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Census 2021: Population estimates

Census 2021 estimates of the usual resident population in Trafford and Greater Manchester.

Metadata

Source Publisher Time period Geography Licence Attribution Last updated
Office for National Statistics Office for National Statistics Local authority (LA), Middle-layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Lower-layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Output Area (OA), Electoral Ward (Ward) OGL v3.0 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

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2021 population estimates for Greater Manchester authorities (wide layout)

Data

Download the complete datasets in Comma Separated Values (CSV) format using the following links:

Population by sex and age (Persons)

File name Geography
2021_population_by_sex_and_age_group_wide_la_gm.csv LA
2021_population_by_sex_and_age_la_gm.csv LA
2021_population_by_sex_and_age_msoa_trafford.csv MSOA
2021_population_by_sex_and_age_lsoa_trafford.csv LSOA
2021_population_by_sex_and_age_ward_trafford.csv Ward

Population by sex and age group time series 1981-2021 (Persons)

File name Geography
1981-2021_population_by_sex_and_age_group_la_gm.csv LA
1981-2021_population_by_sex_and_age_group_la_trafford.csv LA

Population by five-year age bands (Persons)

File name Geography
2021_population_by_5_year_age_bands_la_gm.csv LA
2021_population_by_5_year_age_bands_msoa_trafford.csv MSOA
2021_population_by_5_year_age_bands_lsoa_trafford.csv LSOA
2021_population_by_5_year_age_bands_oa_trafford.csv OA

Population by sex (Persons)

File name Geography
2021_population_by_sex_la_gm.csv LA
2021_population_by_sex_msoa_trafford.csv MSOA
2021_population_by_sex_lsoa_trafford.csv LSOA
2021_population_by_sex_oa_trafford.csv OA
2021_population_by_sex_ward_trafford.csv Ward

Population density (Persons)

File name Geography
2021_population_density_la_gm.csv LA
2021_population_density_msoa_trafford.csv MSOA
2021_population_density_lsoa_trafford.csv LSOA
2021_population_density_oa_trafford.csv OA
2021_population_density_ward_trafford.csv Ward

Population density time series 1981-2021 (Persons)

File name Geography
1981-2021_population_density_la_gm.csv LA

Household composition (Households)

File name Geography
2021_household_composition_la_gm.csv LA
2021_household_composition_msoa_trafford.csv MSOA
2021_household_composition_lsoa_trafford.csv LSOA
2021_household_composition_oa_trafford.csv OA
2021_household_composition_ward_trafford.csv Ward

Household size (Households)

File name Geography
2021_household_size_la_gm.csv LA
2021_household_size_msoa_trafford.csv MSOA
2021_household_size_lsoa_trafford.csv LSOA
2021_household_size_oa_trafford.csv OA
2021_household_size_ward_trafford.csv Ward

Pre-processing

The R scripts used to process the data for the 2021 population and household data releases and the 1981-2021 time series datasets can be adapted to other areas. For information about R visit the CRAN website.