Wirral population, 2001–2024
Wirral has an estimated population of 328,873 (mid-2024), up 4.4% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Wirral local authority area.
328,873
population, mid-2024
+4.4%
since 2001
+2.5%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (328,873)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 328,873 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 325,583 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 322,674 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 320,631 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 320,249 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 320,732 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 320,643 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 321,020 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 320,914 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 320,714 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 320,917 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 319,965 | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 319,971 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 319,837 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 319,078 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 317,771 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 316,711 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 315,670 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 315,350 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 314,925 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 315,130 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 315,371 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 315,050 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 315,004 | — |
Food businesses
Wirral has 343 takeaways, 585 restaurants and cafés and 220 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.59 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Wirral local authority area (code E08000015), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.