Manchester has been a member of the English Core Cities Group since its inception in 1995. The Manchester Arena hosted the FINA World Swimming Championships in 2008. [239][240] Student radio stations include Fuse FM at the University of Manchester and MMU Radio at the Manchester Metropolitan University. [85], The Greater Manchester Built-up Area in 2011 had an estimated population of 2,553,400. [16] After the Roman withdrawal and Saxon conquest, the focus of settlement shifted to the confluence of the Irwell and Irk sometime before the arrival of the Normans after 1066. This reduces urban sprawl, prevents towns in the conurbation from further convergence, protects the identity of outlying communities, and preserves nearby countryside. The sizes of these circles are proportionate to the size of the population in each local authority area. 135149. It began its first broadcast, but in 2015, That's Manchester took over to air on 31 May and launched the freeview channel 8 service slot, before moving to channel 7 in April 2016. The Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE)has releasedbriefing papers on issues relating to ethnicity from 2011 Census data. [154], Cycling for transportation and leisure enjoys popularity in Manchester and the city also plays a major role in British cycle racing.[155][156]. "[38] Manchester's golden age was perhaps the last quarter of the 19th century. [214] Manchester City's home is the City of Manchester Stadium in Bradford in east Manchester, built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games and then reconfigured as a football ground. 45,649. Although its influence has waned, Granada had been described as "the best commercial television company in the world". 4.7 per cent were mixed race (1.8 per cent White and Black Caribbean, 0.9 per cent White and Black African, 1.0 per cent White and Asian, 1.0 per cent other mixed), 17.1 per cent Asian (2.3 per cent Indian, 8.5 per cent Pakistani, 1.3 per cent Bangladeshi, 2.7 per cent Chinese, 2.3 per cent other Asian), 8.6 per cent Black (5.1 per cent African, 1.6 per cent other Black), 1.9 per cent Arab and 1.2 per cent of other ethnic heritage. The places that have seen the largest percentage decrease in the number of children aged under 15 years are Westminster (19.4%) and Kensington and Chelsea (17.8%) in London and Richmondshire in Yorkshire (12.3%). In 1889, when county councils were created in England, the municipal borough became a county borough with even greater autonomy. WebAs can be seen from the data in the table above, the population of Greater Manchester increased from 2,701,400 in 2012 to 2,868,400 in 2021. [182][183] Manchester in the 19th century featured in works highlighting the changes that industrialisation had brought. [46] The final insurance payout was over 400million; many affected businesses never recovered from the loss of trade. Summer daytime temperatures regularly top 20C, quite often reaching 25C on sunny days during July and August in particular. [229][230], With the growth in regional television in the 1950s, Manchester became one of the BBC's three main centres in England. In 1950, the population of Manchester was 2,422,246. Manchester's population, ethnicity and migration. [217] Manchester hosted the World Squash Championships in 2008,[218] the 2010 World Lacrosse Championship,[219] the 2013 Ashes series, 2013 Rugby League World Cup and 2015 Rugby World Cup. Its main pop music venue is Manchester Arena, voted "International Venue of the Year" in 2007. WebFull demographic report of Manchester, CT 06040 population including education levels, household income, job market, ethnic makeup, and languages. See the essay "A Prophetic and Violent Masterpiece" by Theodore Dalrymple in "Not With a Bang but a Whimper" (2008) pp. According to the 2011 census, of Greater Manchester's ten metropolitan Tower Hamlets saw the largest percentage growth in population in England, increasing 22.1% between 2011 and 2021. [187], Letitia Landon's poetical illustration Manchester to a vista over the city by G. Pickering in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835, records the rapid growth of the city and its cultural importance.[188]. partially state funded), but it reverted to independent status in 1976 after abolition of the direct-grant system. [158] Another notable contemporary band from near Manchester is The Courteeners consisting of Liam Fray and four close friends. [45] New and renovated complexes such as The Printworks and Corn Exchange have become popular shopping, eating and entertainment areas. WebManchester is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. 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Manchester's geographic features were highly influential in its early development as the world's first industrial city. Old mills have been converted into apartments. [126] A Concorde is on display near Manchester Airport. 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. The "Manchester City Zone", "Manchester post town" and the "Manchester Congestion Charge" are all examples of this. An American visitor taken to Manchester's blackspots saw "wretched, defrauded, oppressed, crushed human nature, lying and bleeding fragments".[39]. In the 1980s the titles closed their northern offices and centred their operations in London. 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. These estimates represent the Urban agglomeration of Manchester, which typically includes Manchester's population in addition to adjacent suburban areas. [13] The suffix -chester is from Old English ceaster ("Roman fortification", itself a loanword from Latin castra, "fort; fortified town"). Manchester Arndale is the UK's largest city-centre shopping centre. [66] Snowfalls are not common in the city because of the urban warming effect but the West Pennine Moors to the north-west, South Pennines to the north-east and Peak District to the east receive more snow, which can close roads leading out of the city. [168] In 2014, HOME, a new custom-built arts complex opened. 