A map shows the English regions and Wales. During the 2011 census, Manchester was the third fastest-growing area in the United Kingdom with the greatest percentage growth outside of London, increasing 19% in a decade. The latter exemplifies a new surge in high-rise building. In 2012 it showed the strongest annual growth in business stock (5 per cent) of all core cities. A number of reports have been produced by the council relating to the population of manchester includingcurrent estimates of the countof the population by ward and sex, and future projections for population growth. [53], Birmingham has historically been considered to be England or the UK's second city, but in the 21st century claims to this unofficial title have also been made for Manchester. [191] She probably envisioned Manchester Cathedral churchyard as the burial place for Jane's parents and the birthplace of Jane herself. Trade, and feeding the growing population, required a large transport and distribution infrastructure: the canal system was extended, and Manchester became one end of the world's first intercity passenger railwaythe Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Since 2001, the population has grown by 87,900, or 20.8 per cent, making Manchester the third fastest-growing area in the 2011 census. Manchester has a population density of 12,210 people living per square mile (4,716 people living per square kilometer) and is the 9th densest city in the United Kingdom. Piccadilly Gardens has monuments dedicated to Queen Victoria, Robert Peel, James Watt and the Duke of Wellington. WebManchester has a total of 5,228 people and of those residents there are 2,468 males and 2,760 females. It is part of the Jacksonville Micropolitan There are approximately 9,563 births each year and around 6,540 deaths. The name Manchester originates from the Latin name Mamucium or its variant Mancunio and the citizens are still referred to as Mancunians (/mnkjunin/). The per hours-worked gender pay gap is 3.3 per cent compared with 11.1 per cent for Britain. [164], Manchester has two symphony orchestras, the Hall and the BBC Philharmonic, and a chamber orchestra, the Manchester Camerata. Alexander, Christine, and Sara L. Pearson. [49] In January 2007, the independent Casino Advisory Panel licensed Manchester to build the UK's only supercasino,[50] but plans were abandoned in February 2008. [17][22] The library, which opened in 1653 and is still open to the public today, is the oldest free public reference library in the United Kingdom. [177][178], In the south of the city, the Whitworth Art Gallery displays modern art, sculpture and textiles and was voted Museum of the Year in 2015. The MCCFM 2021 estimates that theresidential population in 2021was586,100, compared to578,500 in 2020. Albert Square has monuments to Prince Albert, Bishop James Fraser, Oliver Heywood, William Gladstone and John Bright. [231][232] It attracted educated visitors from all parts of Britain and Europe. A smaller City Airport Manchester exists 9.3km (6mi) to the west of Manchester city centre. Manchester hosts consular services for most of the north of England. Designed by Edwin Lutyens, it echoes the original on Whitehall in London. Charles Worsley, who sat for the city for only a year, was later appointed Major General for Lancashire, Cheshire and Staffordshire during the Rule of the Major Generals. Population change since 2000: +5.3% Zip codes: 03101, 03102, 03103, 03104, 03109. An American visitor taken to Manchester's blackspots saw "wretched, defrauded, oppressed, crushed human nature, lying and bleeding fragments".[39]. Later these were taken over by First Greater Manchester and Stagecoach Manchester. [123], The award-winning Heaton Park in the north of the city borough is one of the largest municipal parks in Europe, covering 610 acres (250ha) of parkland. The urban center of the town is the The MCCFM 2021 estimates that the residential population in 2021 was 586,100, [9] Manchester achieved city status in 1853. There is also a Chinatown with the third-largest Chinese population in Europe. The city was mentioned as a market as early as 1282. In 1950, the population of Manchester was 2,422,246. The size of the Jewish population in Greater Manchester is the largest in Britain outside London. It is still extant and its buildings form part of the Science & Industry Museum. In 1950, the population of Manchester was 2,422,246. [150] Today, private charter flights and general aviation use City. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort (castra) of Mamucium or Mancunium, established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Nearby areas like Salford and Cheshire East have seen their populations increase by around 15.4% and 7.7%, respectively, while others such as Stockport saw an increase of 4.1% and Trafford saw smaller growth (3.8%). [160] Other venues include Manchester Apollo, Albert Hall, Victoria Warehouse and the Manchester Academy. In 1885, Bradford, Harpurhey, Rusholme and parts of Moss Side and Withington townships became part of the City of Manchester. AU - Brockhurst, Michael A. PY - 2007/7/25. census.customerservices@ons.gov.uk Manchester city centre, specifically the Castlefield Corridor, suffers from constrained rail capacity that frequently leads to delays and cancellations a 2018 report found that all three major Manchester stations are among the top ten worst stations in the United Kingdom for punctuality, with Oxford Road deemed the worst in the country. There are several areas that serve as a center for ethnic minority populations, including Rusholme, Cheetham Hill, Moss Side and Longsight. Geography. [118] 37 per cent of the working-age population in Manchester have degree-level qualifications, as opposed to an average of 33 per cent across other core cities,[118] although its schools under-perform slightly compared with the national average. The metro area population of Manchester in 2021 was 2,750,000, a 0.73% increase from 2020. Kensington and