North West England

Region in England

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Name	Status	Population Census 1991-04-05	Population Census 2001-04-29	Population Census 2011-03-27	Population Census 2021-03-21	Population Estimate 2024-06-30
North West England	Region	6,726,861	6,729,764	7,052,177	7,417,397	7,737,414
Blackburn with Darwen	Unitary Authority	136,556	137,470	147,489	154,739	162,540	→
Blackpool	Unitary Authority	146,069	142,283	142,065	141,036	144,191	→
Bolton	Metropolitan Borough	258,435	261,037	276,786	295,963	310,085	→
Burnley	District	91,130	89,542	87,059	94,646	99,233	→
Bury	Metropolitan Borough	177,235	180,608	185,060	193,851	198,921	→
Cheshire East	Unitary Authority	339,299	351,817	370,127	398,772	421,298	→
Cheshire West and Chester	Unitary Authority	311,038	321,971	329,608	357,150	371,652	→
Chorley	District	96,504	100,449	107,155	117,732	120,839	→
Cumberland	Unitary Authority	267,560	263,549	274,549	273,255	280,495	→
Fylde	District	70,999	73,217	75,757	81,375	85,447	→
Halton	Unitary Authority	124,142	118,208	125,746	128,478	131,543	→
Hyndburn	District	78,390	81,496	80,734	82,234	86,058	→
Knowsley	Metropolitan Borough	151,704	150,459	145,893	154,517	162,565	→
Lancaster	District	123,856	133,914	138,375	142,931	145,006	→
Liverpool	Metropolitan Borough	452,340	439,473	466,415	486,088	508,961	→
Manchester	Metropolitan Borough	401,207	392,819	503,127	551,938	589,670	→
Oldham	Metropolitan Borough	216,531	217,273	224,897	242,089	251,560	→
Pendle	District	85,111	89,248	89,452	95,757	99,777	→
Preston	District	126,082	129,633	140,202	147,835	162,864	→
Ribble Valley	District	51,767	53,960	57,132	61,561	65,794	→
Rochdale	Metropolitan Borough	202,152	205,357	211,699	223,773	235,561	→
Rossendale	District	65,684	65,652	67,982	70,871	73,045	→
Salford	Metropolitan Borough	222,380	216,103	233,933	269,923	294,348	→
Sefton	Metropolitan Borough	289,358	282,958	273,790	279,233	286,281	→
South Ribble	District	102,001	103,867	109,057	111,035	116,113	→
St Helens	Metropolitan Borough	179,327	176,843	175,308	183,248	188,861	→
Stockport	Metropolitan Borough	286,508	284,528	283,275	294,773	303,929	→
Tameside	Metropolitan Borough	216,478	213,043	219,324	231,073	239,643	→
Trafford	Metropolitan Borough	214,183	210,145	226,578	235,052	241,025	→
Warrington	Unitary Authority	183,096	191,080	202,228	210,974	215,391	→
West Lancashire	District	108,116	108,378	110,685	117,429	121,995	→
Westmorland and Furness	Unitary Authority	215,603	224,058	225,309	226,592	230,185	→
Wigan	Metropolitan Borough	303,509	301,415	317,849	329,330	344,922	→
Wirral	Metropolitan Borough	330,693	312,293	319,783	320,199	328,873	→
Wyre	District	101,818	105,618	107,749	111,946	118,743	→
England	Country	47,055,205	49,138,831	53,012,456	56,490,048	58,620,101

Source: UK Office for National Statistics.

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Gender (E 2024)
Males	3,809,909
Females	3,927,505

Age Groups (E 2024)
0-17 years	1,627,558
18-64 years	4,653,678
65+ years	1,456,178

Age Distribution (E 2024)
90+ years	62,862
80-89 years	324,141
70-79 years	669,277
60-69 years	884,043
50-59 years	995,810
40-49 years	930,967
30-39 years	1,064,968
20-29 years	986,590
10-19 years	952,864
0-9 years	865,892

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	6,551,993
EU	305,712
Europe (other)	27,482
Middle East & Asia	347,989
Africa	128,962
Other country	55,261

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	6,347,394
Asian	622,685
Black	173,918
Arab	43,865
Mixed/multiple	163,245
Other ethnic group	66,291

Religion (C 2021)
Christians	3,895,779
Muslims	563,105
Hindus	49,749
Sikhs	11,862
Buddhists	23,028
Jews	33,285
Other religion	28,103
No religion	2,419,624

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