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West Derby population

13,837people · latest estimate

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West Derby has a population of 13,837, making it the 15th largest place in Liverpool.

#15
of 27 in Liverpool

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

West Derby in context

2 km
north-west to Norris Green, the nearest larger town
1,400,594
people live within 10 km
#952
largest of 6,358 UK places
2,291
food businesses in Liverpool
West Derby 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 West Derby sits in postcode district L12.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Liverpool, the billing authority covering West Derby, 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 West Derby?
The populated place itself holds 13,837 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.

Go deeper

Population since 2001
Liverpool, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district L12
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Liverpool

#PlacePopulation
1Croxteth14,432
2Knotty Ash14,355
3Wavertree14,262
4Childwall13,640
5Dingle13,246
6Woolton12,921

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