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Demographics of Merseyside

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Person
Population
1,423,145

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Major ethnic
92% White

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Age structure
Population
Average age
Life expectancy
Area type
Metropolitan County
Population Density
2,201
Population growth
Gender ratio
0.94 male to female
english main language
95%
birth rate
10.2
death rate
12.0
Major religion
60% Christian
Urbanisation
99%

Demographics of Merseyside

The population of Merseyside is 1,423,145 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. Merseyside's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was per year. Merseyside covers an area of 647 square kilometres (250 square miles) and has a population density of 2,201 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021.

According to the latest 2021 census, the population in Merseyside is predominantly white (92%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 8% of the population.

The median average age in Merseyside in 2021 was 40.9, with over 18s representing 83.5% of the population. The sex ratio was 94.3 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.

In 2021, the urban population of Merseyside was approximately 1,362,950 or 99%, while the rural population was around 18,239 or 1%.

The largest religious group in Merseyside is Christians who account for 60% of the population.

English is spoken as the main language by 94.8% of people in Merseyside, and spoken either well or very well by 4% of the population. 1.0% reported having poor English language skills, and the remaining 0.2% spoke no English at all.

Population of Merseyside

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The population of Merseyside is 1,423,145 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2020 and mid-2021, the population in Merseyside grew by an estimated people, and in the ten years before mid-2021, the population grew by .

Merseyside's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was , which is

Merseyside covers an area of 647 square kilometres (250 square miles) and has a population density of 2,201 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021. That figure has by people per km2 over the past decade.

Population
Population Density
Population Growth

Demographics by Age and Gender

According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 48.5% of Merseyside's 1,423,145 population, while females made up 51.5% of the total.

The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 94.346 males to every 100 females in 2021. In England as a whole, the gender ratio was 96 males to every 100 females in 2021.

Age statistics collected by the ONS show the adult population of Merseyside, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 1,187,617.

Merseyside's age structure shows the working-age population to be 912,515 which is 64.1% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 16.5% of the population, and over 65s represent 19.3% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from to .

Merseyside age pyramid

Merseyside's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.

The median average age of someone in Merseyside was 40.9 years in 2019.

Of the Merseyside population over the age of 90, women outnumber men by 2.3 to 1.

Age
Male
Female
Total
00-01 77.2 81.0 79.1
01-04 76.5 80.3 78.4
05-09 72.6 76.4 74.5
10-14 67.6 71.4 69.5
15-19 62.6 66.4 64.5
20-24 57.7 61.5 59.6
25-29 52.8 56.5 54.7
30-34 48.0 51.6 49.8
35-39 43.2 46.7 45.0
40-44 38.5 41.9 40.2
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Ethnicity in Merseyside

According to the latest 2021 census, the population in Merseyside is predominantly white (91.7%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 8.3% of the population.

Asian people were the largest minority group in Merseyside accounting for 3.1% of the population.

21,902 or 2% of the Merseyside population are black according to the latest 2021 census.

In England more broadly the portion of the population that is white is 81%. 10% are Asian and 4% are Black.

Population by race in Merseyside, 2021 census

  • White - 1,304,797 people or 91.7%
  • Asian - 44,452 people or 3.1%
  • Mixed - 30,495 people or 2.1%
  • Black - 21,902 people or 1.5%
  • Other - 21,640 people or 1.5%

Personal wellbeing in Merseyside

Estimates of personal wellbeing in the UK are published by the ONS annually, with scores for anxiety, happiness, life satisfaction, and feeling that life is worthwhile. Overall scores are based on surveying a representative sample of the population and are scored out of 10 (.e.g for happiness 0 is 'not at all happy' and 10 is 'completely happy').

Anxiety
Happiness
Life satisfaction
Life worthwhile
Cash
Average salary
£35,499

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Average property price
£199,837

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Crime rate (per 1,000 people)
12,014

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Religion in Merseyside

According to the latest 2021 census, the most populous religious group within Merseyside is Christians, accounting for 59.8% of the population.

Merseyside has a Muslim population of 33,578 which is 2.4% of the population.

Compared to England as a whole, in England circa 46% of the population is Christian, 7% is Muslim, 2% is Hindu, and Buddhists, Sikhs and Jews each is around 1%. The remainder is split between people with no religion and those who decided not to identify a religion.

Religious groups in Merseyside, 2021 census

  • Christian - 851,423 people or 59.8%
  • Buddhist - 4,585 people or 0.3%
  • Hindu - 7,356 people or 0.5%
  • Jewish - 2,576 people or 0.2%
  • Muslim - 33,578 people or 2.4%
  • Other - 523,768 people or 36.8%

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population154,922
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population400,528
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population140,954
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Warrington
population211,227
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Cheshire West and Chester
population357,699
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County
Greater Manchester
population2,868,387
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Halton
population128,577
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Cumbria
population500,821
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Lancashire
population1,236,035
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Areas in Merseyside

District
Sefton
population279,692
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St. Helens
population183,391
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Knowsley
population154,974
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Liverpool
population484,488
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Wirral
population320,600
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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023. Data sources: ONS Local statistics

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