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. By attending status, there are 1,376 full-time and 73 part-time students with gender distribution of 684 male and 765 female students. 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. These population estimates and projections come from the latest revision of the UN World Urbanization Prospects. [112][113] According to 2010 Indices of Multiple Deprivation, Manchester is the 4th most deprived local council in England. Two bids to host the Olympic Games were part of a process to raise the international profile of the city. [209] Together they have a combined population of over 80,000 students as of 2022.[203]. The population pyramid turns into a horizontal bar chart, with bars representing the percentage change in the number of people of any sex in each five-year age group in England. 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%. [242][243] In addition, the British Council maintains a metropolitan centre in Manchester. WebManchester's 2023 population is now estimated at 3,028,104. Manchester has been a centre of television broadcasting since the 1950s. 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. [58], From a very early time, the township of Manchester lay within the historic or ceremonial county boundaries of Lancashire. What is the current population of 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. Manchester has grown by 18,202 in the last year, which represents a 0.60% annual change. As of 2021, Manchester is the most densely populated of the North West's 39 local authority areas, with around 34 people living on each football pitch-sized area of land. [60] Andy Burnham was elected as the first mayor of Greater Manchester in 2017. U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Manchester township, Ocean County, New Jersey; Pennsville township, Salem County, New Jersey QuickFacts Population Estimates, July 1 2022, (V2022) - - - - - For places on the map, populations of 5,000 or more are shown Selectable Not Selectable 0 NA (a) Includes persons reporting only one race 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. The metro area population of Manchester in 2021 was 2,750,000, a 0.73% increase from 2020. [6] It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. (2001) city, 392,419; Greater Manchester metropolitan county, 2,482,328; (2011) city, 503,127; Greater Manchester metropolitan county, 2,682,528. By 1835, Manchester was the greatest industrial city on earth. In an emergency, visit our emergency contact details page. [14] Their territory extended across the fertile lowland of what is now Salford and Stretford. [141] After deregulation in 1986, the bus system was taken over by GM Buses, which after privatisation was split into GM Buses North and GM Buses South. In 1853, Manchester was granted city status.[58]. [153] It ceased to operate in June 2018, citing poor infrastructure. Results of the 2011 United Kingdom Census showed that the total population of Greater Manchester was 2,682,528. [110] Meanwhile, KPMG's competitive alternative report found that in 2012 Manchester had the 9th lowest tax cost of any industrialised city in the world,[111] and fiscal devolution has come earlier to Manchester than to any other British city: it can keep half the extra taxes it gets from transport investment. A government statement in 2014 announced a 78million grant for a new "large-scale, ultra-flexible arts space" for the city. 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]. People. AU - Brockhurst, Michael A. PY - 2007/7/25. [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. [197], The Madchester scene of the 1980s, from which groups including The Stone Roses, the Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, 808 State, James and The Charlatans emerged, was based around clubs such as The Haienda. [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. Their area profilersalso allowyou to profile and compare an area's ethnic group, religion or national identity from the 2011 Census. Significant quantities of cotton began to be used after about 1600, firstly in linen/cotton fustians, but by around 1750 pure cotton fabrics were being produced and cotton had overtaken wool in importance. [41], Cotton processing and trading continued to fall in peacetime, and the exchange closed in 1968. Since then, the area has been permanently inhabited. The urban center of the town is the Manchester census-designated place, with a population of 36,379 at the 2020 census. 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. 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. WebThe population of the boroughs in the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester. [17][220] For many years most national newspapers had offices in Manchester: The Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, The Sun. The University of Manchester has introduced LinguaSnapp, a project to develop a multilingual landscape map of Manchester. Manchester later formed its own Poor Law Union using the name "Manchester". 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. This is how Manchester compares. [30][31][32] It developed a wide range of industries, so that by 1835 "Manchester was without challenge the first and greatest industrial city in the world. 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