Knowsley population, 2001–2024
Knowsley has an estimated population of 162,565 (mid-2024), up 7.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Knowsley local authority area.
162,565
population, mid-2024
+7.5%
since 2001
+10.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (162,565)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 162,565 | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 159,672 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 157,227 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 154,978 | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 153,408 | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 151,793 | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 150,042 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 148,567 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 147,928 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 147,300 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 146,562 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 146,370 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 146,227 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 145,903 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 146,398 | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 147,070 | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 147,822 | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 148,188 | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 148,788 | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 148,900 | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 149,216 | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 149,795 | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 150,506 | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 151,238 | — |
Food businesses
Knowsley has 109 takeaways, 151 restaurants and cafés and 60 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.72 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Knowsley local authority area (code E08000011), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.