Population estimate -- Wirral
329,896, latest 2025.
329,896 was the total. The largest year-on-year movement was Population estimate -- Wirral, 1% higher (329,896).
Before you use these figures
- Unusually high in 1992: This area's 1992 figure is unusually high compared with what other areas reported for 1992 — 332,687 against a typical figure (median) of about 121,615 across 349 other areas that period. No longer this dataset's latest period, so a look at just today's headline figure would not have caught it -- flagged here from a check across the dataset's full history. Worth checking against the source before treating it as a straightforward trend.
- Mid-year estimate, not a census count: This is a modelled mid-year (30 June) estimate, not a direct headcount. It is rebased periodically against the latest UK census results -- the current series was rebased to the 2021/2022 censuses, replacing previously published estimates for 2011 to 2022. Figures for the same year can therefore change between publications as later data becomes available.
- Unrounded, but not precise to the individual: Figures are published unrounded to enable further calculation, but ONS is explicit that small estimates should not be read as accurate to a specific person -- they are produced using statistical models and disclosure-control methods, not a direct count.
Cite this figure:
Population estimate -- Wirral 329,896 for Wirral, 2025 StatsMapped last confirmed this figure on 3 Sep 2026. Source: Nomis -- Population estimates, local authority by single year of age (NM_2002_1), via statsmapped.com https://statsmapped.com/united-kingdom/local-authority/wirral/uk_population_e08000015