Knowsley · England
Whiston population
13,629people · latest estimate
Whiston has a population of 13,629, making it the 5th largest place in Knowsley.
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The other populations of Whiston
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Whiston has between 3,935 and 13,629 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
13,629 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
3,935 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Knowsley population trends, 2001–2025.
Whiston in context
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 Whiston sits in postcode district L35.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Knowsley, the billing authority covering Whiston, 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.