title: List of settlements in Merseyside by population
text: # List of settlements in Merseyside by population
  
  This is a list of settlements in Merseyside by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021. In 2011, there were 20 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Merseyside, shown in the table below.
  
  ## Administrative boundaries
  
  Table outlines many of the county's settlements, and is formatted according to their metropolitan borough.
  
  | Metropolitan county | Metropolitan borough | Metropolitan borough | Centre of administration | Other places |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Merseyside | 1 | City of Liverpool | Liverpool City Centre | Aigburth, Allerton, Anfield, Belle Vale, Broadgreen, Canning, Childwall, Chinatown, Clubmoor, Croxteth, Dingle, Dovecot, Edge Hill, Everton, Fairfield, Fazakerley, Garston, Gateacre, Gillmoss, Grassendale, Hunt's Cross, Kensington, Kirkdale, Knotty Ash, Mossley Hill, Netherley, Norris Green, Old Swan, Orrell Park, St Michael's Hamlet, Sefton Park (district), Speke, Stoneycroft, Toxteth, Tuebrook, Vauxhall, Walton, Wavertree, West Derby, Woolton |
  | Merseyside | 2 | Sefton | Bootle and Southport | Ainsdale, Aintree, Birkdale, Blowick, Blundellsands, Churchtown, Crosby, Crossens, Ford, Formby, Hightown, Hillside, Ince Blundell, Kennessee Green Litherland, Little Altcar, Little Crosby, Lunt, Lydiate, Maghull, Marshside, Melling, Netherton, Orrell, Seaforth, Sefton, Thornton, Waterloo, Woodvale |
  | Merseyside | 3 | Knowsley | Huyton | Bowring Park, Cronton, Fazakerley, Halewood, Kirkby, Knowsley, Page Moss, Prescot, Roby, Stockbridge Village, Tarbock, Whiston |
  | Merseyside | 4 | St Helens | St Helens | Billinge, Blackbrook, Bold, Bold Heath, Clock Face, Crank, Earlestown, Eccleston, Garswood, Haydock, Moss Bank, Newton-le-Willows, Old Boston, Parr, Rainford, Rainhill, Ravenhead, Seneley Green, Sutton, Thatto Heath, Windle |
  | Merseyside | 5 | Wirral | Wallasey | Barnston, Bebington, Beechwood, Bidston, Birkenhead, Brimstage, Bromborough, Caldy, Clatterbridge, Claughton, Eastham, Egremont, Frankby, Gayton, Grange, Greasby, Heswall, Hoylake, Irby, Landican, Larton, Leasowe, Liscard, Meols, Moreton, New Brighton, New Ferry, Newton, Noctorum, Oxton, Pensby, Port Sunlight, Poulton, Prenton, Raby Mere, Raby, Rock Ferry, Saughall Massie, Seacombe, Spital, Storeton, Thingwall, Thornton Hough, Thurstaston, Tranmere, Upton, Wallasey Village, West Kirby, Woodchurch, Woodside |
  
  ## Population ranking
  
  | # | Settlement | Population | Population |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | # | Settlement | Census 2001 | Census 2011 |
  | 1 | $Liverpool^{†(seenotes)}$ | 530,850 | 552,267 |
  | 2 | Birkenhead | 138,270 | 142,968 |
  | 3 | St Helens | 102,360 | 102,885 |
  | 4 | Southport | 91,400 | 91,703 |
  | 5 | Wallasey | 58,710 | 60,284 |
  | 6 | Bebington | 56,479 | 57,336 |
  | 7 | Bootle | 56,317 | 51,394 |
  | 8 | Crosby | 51,790 | 50,044 |
  | 9 | Kirkby | 41,010 | 42,744 |
  | 10 | Prescot | 39,200 | 37,911 |
  | 11 | Heswall | 29,977 | 29,789 |
  | 12 | Maghull | 28,848 | 26,997 |
  | 13 | Formby | 24,478 | 23,329 |
  | 14 | Newton-le-Willows | 21,476 | 22,114 |
  | 15 | Halewood | 20,309 | 20,116 |
  | 16 | Litherland | 17,880 | 18,507 |
  | 17 | Haydock | 17,195 | 16,521 |
  | 18 | West Kirby | 14,649 | 14,959 |
  | 19 | Hoylake | 10,875 | 10,909 |
  | 20 | $Garswood^{‡(seenotes)}$ | 6,433 | 6,183 |
  | 21 | Billinge | 6,297 | 5,896 |
  | 22 | Rainford | 6,320 | 5,831 |
  
  Notes:
  
  * † - Huyton and Halewood included in Liverpool count for ONS subdivision area purposes. Liverpool borough-only figures at 2001/2011 censuses were 439,473 and 466,415.
  * ‡ - Garswood with Downall Green fall under the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside. These make up the western portion of Ashton-in-Makerfield, which itself is in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in neighbouring Greater Manchester.
  