Wavertree population

14,262people · latest estimate

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By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 18 September 2026 · GeoNames

Wavertree has a population of 14,262, making it the 14th largest place in Liverpool.

#14

of 27 in Liverpool

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

Wavertree in context

2 km

north to Old Swan, the nearest larger town

1,433,637

people live within 10 km

#929

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 Wavertree sits in postcode district L15.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Liverpool, the billing authority covering Wavertree, is £2,674 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 Wavertree?

The populated place itself holds 14,262 residents. The wider Liverpool council area recorded 508,961 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.

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Population since 2001

Liverpool, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district L15

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Liverpool

#	Place	Population
1	Allerton	15,540
2	Croxteth	14,432
3	Knotty Ash	14,355
4	West Derby	13,837
5	Childwall	13,640
6	Dingle	13,246

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