Greater Manchester Built-up Area






Conurbation in England, United Kingdom











































Greater Manchester Built-up Area
Conurbation

A map of the Greater Manchester Built-up Area according to the 2011 census, with Travel to Work Areas overlaid. Manchester is highlighted in orange
A map of the Greater Manchester Built-up Area according to the 2011 census, with Travel to Work Areas overlaid. Manchester is highlighted in orange

Coordinates: 53°30′N 2°18′W / 53.5°N 2.3°W / 53.5; -2.3Coordinates: 53°30′N 2°18′W / 53.5°N 2.3°W / 53.5; -2.3
Sovereign state
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Constituent country
England England
Largest settlements
Population
(2011 census)

 • Total 2,553,379
 • Rank 2nd
Time zone
UTC+0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode

BL, M, OL, SK, WN
Area code(s) 01204, 01457, 0161, 01625, 01706, 01942

The Greater Manchester Built-up Area is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), consisting of the large conurbation that encompasses the urban element of the city of Manchester and the continuous metropolitan area that spreads outwards from it, forming much of Greater Manchester in North West England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area has a population of 2,553,379[1] making it the second most populous conurbation in the United Kingdom after the Greater London Built-up Area and the thirteenth largest in the European Union. This was an increase of 14% from the population recorded at the United Kingdom Census 2001 of 2,240,230, when it was known as the Greater Manchester Urban Area.[2]


The Greater Manchester Built-up Area is not conterminous with Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county of the same name, 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. See the List of Greater Manchester settlements by population article for a countywide-only list.




Contents






  • 1 Constituent parts


  • 2 Settlements


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Constituent parts




The Greater Manchester Urban Area in 2001




An aerial photograph looking west, centred on Manchester and Salford


The largest settlements (in descending order of population) within the Greater Manchester Built-up Area are Manchester, Bolton, Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, and Bury. These settlements are not coterminous with the Metropolitan Boroughs of the same name, and the ONS takes some of its settlement boundaries within the conurbation from the contiguous urban core of pre-Local Government Act 1972 local government districts. This means that the GMUA bears a much closer resemblance to the earlier "SELNEC" area than to the Greater Manchester Metropolitan County. Unlike most urban areas which expanded outwards around a central core of employment the Greater Manchester Urban Area was formed from the inward expansion of several large manufacturing towns towards a centralised marketplace for the trading of goods and raw materials.


Wigan is separate from the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, although other parts of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Wigan are included. Wigan and Ince-in-Makerfield, are included in a separate Wigan Urban Area, which includes places outside Greater Manchester. The gap is formed between Ince (of Wigan Urban Area) and Hindley (Greater Manchester Urban Area).


Other built-up areas, including New Mills and the rest of High Peak are narrowly avoided as is Ashton-in-Makerfield, which is included in the Liverpool Urban Area, and much of the parish of Saddleworth.




Settlements




Skyline of Manchester.




Skyline of Salford.





Bolton Town Hall.





Sale Town Hall.


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
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

Leigh
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
26,813
42,103
43,953
47,771
25

Stalybridge
26,482
22,568
22,921
23,668
26

Swinton
25,362



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Westhoughton
24,974



27

Hindley
24,497
23,457
22,581
21,493
28

Cheadle Hulme
24,362



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
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


Bromley Cross/Bradshaw

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





  1. ^ ab "2011 Census - Built-up areas". ONS. Retrieved 4 July 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Key Statistics for urban areas in England and Wales Archived 2006-02-15 at the Wayback Machine., 2001 Census. URL accessed February 21, 2007.


  3. ^ "Census 2001 Key Statistics - Urban area results by population size of urban area", ons.gov.uk, Office for National Statistics, KS01 Usual resident population Page white excel.png, 22 July 2004, retrieved 7 December 2008


  4. ^ Greater Manchester Urban Area 1991 Census, National Statistics, archived from the original on 5 February 2009, retrieved 7 December 2008


  5. ^ 1981 Key Statistics for Urban Areas: The North Table 1, Office for National Statistics, 1981


  6. ^ Manchester Urban Subdivision, Nomis, retrieved 4 July 2013


  7. ^ Bolton Urban Subdivision, Nomis, retrieved 4 July 2013


  8. ^ Sale Urban Subdivision, Nomis, retrieved 4 July 2013


  9. ^ Rochdale Urban Subdivision, Nomis, retrieved 4 July 2013


  10. ^ Stockport Urban Subdivision, Nomis, retrieved 4 July 2013


  11. ^ Salford Urban Subdivision, Nomis, retrieved 4 July 2013


  12. ^ Oldham Urban Subdivision, Nomis, retrieved 4 July 2013




External links


  • Map showing makeup of the conurbation according to the ONS (PDF)








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