Chelsea had an estimated population of 143,400 in 2021, which was around 15,200 fewer than in 2011 and a decrease of 9.6%. Old mills have been converted into apartments. The map now highlights the areas with the largest decreases in children aged under 15 years. Overall, in England, there has been an increase of 20.1% in people aged 65 years and over, an increase of 3.6% in people aged 15 to 64 years, and an increase of 5.0% in children aged under 15 years. Manchester's geographic features were highly influential in its early development as the world's first industrial city. At the other end of the scale, Copeland has seen a fall of 5.0%. The first edition of Top of the Pops was broadcast here on New Year's Day 1964. [93], Kidd identifies Moss Side, Longsight, Cheetham Hill, Rusholme, as centres of population for ethnic minorities. [27] Thereafter the number began to decline and Manchester was surpassed as the largest centre of cotton spinning by Bolton in the 1850s and Oldham in the 1860s. The proportion of those with no religious affiliation rose by 58.1 per cent from 16 per cent to 25.3 per cent, whilst the proportion of Muslims increased by 73.6 per cent from 9.1 per cent to 15.8 per cent. Manchester suffered greatly from the Great Depression and the underlying structural changes that began to supplant the old industries, including textile manufacture. [185] Manchester was the meeting place of Engels and Karl Marx. [239][240] Student radio stations include Fuse FM at the University of Manchester and MMU Radio at the Manchester Metropolitan University. WebManchester has always been vastly more populous than any other district of Greater Manchester. Manchester township, Ocean County, New Jersey. Brass band music, a tradition in the north of England, is important to Manchester's musical heritage;[167] some of the UK's leading bands, such as the CWS Manchester Band and the Fairey Band, are from Manchester and surrounding areas, and the Whit Friday brass-band contest takes place annually in the neighbouring areas of Saddleworth and Tameside. QuickFacts Manchester CDP, Connecticut Table (a) Includes persons reporting only one race (c) Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories At that time, it seemed a place in which anything could happennew industrial processes, new ways of thinking (the Manchester School, promoting free trade and laissez-faire), new classes or groups in society, new religious sects, and new forms of labour organisation. [14] Their territory extended across the fertile lowland of what is now Salford and Stretford. The city is notable for its architecture, culture, musical exports, media links, scientific and engineering output, social impact, sports clubs and transport connections. Although its influence has waned, Granada had been described as "the best commercial television company in the world". On Saturday 15 June 1996, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) carried out the 1996 Manchester bombing, the detonation of a large bomb next to a department store in the city centre. Smaller venues include the Contact Theatre and Z-arts in Hulme. The widespread use of red brick characterises the city, much of the architecture of which harks back to its days as a global centre for the cotton trade. Cotton processing in other parts of the world increased, often on machines produced in Manchester. [119], Manchester has the largest UK office market outside London, according to GVA Grimley, with a quarterly office uptake (averaged over 20102014) of some 250,000 square ft equivalent to the quarterly office uptake of Leeds, Liverpool and Newcastle combined and 90,000 square feet more than the nearest rival, Birmingham. Two of the city's four main line termini did not survive the 1960s: Manchester Central and Manchester Exchange each closed in 1969. Contents Geography Population Facts Demographics Income & Labor Statistics Housing & Rent Statistics Using the first results from this census, we look at which places have seen the biggest increases and decreases, which areas had the largest growth in different age groups, and how local authority areas like Manchester compare with others. WebManchester township, Ocean County, New Jersey; Woolwich township, Gloucester County, New Jersey; Deptford township, Gloucester County, New Jersey QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a [174] Trafford Park in the neighbouring borough of Trafford is home to Imperial War Museum North. A reconstructed part of the Roman fort of Mamucium is open to the public in Castlefield. From then the population began to decrease rapidly, due to slum clearance and the increased building of social housing overspill estates by Manchester City Council after the Second World W Established in 1515,[210] as a free grammar school next to what is now the cathedral, it moved in 1931 to Old Hall Lane in Fallowfield, south Manchester, to accommodate the growing student body. He wrote here the dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange in 1962. They include Elizabeth Gaskell's novel Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life (1848),[184] and studies such as The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844 by Friedrich Engels, while living and working here. [45], Manchester has a history of attacks attributed to Irish Republicans, including the Manchester Martyrs of 1867, arson in 1920, a series of explosions in 1939, and two bombs in 1992. [94] There is also a well-established Chinatown in the city with a substantial number of Chinese restaurants and supermarkets. WebManchester City Council has developed its own population forecasting model (MCCFM). The map zooms out to show the percentage change in population size in all local authority areas in the North West. 45,649. This is higher than the overall increase for England (6.6%), where the population grew by nearly 3.5 million to 56,489,800. The horizontal bar chart now shows the percentage change in the number of people of any sex in each five-year age group in Manchester. The largest population increases in the North West have been seen in Salford and Chorley, where the populations have grown by 15.4% and 9.9%, respectively. [172]:15, Manchester's museums celebrate Manchester's Roman history, rich industrial heritage and its role in the Industrial Revolution, the textile industry, the Trade Union movement, women's suffrage and football. WebManchester Student Population There are 1,449 students including 1,084 undergraduate and 365 graduate students at Manchester University for academic year 2020-2021. These features are its climate, its proximity to a seaport at Liverpool, the availability of water power from its rivers, and its nearby coal reserves.