List of settlements in Merseyside by population
Liverpool
Southport
St Helens
Birkenhead
Maghull
Prescot
Kirkby
Formby
Wallasey
Bebington
Bootle
Crosby
Heswall
Newton-le-Willows
Litherland
Haydock
West Kirby
Hoylake
Billinge
Rainford
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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, and is formatted according to their metropolitan borough.
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
External links
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