Walton has a population of 1,889, making it the 27th largest place in Liverpool. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 3,452, a fall of 45.3% since.
The other populations of Walton
The same name covers more than one area, and each has its own figure.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
1,889 | GeoNames |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
3,452 | World Gazetteer (2005) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
The 2005 figure is from the World Gazetteer archive and may draw its boundary differently from the current source, so treat the change as indicative. Sources: method.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Liverpool population trends, 2001–2024.
Walton in context
2 km
south to Kirkdale, the nearest larger town
1,311,700
people live within 10 km
#3,037
largest of 6,358 UK places
2,291
food businesses in Liverpool
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 Walton sits in postcode district L9.
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Population since 2001
Liverpool, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district L9
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile