North West England (Great Britain): Counties and Unitary Districts & Urban Areas

Counties and Unitary Districts

The population of all counties and unitary districts in North West England.

Name	Status	Population census 1991-04-05	Population census 2001-04-29
Blackburn with Darwen	Unitary District	136,556	137,470	o
Blackpool	Unitary District	146,069	142,283	o
Cheshire	County	650,337	673,788	o
Cumbria	County	483,163	487,607	o
Greater Manchester	Metropolitan County	2,498,618	2,482,328	o
Halton	Unitary District	124,142	118,208	o
Lancashire	County	1,101,458	1,134,974	o
Merseyside	Metropolitan County	1,403,422	1,362,026	o
Warrington	Unitary District	183,096	191,080	o
North West England	Region	6,726,861	6,729,764

Contents: Urban Areas

All urban areas in North West England with 1500 inhabitants or more.

Name	Status	County/District	Agglomeration	Population census 1991-04-05	Population census 2001-04-29
Abram	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Wigan	11,482	9,855	o
Accrington	Urban Area	Lancashire	Accrington	36,466	35,203	o
Adlington	Urban Area	Lancashire		8,556	7,791	o
Alsager	Urban Area	Cheshire		13,435	14,178	o
Altrincham	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	40,042	40,695	o
Ambleside	Urban Area	Cumbria		2,905	3,064	o
Appley Bridge	Urban Area	Lancashire		5,618	5,155	o
Arnside	Urban Area	Cumbria		1,627	2,301	o
Ashton-in-Makerfield	Urban Area	Greater Manchester		28,105	28,505	o
Ashton-under-Lyne	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	43,906	43,236	o
Askam in Furness	Urban Area	Cumbria		2,212	3,423	o
Aspatria	Urban Area	Cumbria		2,219	2,376	o
Aspull	Urban Area	Greater Manchester		4,765	4,977	o
Atherton	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	21,696	20,302	o
Audenshaw	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	13,173	12,790	o
Bacup	Urban Area	Lancashire	Rossendale	13,682	12,763	o
Banks	Urban Area	Lancashire		3,245	3,359	o
Barnoldswick	Urban Area	Lancashire		10,038	10,859	o
Barrowford	Urban Area	Lancashire	Burnley / Nelson	5,212	5,261	o
Barrow-in-Furness	Urban Area	Cumbria		48,947	47,194	o
Bebington	Urban Area	Merseyside	Birkenhead	60,148	57,066	o
Billinge	Urban Area	Merseyside		6,943	6,554	o
Birkenhead	Urban Area	Merseyside	Birkenhead	93,087	83,729	o
Blackburn	Urban Area	Blackburn with Darwen	Blackburn / Darwen	105,994	105,085	o
Blackpool	Urban Area	Blackpool	Blackpool	146,262	142,283	o
Blackrod	Urban Area	Greater Manchester		5,681	4,975	o
Bollington	Urban Area	Cheshire		6,767	6,880	o
Bolton	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	139,020	139,403	o
Bolton-le-Sands	Urban Area	Lancashire		6,772	7,010	o
Bootle	Urban Area	Merseyside	Liverpool	65,454	59,123	o
Bowdon	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	5,141	6,079	o
Brampton (Carlisle)	Urban Area	Cumbria		3,957	3,965	o
Bredbury and Romiley	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	28,205	28,167	o
Brierfield	Urban Area	Lancashire	Burnley / Nelson	9,567	10,047	o
Brinnington	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	...	6,759	o
Bromley Cross / Bradshaw	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	22,017	22,747	o
Buckton Vale	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Mossley / Buckton Vale	3,592	3,631	o
Burnley	Urban Area	Lancashire	Burnley / Nelson	74,661	73,021	o
Burscough Bridge	Urban Area	Lancashire		8,201	8,536	o
Burtonwood	Urban Area	Warrington		3,692	3,195	o
Bury	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	62,633	60,718	o
Carlisle	Urban Area	Cumbria		72,439	71,773	o
Carnforth	Urban Area	Lancashire		7,442	5,350	o
Caton	Urban Area	Lancashire		2,410	2,427	o
Catterall	Urban Area	Lancashire		...	1,985	o
Chadderton	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	34,026	33,001	o
Chapeltown / Edgworth	Urban Area	Blackburn with Darwen		...	2,249	o
Cheadle and Gatley	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	58,457	57,507	o
Chester	Urban Area	Cheshire	Chester	80,110	80,121	o
