Waterloo has a population of 1,001, making it the 7th largest place in Sefton.
#7
of 8 in Sefton
The other populations of Waterloo
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Waterloo has between 625 and 1,001 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
1,001 | 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. |
625 | 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: Sefton population trends, 2001–2024.
Waterloo in context
1 km
south-east to Bootle, the nearest larger town
1,169,522
people live within 10 km
#3,989
largest of 6,358 UK places
1,059
food businesses in Sefton
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 Waterloo sits in postcode district L22.
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Population since 2001
Sefton, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district L22
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Sefton
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Formby | 23,329 |
| 2 | Litherland | 22,971 |
| 3 | Hightown | 2,063 |
| 4 | Ince Blundell | 516 |