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.
High street businesses
Knowsley has 90 hairdressers and beauty salons, 55 pubs and bars, 15 licensed restaurants, 75 takeaways on the ONS business register (2025). Compare across the UK.
Rounded to the nearest 5, which is how ONS protects individual businesses from being identified.
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.
Common questions
What is the population of Knowsley?
162,565, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Knowsley local authority area. This page charts the full annual series back to 2001, so the figure sits in its twenty-year context rather than alone.
Is Knowsley growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 7.5% since 2001, from 151,238 to 162,565. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.