Chorley	Urban Area	Lancashire	Preston	33,536	33,424	o
Church	Urban Area	Lancashire	Accrington	4,277	3,988	o
Clayton-le-moors	Urban Area	Lancashire	Accrington	6,961	8,289	o
Cleator Moor	Urban Area	Cumbria		6,410	6,365	o
Clitheroe	Urban Area	Lancashire		13,548	14,697	o
Cockermouth	Urban Area	Cumbria		7,702	7,446	o
Colne	Urban Area	Lancashire	Burnley / Nelson	18,776	20,118	o
Congleton	Urban Area	Cheshire		24,897	25,400	o
Coppull	Urban Area	Lancashire		7,698	7,255	o
Crewe	Urban Area	Cheshire		63,351	67,683	o
Croft	Urban Area	Warrington		...	1,514	o
Crosby	Urban Area	Merseyside	Liverpool	52,869	51,789	o
Croston	Urban Area	Lancashire		2,622	2,679	o
Culcheth	Urban Area	Warrington		5,860	6,729	o
Dalton-in-Furness	Urban Area	Cumbria		7,550	8,057	o
Darwen	Urban Area	Blackburn with Darwen	Blackburn / Darwen	29,864	31,570	o
Dearham	Urban Area	Cumbria		1,414	1,745	o
Delph	Urban Area	Greater Manchester		...	2,052	o
Denton	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	37,785	26,866	o
Diggle	Urban Area	Greater Manchester		...	1,679	o
Disley	Urban Area	Cheshire		3,743	3,090	o
Distington	Urban Area	Cumbria		2,318	1,632	o
Dobcross / Uppermill	Urban Area	Greater Manchester		...	7,475	o
Droylsden	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	22,666	23,172	o
Dukinfield	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	17,917	18,885	o
Earby	Urban Area	Lancashire		4,957	5,260	o
Eccles	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	36,000	36,610	o
Eccleston	Urban Area	Merseyside		5,003	4,708	o
Edenfield	Urban Area	Lancashire		2,657	2,080	o
Egremont	Urban Area	Cumbria		6,581	5,996	o
Ellesmere Port	Urban Area	Cheshire	Birkenhead	64,504	66,265	o
Euxton	Urban Area	Lancashire	Preston	7,884	7,692	o
Failsworth	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	20,160	20,007	o
Farndon	Urban Area	Cheshire	Farndon / Holt	...	1,517	o
Farnworth	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	25,053	25,264	o
Fence	Urban Area	Lancashire		...	1,586	o
Fleetwood	Urban Area	Lancashire	Blackpool	27,227	26,841	o
Flimby	Urban Area	Cumbria		1,775	1,636	o
Formby	Urban Area	Merseyside	Southport / Formby	25,356	24,478	o
Freckleton / Warton	Urban Area	Lancashire		8,273	8,389	o
Frizington	Urban Area	Cumbria		2,472	1,896	o
Frodsham	Urban Area	Cheshire		8,903	8,908	o
Galgate	Urban Area	Lancashire		...	1,577	o
Garstang	Urban Area	Lancashire		5,697	6,293	o
Golborne	Urban Area	Greater Manchester		21,693	23,119	o
Goosnargh	Urban Area	Lancashire		...	1,540	o
Goostrey	Urban Area	Cheshire		2,796	2,029	o
Grange-over-Sands	Urban Area	Cumbria		4,473	4,835	o
Grasscroft	Urban Area	Greater Manchester		2,795	2,823	o
Greasby / Moreton	Urban Area	Merseyside	Birkenhead	56,077	53,905	o
Great / Little Broughton	Urban Area	Cumbria		...	1,727	o
Great Eccleston	Urban Area	Lancashire		1,930	1,646	o
Great Harwood	Urban Area	Lancashire	Accrington	10,562	11,217	o
Great Sankey	Urban Area	Warrington	Warrington	34,025	40,265	o
Guilden Sutton	Urban Area	Cheshire		...	1,525	o
Hale (Halton)	Urban Area	Halton		...	1,898	o
Hale	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	15,868	15,316	o
Halton (Lancaster)	Urban Area	Lancashire		2,332	2,170	o
Hambleton (Wyre)	Urban Area	Lancashire		2,724	2,194	o
Haslingden	Urban Area	Lancashire	Rossendale	15,024	14,873	o
Haslington	Urban Area	Cheshire		4,183	5,075	o
Haydock	Urban Area	Merseyside	Liverpool	16,705	16,955	o
Hazel Grove and Bramhall	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	39,730	38,724	o
Helsby	Urban Area	Cheshire		4,538	4,701	o
Heswall	Urban Area	Merseyside		31,093	29,977	o
Heywood	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	29,286	28,024	o
Higher Folds	Urban Area	Greater Manchester		2,582	2,442	o
Higher Walton	Urban Area	Lancashire		5,069	5,380	o
Higher Wincham	Urban Area	Cheshire		2,486	1,988	o
High Lane	Urban Area	Greater Manchester		4,861	4,772	o
Hightown	Urban Area	Merseyside		2,141	2,247	o
Hindley	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	22,581	23,457	o
