst also minimising the need for transport.

Adjustments in the input data

An adjustment has been made in the input data used to delimit centre zones. The adjustment caused an increase in the number of employees included in this year’s analysis. Consequently, there is a break in the time series.

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The input data used to delimit centre zones has been adjusted. The source to numbers of employees has been changed from the Aa-register to “a-ordningen”.