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.
Table outlines many of the county's settlements, formatted according to their metropolitan borough:
| # | Settlement | Population [1] [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Census 2001 | Census 2011 | ||
| 1 | Liverpool †(see notes) | 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 ‡(see notes) | 6,433 | 6,183 |
| 21 | Billinge | 6,297 | 5,896 |
| 22 | Rainford | 6,320 | 5,831 |
Notes:
Merseyside is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Greater Manchester to the east, Cheshire to the south, the Welsh county of Flintshire across the Dee Estuary to the southwest, and the Irish Sea to the west. The largest settlement is the city of Liverpool.
The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. It was formed on 1 April 1974, by the amalgamation of the county boroughs of Bootle and Southport, the municipal borough of Crosby, the urban districts of Formby and Litherland, and part of West Lancashire Rural District. It consists of a coastal strip of land on the Irish Sea which extends from Southport in the north to Bootle in the south, and an inland part to Maghull in the south-east, bounded by the city of Liverpool to the south, the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley to the south-east, and West Lancashire to the east.
The Metropolitan Borough of St Helens is a local government district with borough status in Merseyside, North West England. The borough is named after its largest settlement, St Helens, but also includes neighbouring towns and villages such as Earlestown, Rainhill, Eccleston, Clock Face, Haydock, Billinge, Garswood, Rainford and Newton-le-Willows.
The West Derby Hundred is one of the six subdivisions of the historic county of Lancashire, in northern England. Its name alludes to its judicial centre being the township of West Derby.
The West Cheshire Association Football League is an English football league in the county of Cheshire, which also includes teams from Merseyside. Its current principal sponsor is Carlsberg, also sponsor of the South West Peninsula League. It has a Division One, Division Two and Division Three. Division One sits at step 7 of the National League System.
A civil parish is a country subdivision, forming the lowest unit of local government in England. There are 22 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Merseyside, most of the county being unparished; Liverpool and Wirral are completely unparished. At the 2001 census, there were 177,663 people living in the parishes, accounting for 13.0 per cent of the county's population.
Crosby was a constituency in Merseyside, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Knowsley North and Sefton East was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Knowsley South was a constituency in Merseyside, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The Liverpool Built-up Area is a term used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to denote the urban area around Liverpool in England, to the east of the River Mersey. The contiguous built-up area extends beyond the area administered by Liverpool City Council into adjoining local authority areas, particularly parts of Sefton and Knowsley. As defined by ONS, the area extends as far east as St Helens, Haydock, and Ashton-in-Makerfield in Greater Manchester.
Sefton Council, or Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority since 2014.
The Liverpool County Football Association, simply known as the Liverpool FA, is the County Football Association in the city of Liverpool, England. It runs several league and cup competitions in the city.
South Lancashire is a geographical county area, used to indicate the southern part of the historic county of Lancashire, today without any administrative purpose. The county region has no exact boundaries but generally includes areas that form the West Derby Hundred and the Salford Hundred, both of which formed the South Lancashire parliament constituency from 1832. This constituency was further divided in 1868 forming the South East Lancashire and South West Lancashire constituencies. Today the area is still recognized by the government and organisations, including the National Health Service. South Lancashire includes the cities of Manchester and Liverpool.
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