Holmes Chapel	Urban Area	Cheshire		5,465	5,669	o
Horwich	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	18,017	18,289	o
Hoylake / West Kirby	Urban Area	Merseyside		25,554	25,524	o
Huyton-with-Roby	Urban Area	Merseyside	Liverpool	56,500	54,766	o
Hyde	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	30,666	31,253	o
Ince-in-Makerfield	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Wigan	10,554	10,941	o
Irlam	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	18,504	19,018	o
Isle of Walney	Urban Area	Cumbria		10,374	10,159	o
Kearsley	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	9,287	9,906	o
Kelsall	Urban Area	Cheshire		2,394	2,360	o
Kendal	Urban Area	Cumbria		25,461	28,030	o
Keswick	Urban Area	Cumbria		4,836	4,984	o
Kirkby	Urban Area	Merseyside		43,017	40,006	o
Kirkby Stephen	Urban Area	Cumbria		1,619	1,832	o
Kirkham	Urban Area	Lancashire	Kirkham / Newton-with-Scales	9,038	10,372	o
Knutsford	Urban Area	Cheshire		13,352	12,656	o
Lancaster	Urban Area	Lancashire	Morecambe / Lancaster	44,497	45,952	o
Lancaster University	Urban Area	Lancashire		...	4,156	o
Langho	Urban Area	Lancashire		2,134	2,015	o
Leigh	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	43,150	43,006	o
Leyland	Urban Area	Lancashire	Preston	37,331	37,103	o
Litherland	Urban Area	Merseyside	Liverpool	20,905	22,242	o
Littleborough	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	13,638	13,807	o
Little Lever	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	11,589	11,082	o
Liverpool	Urban Area	Merseyside	Liverpool	481,786	469,017	o
Longdendale	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	10,890	8,680	o
Longridge	Urban Area	Lancashire		7,351	7,491	o
Longton	Urban Area	Lancashire		12,101	12,515	o
Longtown	Urban Area	Cumbria		2,548	2,019	o
Lymm	Urban Area	Warrington		9,721	9,554	o
Lytham St Anne's	Urban Area	Lancashire	Blackpool	40,866	41,327	o
Macclesfield	Urban Area	Cheshire	Macclesfield / Prestbury	50,270	50,688	o
Maghull / Lydiate	Urban Area	Merseyside		29,206	28,848	o
Manchester	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	402,889	394,269	o
Marple	Urban Area	Greater Manchester		19,829	18,475	o
Maryport	Urban Area	Cumbria		9,797	9,639	o
Mellor	Urban Area	Lancashire		2,244	2,398	o
Mickle Trafford	Urban Area	Cheshire		1,904	1,831	o
Middleton	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	45,621	45,314	o
Middlewich	Urban Area	Cheshire		10,100	13,101	o
Millom	Urban Area	Cumbria		6,455	6,103	o
Milnrow	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	12,541	12,776	o
Milnthorpe	Urban Area	Cumbria		1,934	2,106	o
Morecambe	Urban Area	Lancashire	Morecambe / Lancaster	46,657	49,569	o
Mossley	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Mossley / Buckton Vale	10,569	9,713	o
Moulton (Vale Royal)	Urban Area	Cheshire		5,060	5,167	o
Nantwich	Urban Area	Cheshire		11,695	13,447	o
Nelson	Urban Area	Lancashire	Burnley / Nelson	29,120	28,998	o
Neston	Urban Area	Cheshire		15,585	15,018	o
Newton-le-Willows	Urban Area	Merseyside		19,416	21,307	o
Newton with Scales	Urban Area	Lancashire		...	1,587	o
Northwich	Urban Area	Cheshire		34,520	39,568	o
Oldham	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	103,931	103,544	o
Ormskirk	Urban Area	Lancashire		23,425	23,392	o
Orrell	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Wigan	12,251	11,212	o
Oswaldwistle	Urban Area	Lancashire	Accrington	12,176	12,527	o
Padiham	Urban Area	Lancashire	Burnley / Nelson	12,570	11,091	o
Parbold	Urban Area	Lancashire		2,872	2,702	o
Partington	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	9,109	7,723	o
Penrith	Urban Area	Cumbria		12,049	14,471	o
Poulton-le-Fylde	Urban Area	Lancashire	Blackpool	18,939	19,480	o
Poynton	Urban Area	Cheshire	Greater Manchester	14,768	14,038	o
Preesall	Urban Area	Lancashire		5,168	4,782	o
Prescot	Urban Area	Merseyside	Liverpool	37,486	39,695	o
Prestbury	Urban Area	Cheshire	Macclesfield / Prestbury	3,346	3,269	o
