Wirral

Metropolitan Borough in North West England

Contents: Population

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Name	Status	Population Census 2001-04-29	Population Census 2011-03-27	Population Census 2021-03-21	Population Estimate 2024-06-30
Wirral	Metropolitan Borough	312,293	319,783	320,221	328,873
North West England	Region	6,729,764	7,052,177	7,417,397	7,737,414

Source: UK Office for National Statistics.

Explanation: Parishes as at May 2025. All population and corresponding area figures of parishes are based on assigning output areas by using population-weighted centroids. Thus, slight discrepancies are possible compared to the actual parish boundaries that are depicted in the map. No population figures (and the actual area) are provided for parishes smaller than output areas.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2024)
Males	159,605
Females	169,268

Age Groups (E 2024)
0-17 years	66,223
18-64 years	188,536
65+ years	74,114

Age Distribution (E 2024)
80+ years	20,246
70-79 years	34,057
60-69 years	43,049
50-59 years	44,572
40-49 years	38,633
30-39 years	41,648
20-29 years	33,846
10-19 years	38,563
0-9 years	34,259

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	302,802
EU	7,161
Europe (other)	825
Middle East & Asia	1,871
Africa	5,662
Other country	1,895

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	304,676
Asian	7,329
Black	1,395
Arab	589
Mixed/multiple	4,929
Other ethnic group	1,302

Religion (C 2021)
Christians	176,159
Muslims	3,262
Hindus	1,406
Sikhs	306
Buddhists	1,014
Jews	254
Other religion	1,263
No religion	119,453

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