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Halewood
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Knowsley · England

Halewood population

20,430people · latest estimate

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Halewood has a population of 20,430, making it the 4th largest place in Knowsley.

#4
of 5 in Knowsley

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Knowsley population trends, 2001–2024.

Halewood in context

2 km
south to Speke, the nearest larger town
534,189
people live within 10 km
#635
largest of 6,358 UK places
320
food businesses in Knowsley
Halewood in the UK

Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.

The centre of Halewood sits in postcode district L26.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Knowsley, the billing authority covering Halewood, is £2,488 for 2026–27.

From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.

Common questions

What is the population of Halewood?
The populated place itself holds 20,430 residents. The wider Knowsley council area recorded 162,565 in 2024. Each figure describes a different boundary and all are correct; the meanings table on this page says which is which, because a population without its boundary is not an answer.

Go deeper

Population since 2001
Knowsley, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district L26
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Knowsley

#PlacePopulation
1Huyton54,738
2Kirkby45,564
3Prescot40,889
4Whiston13,629

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