This is a list of settlements in Greater Manchester by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021. In 2011, there were 61 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Greater Manchester, shown in the table below.
Administrative boundaries
[edit]Table taken from the Greater Manchester article:
Population ranking
[edit]# | Settlement | Population[1] | |
---|---|---|---|
Census 2001 | Census 2011 | ||
1 | Manchester‡ (see notes) | 405,300 | 510,746 |
2 | Bolton | 182,980 | 194,189 |
3 | Sale | 122,990 | 134,022 |
4 | Rochdale | 102,080 | 107,926 |
5 | Stockport | 106,170 | 105,878 |
6 | Salford | 88,460 | 103,886 |
7 | Wigan | 98,480 | 103,608 |
8 | Oldham | 103,544 | 96,555 |
9 | Bury | 74,540 | 77,211 |
10 | Leigh/Atherton | 65,980 | 70,542 |
11 | Altrincham | 46,460 | 52,419 |
12 | Ashton-under-Lyne | 43,240 | 45,198 |
13 | Middleton | 42,625 | 42,972 |
14 | Urmston | 41,263 | 41,825 |
15 | Eccles | 37,861 | 38,756 |
16 | Denton | 36,877 | 36,591 |
17 | Chadderton | 33,000 | 34,818 |
18 | Romiley | 34,926 | 34,696 |
19 | Hyde | 31,610 | 34,003 |
20 | Radcliffe | 28,960 | 29,950 |
21 | Ashton-in-Makerfield | 28,856 | 28,762 |
22 | Heywood | 28,330 | 28,205 |
23 | Farnworth | 25,677 | 26,939 |
24 | Stretford | 24,842 | 26,813 |
25 | Stalybridge | 24,900 | 26,482 |
26 | Swinton | 25,046 | 25,362 |
27 | Hindley | 22,920 | 24,497 |
28 | Cheadle Hulme | 24,495 | 24,362 |
29 | Golborne | 23,119 | 24,167 |
30 | Droylsden | 24,170 | 24,134 |
31 | Westhoughton | 22,190 | 24,126 |
32 | Royton | 23,670 | 23,812 |
33 | Walkden | 20,847 | 21,194 |
34 | Gatley | 20,583 | 20,997 |
35 | Whitefield | 20,877 | 20,975 |
36 | Dukinfield | 20,507 | 20,909 |
37 | Irlam | 19,020 | 19,933 |
38 | Horwich | 18,610 | 19,492 |
39 | Hazel Grove | 19,153 | 19,365 |
40 | Failsworth | 19,279 | 18,844 |
41 | Shaw | 19,335 | 18,815 |
42 | Marple | 18,742 | 18,241 |
43 | Ramsbottom | 17,900 | 17,872 |
44 | Bramhall | 17,747 | 17,436 |
45 | Hale | 15,316 | 16,624 |
46 | Tyldesley | 15,583 | 16,142 |
47 | Standish | 13,580 | 13,701 |
48 | Cheadle | 13,374 | 13,467 |
49 | Uppermill | 12,647 | 13,448 |
50 | Lees | 12,600 | 13,062 |
51 | Little Lever | 12,570 | 12,803 |
52 | Littleborough | 12,260 | 12,370 |
53 | Ince-in-Makerfield | 10,680 | 12,243 |
54 | Kearsley | 10,460 | 11,150 |
55 | Mossley | 9,710 | 10,772 |
56 | Platt Bridge/Abram | 9,010 | 10,315 |
57 | Milnrow | 9,896 | 10,015 |
58 | Worsley | 9,465 | 9,108 |
59 | Partington | 7,327 | 7,912 |
60 | Shevington Vale/Appley Bridge†
(see notes below) |
5,155 | 5,197 |
61 | Shevington | 5,292 | 5,114 |
62 | Aspull | 4,977 | 4,899 |
63 | Hattersley | 4,777 | 4,825 |
64 | High Lane | 4,772 | 4,608 |
65 | Blackrod | 4,975 | 4,548 |
Notes:
- ‡ Prestwich (Bury) included in count.
- † Shevington Vale merges into Appley Bridge which is in Lancashire, their population has been added to the ONS statistics.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Greater Manchester (Metropolitan County, North West England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 10 November 2016.