United Kingdom: Merseyside

Contents: Boroughs

The population of the boroughs in the Metropolitan County of Merseyside.

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 1981-06-30	Population Estimate 1991-06-30	Population Estimate 2001-06-30	Population Estimate 2011-06-30	Population Census 2021-03-21
Knowsley	Metropolitan Borough	173,600	155,100	151,200	145,903	154,517	→
Liverpool	Metropolitan Borough	517,000	475,600	441,900	465,656	486,088	→
Sefton	Metropolitan Borough	300,100	292,900	282,900	273,969	279,233	→
St Helens	Metropolitan Borough	190,800	180,100	176,800	175,405	183,248	→
Wirral	Metropolitan Borough	340,500	334,300	315,000	319,837	320,199	→
Merseyside	Metropolitan County	1,522,000	1,438,000	1,367,800	1,380,770	1,423,285

Source: UK Office for National Statistics. (web).

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	690,707
Females	732,576

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	281,773
18-64 years	868,152
65+ years	273,358

Age Distribution (C 2021)
0-9 years	156,019
10-19 years	162,228
20-29 years	189,181
30-39 years	189,377
40-49 years	164,575
50-59 years	197,674
60-69 years	167,281
70-79 years	124,058
80+ years	72,890

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	1,298,297
EU	51,083
Europe (other)	5,655
Middle East & Asia	39,771
Africa	16,752
Other country	11,730

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	1,304,797
Asian	44,452
Black	21,902
Arab	10,086
Mixed/multiple	30,495
Other ethnic group	11,554

Religion (C 2021)
Christian	851,424
Muslim	33,578
Hindu	7,356
Sikh	1,204
Buddhist	4,585
Jewish	2,576
Other religion	5,166
No religion	441,531