Preston	Urban Area	Lancashire	Preston	177,660	184,836	o
Prestwich	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	31,801	31,693	o
Radcliffe	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	32,567	34,239	o
Rainford	Urban Area	Merseyside		6,362	5,997	o
Ramsbottom	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	17,318	17,352	o
Rawtenstall	Urban Area	Lancashire	Rossendale	21,933	21,797	o
Read	Urban Area	Lancashire		...	2,277	o
Rishton	Urban Area	Lancashire		6,773	7,350	o
Risley	Urban Area	Warrington	Warrington	12,800	11,395	o
Rochdale	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	94,313	95,796	o
Rode Heath	Urban Area	Cheshire		2,078	2,150	o
Royton	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	21,475	22,238	o
Runcorn	Urban Area	Halton		64,154	60,072	o
Sale	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	56,052	55,234	o
Salford	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	79,755	72,750	o
Sandbach	Urban Area	Cheshire		15,839	17,630	o
Sandiway	Urban Area	Cheshire		...	4,299	o
Saughall	Urban Area	Cheshire		3,242	2,667	o
Scotby	Urban Area	Cumbria		...	1,541	o
Seascale	Urban Area	Cumbria		1,766	1,747	o
Seaton (Cumbria)	Urban Area	Cumbria	Workington	4,380	5,126	o
Shavington	Urban Area	Cheshire		4,780	4,349	o
Shaw	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	19,348	19,335	o
Shevington	Urban Area	Greater Manchester		5,650	5,082	o
Silloth	Urban Area	Cumbria		2,942	2,932	o
Skelmersdale	Urban Area	Lancashire	Wigan	42,104	39,279	o
Southport	Urban Area	Merseyside	Southport / Formby	90,959	91,404	o
Stainburn	Urban Area	Cumbria	Workington	...	1,630	o
Stalybridge	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	22,921	22,568	o
Standish	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Wigan	12,196	14,350	o
St Helens	Urban Area	Merseyside	Liverpool	106,293	102,629	o
Stockport	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	132,813	136,082	o
Stockton Heath / Thelwall	Urban Area	Warrington	Warrington	22,821	25,874	o
Stretford	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	43,953	42,103	o
Swinton and Pendlebury	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	43,155	41,347	o
Tarleton	Urban Area	Lancashire		7,158	8,210	o
Tarporley	Urban Area	Cheshire		2,308	2,634	o
Tarvin	Urban Area	Cheshire		2,843	2,307	o
Tattenhall	Urban Area	Cheshire		1,854	1,860	o
Thornton / Cleveleys	Urban Area	Lancashire	Blackpool	28,061	31,157	o
Tottington	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	7,673	7,545	o
Tyldesley	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	30,606	34,022	o
Ulverston	Urban Area	Cumbria		11,866	11,210	o
Urmston	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	41,804	40,964	o
Walkden	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	38,685	36,218	o
Wallasey	Urban Area	Merseyside	Birkenhead	60,895	58,710	o
Wardle	Urban Area	Cheshire	Greater Manchester	6,622	7,092	o
Warrington	Urban Area	Warrington	Warrington	82,812	80,661	o
Warton (Lancaster)	Urban Area	Lancashire		...	1,793	o
Weaverham	Urban Area	Cheshire		6,604	6,293	o
Westhoughton	Urban Area	Greater Manchester		20,373	21,997	o
Whalley	Urban Area	Lancashire		5,364	3,230	o
Whitefield	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester	22,783	23,284	o
Whitehaven	Urban Area	Cumbria		26,542	24,978	o
Whitworth	Urban Area	Lancashire	Greater Manchester	5,679	5,672	o
Widnes	Urban Area	Halton		57,162	55,686	o
Wigan	Urban Area	Greater Manchester	Wigan	85,819	81,203	o
Wigton	Urban Area	Cumbria		5,306	5,360	o
Willaston (Cheshire West)	Urban Area	Cheshire		2,793	2,485	o
Wilmslow / Alderley Edge	Urban Area	Cheshire	Greater Manchester	33,884	34,087	o
Windermere	Urban Area	Cumbria		6,847	7,941	o
Winsford	Urban Area	Cheshire		26,839	29,440	o
Workington	Urban Area	Cumbria	Workington	25,579	21,514	o
Wymott	Urban Area	Lancashire	Preston	...	1,546	o

Source: UK National Statistics.

2008-10-26WWW.CITYPOPULATION.DE

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