Greater Manchester Built-up Area
Greater Manchester Built-up Area | |
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Coordinates: 53°30′N 2°18′W / 53.5°N 2.3°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Largest settlements | (Pop. 100,000+)
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Population ( UTC+1 (BST) | |
Postcode | |
Area codes | 01204, 01457, 0161, 01625, 01706, 01925, 01942 |
The Greater Manchester Built-up Area is an area of land defined by the
The Greater Manchester Built-up Area is not conterminous with Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county of the same name (and, until 1974, part of the county of Lancashire) for it excludes settlements such as Wigan and Marple from Greater Manchester, but includes hinterland settlements which lie outside its statutory boundaries, such as Wilmslow in Cheshire, Glossop in Derbyshire, Whitworth in Lancashire and Newton-le-Willows in Merseyside.
Constituent parts
The largest settlements (in descending order of population) within the Greater Manchester Built-up Area are
Other built-up areas, including
Settlements
According to the ONS definitions the Greater Manchester Built-up Area consists of the following settlements:
Rank | Urban subdivision | 2011 [1] | 2001[3] | 1991[4] | 1981[5] | Extent |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manchester | 510,746 | 394,269 | 402,889 | 448,604 | [6] |
2 | Bolton | 194,189 | 139,403 | 139,020 | 143,921 | [7] |
3 | Sale | 134,022 | 55,234 | 56,052 | 57,933 | [8] |
4 | Rochdale | 107,926 | 95,796 | 94,313 | 97,942 | [9] |
5 | Stockport | 105,878 | 136,082 | 132,813 | 136,792 | [10] |
6 | Salford
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103,886 | 72,750 | 79,755 | 98,343 | [11] |
7 | Oldham | 96,555 | 103,544 | 103,931 | 107,830 | [12] |
8 | Bury | 77,211 | 60,718 | 62,633 | 62,181 | |
9 | Atherton | 70,542 | 20,302 | 21,696 | 22,032 | |
10 | Altrincham | 52,419 | 40,695 | 40,042 | 39,693 | |
11 | Ashton-under-Lyne | 45,198 | 43,236 | 43,906 | 44,196 | |
12 | Middleton | 42,972 | 45,314 | 45,621 | 51,437 | |
13 | Urmston | 41,825 | 40,964 | 41,804 | 44,030 | |
14 | Eccles | 38,756 | 36,610 | 36,000 | 37,792 | |
15 | Denton | 36,591 | 26,866 | 37,785 | 37,724 | |
16 | Wilmslow | 35,945 | 28,604 | 28,933 | ||
17 | Chadderton | 34,818 | 33,001 | 34,026 | 33,518 | |
18 | Romiley | 34,696 | ||||
19 | Hyde | 34,003 | 31,253 | 30,666 | 30,551 | |
20 | Glossop | 33,020 | ||||
21 | Radcliffe | 29,950 | 34,239 | 32,567 | 27,642 | |
22 | Heywood | 28,205 | 28,024 | 29,286 | 29,686 | |
23 | Farnworth | 26,939 | 25,264 | 25,053 | 26,148 | |
24 | Stretford | 46,813 | 42,103 | 43,953 | 47,771 | |
25 | Stalybridge | 26,482 | 22,568 | 22,921 | 23,668 | |
26 | Swinton | 25,362 | 24,183 | 21,425 | 18,235 | |
# | Westhoughton | 24,974 | 22,345 | 15,315 | 12,525 | |
27 | Hindley | 24,497 | 23,457 | 22,581 | 21,493 | |
28 | Cheadle Hulme | 24,362 | 23,253 | |||
29 | Golborne | 24,167 | ||||
30 | Droylsden | 24,134 | 23,172 | 22,666 | 22,624 | |
31 | Royton | 23,812 | 22,238 | 21,475 | 21,098 | |
32 | Newton-le-Willows | 22,114 | ||||
33 | Walkden | 21,194 | 36,218 | 38,685 | 39,466 | |
34 | Gatley | 20,997 | ||||
35 | Whitefield | 20,975 | 23,284 | 22,783 | 27,650 | |
36 | Dukinfield | 20,909 | 18,885 | 17,917 | 17,501 | |
37 | Irlam | 19,933 | 19,018 | 18,504 | ||
38 | Horwich | 19,492 | 18,289 | 18,017 | 16,769 | |
39 | Hazel Grove | 19,365 | ||||
40 | Failsworth | 18,844 | 20,007 | 20,160 | 20,951 | |
41 | Shaw | 18,815 | ||||
42 | Ramsbottom | 17,872 | 17,352 | 17,318 | 16,334 | |
43 | Bramhall | 17,436 | ||||
44 | Hale | 16,624 | 15,316 | 15,868 | 16,308 | |
45 | Tyldesley | 16,142 | 34,022 | 30,606 | 27,903 | |
46 | Poynton | 15,282 | 14,038 | 14,768 | 15,078 | |
47 | Cheadle | 13,467 | ||||
48 | Uppermill | 13,448 | ||||
