Demography - Census 2021
Key points
Liverpool's population has increased by almost 20,000 residents between 2011 and 2021, and now stands at 486,100. This represents 4% growth, which is lower than national growth of 7%.
| Census year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 503722 |
| 1991 | 452450 |
| 2001 | 439469 |
| 2011 | 466415 |
| 2021 | 486100 |
The highest increase in the number of residents has been in school aged residents (+7.2%) and older adults aged 60 to 74 years (+19.7%).
| Age group | 2021 census | 2021 % | 2011 census | 2011 % | Difference (number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-44 | 26372 | 5.43 | 26099 | 5.60 | 273 |
| 05-09 | 26726 | 5.50 | 22254 | 4.77 | 4472 |
| 10-14 | 25244 | 5.19 | 24315 | 5.21 | 929 |
| 15-19 | 33846 | 6.96 | 34572 | 7.41 | -726 |
| 20-24 | 49337 | 10.15 | 50636 | 10.86 | -1299 |
| 25-29 | 38082 | 7.83 | 39966 | 8.57 | -1884 |
| 30-34 | 37314 | 7.68 | 33053 | 7.09 | 4261 |
| 35-39 | 33137 | 6.82 | 28069 | 6.02 | 5068 |
| 40-44 | 27773 | 5.71 | 30893 | 6.62 | -3120 |
| 45-49 | 26579 | 5.47 | 32022 | 6.87 | -5443 |
| 50-54 | 29155 | 6.00 | 29288 | 6.28 | -133 |
| 55-59 | 30659 | 6.31 | 25364 | 5.44 | 5295 |
| 60-64 | 27543 | 5.67 | 24418 | 5.24 | 3125 |
| 65-69 | 22421 | 4.61 | 17685 | 3.79 | 4736 |
| 70-74 | 19996 | 4.11 | 16342 | 3.50 | 3654 |
| 75-79 | 13260 | 2.73 | 13967 | 2.99 | -707 |
| 80-84 | 9990 | 2.06 | 9742 | 2.09 | 248 |
| 85-89 | 5754 | 1.18 | 5307 | 1.14 | 447 |
| 90-94 | 2298 | 0.47 | 1887 | 0.40 | 411 |
| 95-99 | 539 | 0.11 | 471 | 0.10 | 68 |
| Over 100 | 68 | 0.01 | 65 | 0.01 | 3 |
Due to a boundary review the number of wards in Liverpool has increased from 30 to 64. Data has not been published at this new geography, so figures have been calculated in-house. The estimated population range across our 64 new electoral wards is from 19,585 in Kensington and Fairfield ward to 1,014 in Waterfront North ward.
Despite only having the fifth-highest population of the English Core Cities, Liverpool has the second-highest population density with 4,346 residents per square kilometre.
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