# List of settlements in Greater Manchester by population

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

Table taken from the Greater Manchester article:
| Metropolitan county | Metropolitan district | Metropolitan district | Centre of administration | Other components |
| Greater Manchester | 1 | Manchester | Manchester (City Centre) | Blackley, Burnage, Cheetham Hill, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Didsbury, Ringway, Withington, Wythenshawe |
| Greater Manchester | 2 | Stockport | Stockport | Bramhall, Bredbury, Cheadle, Gatley, Hazel Grove, Marple, Reddish, Romiley |
| Greater Manchester | 3 | Tameside | Ashton-under-Lyne | Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Longdendale, Mossley, Stalybridge |
| Greater Manchester | 4 | Oldham | Oldham | Chadderton, Shaw and Crompton, Failsworth, Lees, Royton, Saddleworth |
| Greater Manchester | 5 | Rochdale | Rochdale | Heywood, Littleborough, Middleton, Milnrow, Newhey, Wardle |
| Greater Manchester | 6 | Bury | Bury | Prestwich, Radcliffe, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Whitefield |
| Greater Manchester | 7 | Bolton | Bolton | Blackrod, Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley, Little Lever, South Turton, Westhoughton |
| Greater Manchester | 8 | Wigan | Wigan | Abram, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Aspull, Astley, Atherton, Bryn, Golborne, Higher End, Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Leigh, Orrell, Standish, Shevington, Tyldesley, Winstanley |
| Greater Manchester | 9 | Salford | Swinton | Eccles, Walkden, Worsley, Salford, Irlam, Pendlebury, Cadishead |
| Greater Manchester | 10 | Trafford | Stretford | Altrincham, Bowdon, Hale, Old Trafford, Sale, Urmston |

## Population ranking

| # | Settlement | Population | Population |
| # | Settlement | Census 2001 | Census 2011 |
| 1 | Manchester$^‡$ $^{(seenotes)}$ | 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.