[2] The following is a table outlining population totals of the area for every ten years since 1801, using material from the census in the United Kingdom via the Great Britain Historical GIS; pre-1974 statistics were gathered from local government areas that now comprise Greater Manchester.

[7] With greater affluence, a recent trend has seen some of the Pakistani community move out of the inner city into more spacious suburbs.

In South Manchester this means that they have been moving from Longsight/Levenshulme to more suburban areas such as Cheadle, Chorlton and Heaton Mersey.

The inner city areas that are being left are generally filled with newer immigrants from places like Iran, Afghanistan and Poland.

Notes for table above The most common main languages spoken in Greater Manchester according to the 2011 census are shown below.

[18] This area does not include some outliers within Greater Manchester, such as Wigan, but does extend into the adjacent counties of Lancashire and Cheshire.