Manchester City Council

The Council and democracy Census 2021 - Migration Summary

447,364 residents live at the same address in March 2021 as they had a year earlier (81%), compared to 393,949 residents (78%) at the same address as a year earlier in 2011.

Migration statusNumber of residents
Total: All usual residents​​ ​545,356
Address one year ago is the same as the address of enumeration​​447,364
Address one year ago is student term-time or boarding school address in the UK​​ ​12,519
Migrant from within the UK: Address one year ago was in the UK​​72,814
Migrant from outside the UK: Address one year ago was outside the UK​​ ​12,659

31% of residents were born outside the UK.

After those born in the UK, the second highest region of birth is the Middle East and Asia (52,085 residents), as in 2011.

386,997 have a UK passport (70%), 105,865 have a non-UK passport and 59,076 do not (11%) have a passport.

In 2011, 348,887 (69%) residents had a UK passport, 76,706 had a non-UK passport and 77,534 (15.4%) had no passport.

Area of birthNumber of residents
Total: All usual residents​​ ​551,937
Europe​​ ​428,451
Africa​​ ​37,872
Middle East and Asia​​ ​75,297
The Americas and the Caribbean​​ ​8,821
Antarctica and Oceania (including Australasia) and Other​​ ​977
British Overseas​​ ​519