49 | Lees | 13,062 | ||||
50 | Little Lever | 12,803 | 11,082 | 11,589 | 12,062 | |
51 | Littleborough | 12,370 | 13,807 | 13,638 | 13,787 | |
52 | Kearsley | 11,150 | 9,906 | 9,287 | 9,666 | |
53 | Mossley | 10,772 | 10,569 | 8,865 | ||
54 | Milnrow | 10,015 | 12,776 | 12,541 | 11,631 | |
55 | Worsley | 9,108 | ||||
56 | Partington
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7,912 | 7,723 | 9,109 | ||
57 | Whitworth | 7,500 | 5,672 | 5,679 | 5,682 | |
58 | Hadfield | 6,305 | ||||
59 | Hattersley | 4,825 | ||||
60 | Blackrod | 4,548 | ||||
61 | Gamesley | 3,263 | ||||
Cheadle and Gatley | 57,507 | 58,457 | 59,828 | |||
Leigh | 43,006 | 43,150 | 42,929 | |||
Swinton and Pendlebury | 41,347 | 43,155 | 44,508 | |||
Hazel Grove and Bramhall | 38,724 | 39,730 | 40,680 | |||
Wilmslow/Alderley Edge | 34,087 | |||||
Prestwich | 31,693 | 31,801 | 32,035 | |||
Bredbury and Romiley | 28,167 | 28,205 | 28,558 | |||
Bradshaw
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22,747 | 22,017 | 21,728 | |||
Shaw and Crompton | 19,335 | 19,348 | 19,258 | |||
Audenshaw | 12,790 | 13,173 | 10,771 | |||
Longdendale | 8,680 | 10,890 | 12,901 | |||
Handforth | 8,014 | |||||
Tottington | 7,545 | 7,673 | 6,745 | |||
Wardle | 7,092 | 6,622 | 2,149 | |||
Brinnington | 6,759 | |||||
Bowdon | 6,079 | 5,141 | 4,894 | |||
Alderley Edge | 5,280 | 5,009 | ||||
Buckton Vale | 3,592 | 3,457 |
Notes:
- Wilmslow and Alderley Edge have combined data in 2001 census, but are separate within 1981 and 1991 data
- Brinnington is not recognised as a settlement in 1981 and 1991 censuses
- Prestwich forms part of the Manchester subdivision in the 2011 census.
- Pendlebury forms part of the Salford subdivision in the 2011 census.
- Leigh forms part of the Atherton subdivision in the 2011 census.
- In the 2011 census the Sale subdivision includes large areas that were formerly part of the Manchester subdivision.
- Buckton Vale and Mossley were recognised as settlements within the Greater Manchester Urban Area in 1991 census, but were considered to be outside the Greater Manchester Urban Area in 2001. In the 2001 Census, they are considered to be part of a separate Mossley/Buckton Vale urban area, which had a population of 13,344, made up of sub-divisions of Mossley (9,713) and Buckton Vale (3,631). However they were considered to be inside the Greater Manchester Urban Area in 2011.
- Irlam is not considered to be part of the Greater Manchester Urban Area in 1981
- Golborne, Uppermill, Blackrod, Newton-le-Willows and Glossop were all considered separate urban areas until the 2011 census.
See also
- Geography of Greater Manchester
- List of Greater Manchester settlements by population
References
- ^ a b "2011 Census - Built-up areas". ONS. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ^ Key Statistics for urban areas in England and Wales Archived 2006-02-15 at the Wayback Machine, 2001 Census. URL accessed February 21, 2007.
- ^ "Census 2001 Key Statistics - Urban area results by population size of urban area", ons.gov.uk, Office for National Statistics, KS01 Usual resident population , 22 July 2004, retrieved 7 December 2008
- ^ Greater Manchester Urban Area 1991 Census, National Statistics, archived from the original on 5 February 2009, retrieved 7 December 2008
- ^ 1981 Key Statistics for Urban Areas: The North Table 1, Office for National Statistics, 1981
- ^ Manchester Urban Subdivision, Nomis, retrieved 4 July 2013
- ^ Bolton Urban Subdivision, Nomis, retrieved 4 July 2013
- ^ Sale Urban Subdivision, Nomis, retrieved 4 July 2013
- ^ Rochdale Urban Subdivision, Nomis, retrieved 4 July 2013
- ^ Stockport Urban Subdivision, Nomis, retrieved 4 July 2013
- ^ Salford Urban Subdivision, Nomis, retrieved 4 July 2013
- ^ Oldham Urban Subdivision, Nomis, retrieved 4 July 2013