Prenton population

14,429people · latest estimate

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By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 25 September 2026 · GeoNames

Prenton has a population of 14,429, making it the 7th largest place in Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.

of 13 in Metropolitan Borough of Wirral

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Wirral population trends, 2001–2025.

Prenton in context

3 km

south-east to Bebington, the nearest larger town

1,151,157

people live within 10 km

#910

largest of 6,358 UK places

1,148

food businesses in Wirral

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 Prenton sits in postcode district CH43.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Wirral, the billing authority covering Prenton, is £2,501 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 Prenton?

The populated place itself holds 14,429 residents. The wider Wirral council area recorded 329,896 in 2025. 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

Wirral, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district CH43

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Metropolitan Borough of Wirral

#	Place	Population
1	Heswall	29,075
2	Moreton	17,670
3	Bromborough	14,850
4	Greasby	9,830
5	West Kirby	7,680
6	Hoylake	5,710

All 13 places in Metropolitan Borough of Wirral →