The town has been subdivided into residential precincts, each with its own local shops, primary schools and community facilities. The housing precincts surround the shopping centre, which is bound by a ring road. Industrial estates were concentrated on the outskirts of the town, in northern, western and south-eastern directions. In more recent times some of these industrial areas have been changed to residential or retail developments, particularly at Nerston. The town has also expanded further out, past these industrial areas, leading some of the original areas to be enclosed by residential neighbourhoods today.