Manchester

Population

ONS MYE 2022 563,000 (we know this is an undercount)
MCCFM 2023 606,700 (MCCFM is our own in house population projection tool)
43% of the population are non white
City Centre population increased from 500 in the 1990s to over 50,000 and expected to reach 100,000
Up to 200 languages spoken. Arabic, Urdu, Polish, Farsi, and Kurdish most spoken

Up to 200 languages spoken. Arabic, Urdu, Polish, Farsi, and Kurdish most spoken.

Town Hall Clock, Manchester

Manchester Skyline

Heritage

City of firsts:

First industrial city in the world
First inter-city railway
Splitting the atom (Ernest Rutherford)
World’s first computer with a stored programme and memory (Alun Turing)
Graphene (Prof Andre Geim and Prof Kostya Novoselov)
Post industrial rebirth transitioning to a knowledge based economy including the regeneration of the city centre pre and post IRA bomb in 1996
Football and sport including Manchester City FC, Manchester United FC, Old Trafford Cricket Ground Test Match venue
Culture and music including Aviva Studios Aviva Studios – Factory International which opened in 2023 at a total cost of over £200m
Manchester Airport handles over 30 millon passengers a year travelling to over 200 destinations. Its £1billion plus transformation programme will be completed in 2025, improving terminal facilities and safeguarding future passenger growth.
Radical past including the Peterloo Massacre, Suffragette movement, Anti Corn Law League (Richard Cobden and John Bright)

First industrial city in the world

First inter-city railway

Splitting the atom (Ernest Rutherford)

International

Manchester's is an outward looking city with global trade links and a strong heritage of working across boarders. It's two famous football teams (City and United) are just one the soft power assets that make it famous across the world.

Twinned with

Wuhan (China)
Chemnitz (Germany)

Partnerships

Partnerships with other cities via European projects with emerging cultural and civic relationship with Barcelona.

Foreign representation

There are currently 26 foreign representations in Manchester including 7 consulates general, 15 consulates, and one representative office.

Economic

£32849

GVA per head increased from £32,849 in 2011 to £48,108 in 2021

24800

24,800 businesses

426000

426,000 jobs

36000

Housing Strategy targets 36,000 new homes (10,000 of which affordable) between 2022 and 2032