Population Density Greater Manchester 2011 Census

The demography of Greater Manchester is analysed by the

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and data is produced for each of its ten

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s, each of the Greater Manchester

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s, the NUTS3 statistical sub-regions, each of the

Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester The ceremonial county, ceremonial and metropolitan county of Greater Manchester is divided into 27 United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituencies—19 borough constituencies and 8 county constituencies. At the 2024 United Kingdom gen ...

, the 15 civil parishes in Greater Manchester, and for all of

Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Derbyshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Cheshire to the south, and Merseyside to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Manchester. ...

as a whole; the latter of which had a population of 2,682,500 at the

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. Additionally, data is produced for the Greater Manchester Urban Area. Statistical information is produced about the size and geographical breakdown of the population, the number of people entering and leaving country and the number of people in each demographic subgroup.

Key statistics

Compared against the

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, Greater Manchester's demographics are broadly inline with national averages on many topics. In terms of ethnicity, its Asian and British Asian population is considerably above the regional and national averages, as is the portion of residents who identify as

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. Compared against the

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, Greater Manchester's ethnic minority population consists of 11.09% of the total population. NB. Information in the table on the right is from the 2001 census and not the most recent 2011 census. As of 2020, the ONS estimates the population of the Greater Manchester Metropolitan County to be 2,835,686.

Population change

The following is a table outlining population totals of the area for every ten years since 1801, using material from the

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via the Great Britain Historical GIS; pre-1974 statistics were gathered from local government areas that now comprise Greater Manchester. The total population of Greater Manchester is predicted to grow to around 2,950,000 by 2031, with the City of Manchester alone accounting for 36% of the growth.

Boroughs

According to the 2011 census, of Greater Manchester's ten

s, the

City of Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

is the most populous with a population of 503,127, whilst the

Metropolitan Borough of Bury The Metropolitan Borough of Bury is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is north of Manchester, to the east of Bolton and west of Rochdale. The borough is centred around the town of Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury but also ...

is the least populous with 185,100. The

's population in 2021 is predicted at 532,200. The city experienced the greatest percentage population growth outside London, with an increase of 19% to over 500,000. Manchester's population according to the 2021 census is 549,853, an increase of 9.2% from 2011. This represents a slower rate of growth than the previous decade. In terms of ethnic composition, the City of Manchester has the highest non-white population in Greater Manchester (34th in England), followed by the metropolitan boroughs of Oldham (45th in England), Rochdale (53rd in England), and Trafford (68th in England). Wigan is the least ethnically diverse borough in the county, and 274th in England. The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is the borough with the highest proportion of people under fifteen years of age. Almost 12% of people in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham are of

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heritage, the highest proportion of a borough of Greater Manchester. With greater affluence, a recent trend has seen some of the Pakistani community move out of the inner city into more spacious

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. In South Manchester this means that they have been moving from

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Levenshulme Levenshulme () is an area of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, England, bordering Fallowfield, Longsight, Gorton, Burnage, Heaton Chapel and Reddish, halfway between Stockport and Manchester city centre on the A6 road (England), A6. Levenshulm ...

to more suburban areas such as Cheadle, Chorlton and

Heaton Mersey Heaton Mersey is a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on the north-western border of Stockport, adjacent to Didsbury and Burnage which are in the City of Manchester. The suburb is an affluent residential area and c ...

. The inner city areas that are being left are generally filled with newer immigrants from places like Iran, Afghanistan and Polan

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Ethnicity

The following table shows the ethnic group of respondents in the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 censuses in Greater Manchester. Notes for table above # New category created for the 2001 census # New category created for the 2011 census # In 2001, listed under the 'Other ethnic group' heading.

Languages

The most common main languages spoken in Greater Manchester according to the 2011 census are shown below.

Religion

The following table shows the religion of respondents in the 2001 and 2011 censuses in Greater Manchester.

Eurostat NUTS

In the

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(NUTS), Greater Manchester is a level-2 NUTS region, coded "UKD3", which is subdivided into the "Greater Manchester South" (UKD31) and "Greater Manchester North" (UKD32) level-3 regions.

Urban and metropolitan area

At the 2001 census, the population of the Greater Manchester Urban Area was 2,240,230.Key Statistics for urban areas in England and Wales
, 2001 Census. URL accessed 21 February 2007. This area does not include some outliers within Greater Manchester, such as

Wigan Wigan ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. It is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its ad ...

, but does extend into the adjacent counties of

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

and

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

. Eurostat has developed a harmonising standard for comparing metropolitan areas in the European Union and the population of the Greater Manchester

Larger Urban Zone The functional urban area (FUA), previously known as larger urban zone (LUZ), is a measure of the population and expanse of metropolitan and surrounding areas which may or may not be exclusively urban. It consists of a city and its commuting zo ...

is 2,600,100; it occupies an area of . The Greater Manchester LUZ is the second most populous within the United Kingdom, behind that of London, and sixteenth most populous within the EU.

Notes

References

Bibliography

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