[62]. From then the population began to decrease rapidly, due to slum clearance and the increased building of social housing overspill estates by Manchester City Council after the Second World War such as Hattersley and Langley. The local authority areas displayed on the map change form and position to create a bar chart that orders selected areas of the North West by percentage change in total population. The Manchester Arena hosted the FINA World Swimming Championships in 2008. People. At the time of the agreement, it was in the, textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution, Manchester Liverpool Road railway station, The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844, List of companies based in Greater Manchester, Globalization and World Cities Research Network, List of tallest buildings and structures in Manchester, Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester, Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester, over double the number of annual passengers, Greater Manchester Police Air Support Unit, List of music artists and bands from Manchester. In the 1950s, the city was home to a so-called "Manchester School" of classical composers, which was composed of Harrison Birtwistle, Peter Maxwell Davies, David Ellis and Alexander Goehr. Manchester also has a percentage of gay and lesbian people that is higher than the English national average: 0.23% of people were in a same-sex civil partnership, compared to the national average of 0.16%. Manchester's civic leadership has a reputation for business acumen. The city has the highest number of local radio stations outside London, including BBC Radio Manchester, Hits Radio Manchester, Capital Manchester and Lancashire, Greatest Hits Radio Manchester & The North West, Heart North West, Smooth North West, Gold, Radio X, NMFM (North Manchester FM) and XS Manchester. WebManchester's 2023 population is now estimated at 3,028,104. An extensive canal network, including the Manchester Ship Canal, was built to carry freight from the Industrial Revolution onward; the canals are still maintained, though now largely repurposed for leisure use. Much of the First Greater Manchester business was sold to Diamond North West and Go North West in 2019. Manchester has six designated local nature reserves: Chorlton Water Park, Blackley Forest, Clayton Vale and Chorlton Ees, Ivy Green, Boggart Hole Clough and Highfield Country Park.[127]. 135149. Much of the inner city, especially in the south, is flat, offering extensive views from many highrise buildings in the city of the foothills and moors of the Pennines, which can often be capped with snow in the winter months. At the other end of the population density scale for England, the amount of land in Eden in Cumbria works out at around five pitches per resident. WebManchester City Council has developed its own population forecasting model (MCCFM). In 1780, Richard Arkwright began construction of Manchester's first cotton mill. QuickFacts Manchester CDP, Connecticut Table (a) Includes persons reporting only one race (c) Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to Manchester's 2023 population is now estimated at 3,028,104. [168] In 2014, HOME, a new custom-built arts complex opened. Source: UK Office for National Statistics (web). The economic school of Manchester Capitalism developed there, and Manchester was the centre of the Anti-Corn Law League from 1838 onward. Bands that have emerged from the Manchester music scene include Van der Graaf Generator, Oasis, The Smiths, Joy Division and its successor group New Order, Buzzcocks, The Stone Roses, The Fall, The Durutti Column, 10cc, Godley & Creme, The Verve, Elbow, Doves, The Charlatans, M People, The 1975, Simply Red, Take That, Dutch Uncles, Everything Everything, Pale Waves and The Outfield. The median age of the male population is 43 and the female population is 44.2. The cenotaph in St Peter's Square is Manchester's main memorial to its war dead. [70] The lowest temperature ever recorded in Manchester was 17.6C (0.3F) on 7 January 2010. In 20162017, 37.8million passenger journeys were made on the system. As of January 1 2023, the latest ONS statistics are for 2021. However, it began to expand rapidly during the turn of the 19th century. The metro area population of Manchester in 2020 was 2,730,000, a 0.74% increase from 2019. [23] The first Trades Union Congress was held in Manchester (at the Mechanics' Institute, David Street), from 2 to 6 June 1868. There is regular but generally light precipitation throughout the year. Y1 - 2007/7/25. The city's cosmopolitan atmosphere contributed to a vibrant culture, which included the Hall Orchestra. This is how Manchester compares. [120] The strong office market in Manchester has been partly attributed to "northshoring", (from offshoring) which entails the relocation or alternative creation of jobs away from the overheated South to areas where office space is possibly cheaper and the workforce market less saturated. On the canal's banks, just outside the borough, the world's first industrial estate was created at Trafford Park. Their area profilersalso allowyou to profile and compare an area's ethnic group, religion or national identity from the 2011 Census. Smaller venues include the Band on the Wall, the Night and Day Caf,[161] the Ruby Lounge,[162] and The Deaf Institute. It was Manchester's first municipal airport and became the site of the first air traffic control tower in the UK, and the first municipal airfield in the UK to be licensed by the Air Ministry. Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough and the principal city in the Greater Manchester metropolitan county in North West England. Manchester Liverpool Road was the world's first purpose-built passenger and goods railway station[128] and served as the Manchester terminus on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway the world's first inter-city passenger railway. [18][19], In the Domesday Book of 1086, Manchester is recorded as within the hundred of Salford and held as tenant in chief by a Norman named Roger of Poitou,[20] later being held by the family of Grelley, lord of the manor and residents of Manchester Castle until 1215 before a Manor House was built. Pop. The Manchester Ship Canal opened in 1894, creating the Port of Manchester and linking the city to the Irish Sea, 36 miles (58km) to the west. The canal was extended to the Mersey at Runcorn by 1776. "[38] Manchester's golden age was perhaps the last quarter of the 19th century. 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Although not long-lasting, Cromwell granted it the right to elect its own MP. A population pyramid is displayed. These population estimates and projections come from the latest revision of the UN World Urbanization Prospects. A map of local authority areas in England is coloured to indicate the percentage change in population of each area. [58] By 1846, with increasing population and greater industrialisation, the Borough Council had taken over the powers of the "Police Commissioners". People. The town is named after Manchester, in England. [51], On 22 May 2017, an Islamist terrorist carried out a bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in the Manchester Arena; the bomb killed 23, including the attacker, and injured over 800. [199] The night-time economy has a value of about 100million,[200] and supports 12,000 jobs. [61] The River Mersey flows through the south of Manchester. QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more. Between 2019 and 2020 the population of Manchester, NY declined from 1,798 to 1,551, a 13.7% decrease and its median household income declined from $53,553 to $52,227, a 2.48% decrease. [15] A stabilised fragment of foundations of the final version of the Roman fort is visible in Castlefield. The University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University and Royal Northern College of Music. Manchester was credited as the main driving force behind British indie music of the 1980s led by The Smiths, later including The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, and James. The expansion of international trade links during the Industrial Revolution led to the introduction of the first consuls in the 1820s and since then over 800, from all parts of the world, have been based in Manchester. At 9.7%, Manchester's population increase is higher than the increase for the North West (5.2%). Ethnicity of Manchester, from 1971 to 2021: The Office for National Statistics does not produce economic data for the City of Manchester alone, but includes four other metropolitan boroughs, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, in an area named Greater Manchester South, which had a GVA of 34.8billion. Manchester is a large city in the northwest of England in the United Kingdom. Manchester is expected to continue its fairly rapid growth in the coming years. NA. The name Manchester, though officially applied only to the metropolitan district within Greater Manchester, has been applied to other, wider divisions of land, particularly across much of the Greater Manchester county and urban area. Two Premier League football clubs bear the city's name Manchester City and Manchester United. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 354. Until 2008, its head office was still in the city, though many of its management functions were moved to London in 1964. The places that have seen the largest increases in the population aged 65 years and over are Milton Keynes in the South East, which has seen 43.6% growth, and Harborough in the East Midlands (38.5%). The Greater Manchester Combined Authority, with a directly elected mayor, has responsibilities for economic strategy and transport, amongst other areas, on a Greater Manchester-wide basis. Manchester has been a member of the English Core Cities Group since its inception in 1995. The total population of local authority areas varies a lot, from Birmingham with around 1,144,900 people to the Isles of Scilly with around 2,100 people. Population change in certain areas may reflect how the coronavirus This population pyramid shows the population of males and females in each five-year age group at the time of the 2011 Census.The largest age group in the North West back then was those aged 45 to 49 years. Often her house played host to influential authors: Dickens, Charlotte Bront, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Charles Eliot Norton, for example. [222], Several local weekly free papers are distributed by the MEN group. [206] The Cheshire campus permanently closed in 2019. [24] Around the 14th century, Manchester received an influx of Flemish weavers, sometimes credited as the foundation of the region's textile industry. [17], Regeneration began in the late 1980s, with initiatives such as the Metrolink, the Bridgewater Concert Hall, the Manchester Arena, and (in Salford) the rebranding of the port as Salford Quays. The Science and Industry Museum, housed in the former Liverpool Road railway station, has a large collection of steam locomotives, industrial machinery, aircraft and a replica of the world's first stored computer program (known as the Manchester Baby).
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