List of settlements in Merseyside by population

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The 22 largest settlements of the county of Merseyside, with district centres in yellow, and key towns and areas in white.

This is a list of settlements in Merseyside by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021. In 2011, there were 20 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Merseyside, shown in the table below.

Administrative boundaries

Table outlines many of the county's settlements, formatted according to their metropolitan borough:

  1. City of Liverpool governed from Liverpool City Centre:
    Aigburth, Allerton, Anfield, Belle Vale, Broadgreen, Canning, Childwall, Chinatown, Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dingle, Dovecot, Edge Hill, Everton, Fairfield, Fazakerley, Garston, Gateacre, Gillmoss, Grassendale, Hunt's Cross, Kensington, Kirkdale, Knotty Ash, Mossley Hill, Netherley, Norris Green, Old Swan, Orrell Park, St Michael's Hamlet, Sefton Park, Speke, Stoneycroft, Toxteth, Tuebrook, Vauxhall, Walton, Wavertree, West Derby, Woolton
  2. Sefton from Bootle and Southport:
    Ainsdale, Aintree, Birkdale, Blowick, Blundellsands, Churchtown, Crosby, Crossens, Ford, Formby, Hightown, Hillside, Ince Blundell, Kennessee Green Litherland, Little Altcar, Little Crosby, Lunt, Lydiate, Maghull, Marshside, Melling, Netherton, Orrell, Seaforth, Sefton, Thornton, Waterloo, Woodvale
  3. Knowsley from Huyton:
    Bowring Park, Cronton, Fazakerley, Halewood, Kirkby, Knowsley, Page Moss, Prescot, Roby, Stockbridge Village, Tarbock, Whiston
  4. St Helens from St Helens:
    Billinge, Blackbrook, Bold, Bold Heath, Clock Face, Crank, Earlestown, Eccleston, Garswood, Haydock, Moss Bank, Newton-le-Willows, Old Boston, Parr, Rainford, Rainhill, Ravenhead, Seneley Green, Sutton, Thatto Heath, Windle
  5. Wirral from Wallasey:
    Barnston, Bebington, Beechwood, Bidston, Birkenhead, Brimstage, Bromborough, Caldy, Clatterbridge, Claughton, Eastham, Egremont, Frankby, Gayton, Grange, Greasby, Heswall, Hoylake, Irby, Landican, Larton, Leasowe, Liscard, Meols, Moreton, New Brighton, New Ferry, Newton, Noctorum, Oxton, Pensby, Port Sunlight, Poulton, Prenton, Raby Mere, Raby, Rock Ferry, Saughall Massie, Seacombe, Spital, Storeton, Thingwall, Thornton Hough, Thurstaston, Tranmere, Upton, Wallasey Village, West Kirby, Woodchurch, Woodside.

Population ranking

# Settlement Population[1][2]
Census 2001 Census 2011
1 Liverpool†(see notes) 530,850 552,267
2 Birkenhead 138,270 142,968
3 St Helens 102,360 102,885
4 Southport 91,400 91,703
5 Wallasey 58,710 60,284
6 Bebington 56,479 57,336
7 Bootle 56,317 51,394
8 Crosby 51,790 50,044
9 Kirkby 41,010 42,744
10 Prescot 39,200 37,911
11 Heswall 29,977 29,789
12 Maghull 28,848 26,997
13 Formby 24,478 23,329
14 Newton-le-Willows 21,476 22,114
15 Halewood 20,309 20,116
16 Litherland 17,880 18,507
17 Haydock 17,195 16,521
18 West Kirby 14,649 14,959
19 Hoylake 10,875 10,909
20 Garswood‡(see notes) 6,433 6,183
21 Billinge 6,297 5,896
22 Rainford 6,320 5,831

Notes:

  • † - Huyton and Halewood included in Liverpool count for ONS subdivision area purposes. Liverpool borough-only figures at 2001/2011 censuses were 439,473 and 466,415.[3]
  • ‡ - Garswood with Downall Green fall under the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside. These make up the western portion of Ashton-in-Makerfield, which itself is in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in neighbouring Greater Manchester.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Merseyside (Metropolitan County, North West England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  2. ^ 2011 census table: ONS
  3. ^ "Liverpool's Population" (PDF). liverpool.gov.uk.