 The population of the city council area was 593,245 in 2011 and around 2,300,000 people live in the Glasgow travel to work area.This area is defined as consisting of over 10% of residents travelling into Glasgow to work and is without fixed boundaries.The population density of London following the 2011 census was recorded as 5,200 people per square kilometre, while 3,395 people per square kilometre were registered in Glasgow.