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Best places to live in Greater Manchester

18 municipalities with 3,982,436 residents within about 40 km of Manchester, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, lifestyle and amenities, mobility and connectivity, safety and community and taxes and wealth (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Manchester, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Warrington
    Warrington, 209,704 residents    76
  2. 2Cheshire East
    Cheshire East, 378,846 residents    73
  3. 3Wigan
    Greater Manchester North West, 324,650 residents    63
  4. 4Trafford
    Greater Manchester South West, 235,493 residents    61
  5. 5Chorley
    Chorley and West Lancashire, 115,772 residents    61
  6. 6Stockport
    Greater Manchester South East, 291,045 residents    60
  7. 7High Peak
    South and West Derbyshire, 92,063 residents    54
  8. 8Bury
    Greater Manchester North East, 189,628 residents    48
  9. 9Bolton
    Greater Manchester North West, 284,813 residents    48
  10. 10Manchester
    Manchester, 545,501 residents    45

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For retired couples

  1. 1Cheshire East
    Cheshire East, 378,846 residents    66
  2. 2High Peak
    South and West Derbyshire, 92,063 residents    64
  3. 3Trafford
    Greater Manchester South West, 235,493 residents    63
  4. 4Warrington
    Warrington, 209,704 residents    62
  5. 5Chorley
    Chorley and West Lancashire, 115,772 residents    58
  6. 6Stockport
    Greater Manchester South East, 291,045 residents    56
  7. 7Wigan
    Greater Manchester North West, 324,650 residents    53
  8. 8Rossendale
    East Lancashire, 70,365 residents    45
  9. 9Bolton
    Greater Manchester North West, 284,813 residents    44
  10. 10Bury
    Greater Manchester North East, 189,628 residents    42

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For remote workers

  1. 1Wigan
    Greater Manchester North West, 324,650 residents    73
  2. 2Warrington
    Warrington, 209,704 residents    73
  3. 3Chorley
    Chorley and West Lancashire, 115,772 residents    71
  4. 4High Peak
    South and West Derbyshire, 92,063 residents    71
  5. 5Bolton
    Greater Manchester North West, 284,813 residents    68
  6. 6Cheshire East
    Cheshire East, 378,846 residents    67
  7. 7Burnley
    East Lancashire, 87,705 residents    67
  8. 8Hyndburn
    East Lancashire, 80,410 residents    64
  9. 9Manchester
    Manchester, 545,501 residents    64
  10. 10Tameside
    Greater Manchester South East, 224,119 residents    64

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For commuters

  1. 1Warrington
    Warrington, 209,704 residents    86
  2. 2Trafford
    Greater Manchester South West, 235,493 residents    84
  3. 3Cheshire East
    Cheshire East, 378,846 residents    84
  4. 4Chorley
    Chorley and West Lancashire, 115,772 residents    80
  5. 5Wigan
    Greater Manchester North West, 324,650 residents    79
  6. 6Stockport
    Greater Manchester South East, 291,045 residents    79
  7. 7Manchester
    Manchester, 545,501 residents    75
  8. 8Salford
    Greater Manchester South West, 251,332 residents    74
  9. 9Bury
    Greater Manchester North East, 189,628 residents    72
  10. 10Blackburn with Darwen
    Blackburn with Darwen, 148,772 residents    71

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For single professionals

  1. 1Cheshire East
    Cheshire East, 378,846 residents    75
  2. 2Trafford
    Greater Manchester South West, 235,493 residents    74
  3. 3Warrington
    Warrington, 209,704 residents    73
  4. 4Stockport
    Greater Manchester South East, 291,045 residents    71
  5. 5Chorley
    Chorley and West Lancashire, 115,772 residents    64
  6. 6Bury
    Greater Manchester North East, 189,628 residents    62
  7. 7Manchester
    Manchester, 545,501 residents    61
  8. 8Wigan
    Greater Manchester North West, 324,650 residents    58
  9. 9High Peak
    South and West Derbyshire, 92,063 residents    54
  10. 10Salford
    Greater Manchester South West, 251,332 residents    52

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Wigan
    Greater Manchester North West, 324,650 residents    74
  2. 2Chorley
    Chorley and West Lancashire, 115,772 residents    72
  3. 3Warrington
    Warrington, 209,704 residents    70
  4. 4Blackburn with Darwen
    Blackburn with Darwen, 148,772 residents    66
  5. 5Hyndburn
    East Lancashire, 80,410 residents    65
  6. 6Burnley
    East Lancashire, 87,705 residents    65
  7. 7Bolton
    Greater Manchester North West, 284,813 residents    64
  8. 8Cheshire East
    Cheshire East, 378,846 residents    63
  9. 9Rossendale
    East Lancashire, 70,365 residents    62
  10. 10High Peak
    South and West Derbyshire, 92,063 residents    62

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Towns in Greater Manchester