Warrington · England
Great Sankey population
43,793people · latest estimate
Great Sankey has a population of 43,793, making it the 2nd largest place in Warrington. The World Gazetteer published 43,793 for Great Sankey in 2005 and the current source still carries that same figure, so there is no measured change to report rather than no change having happened.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Warrington population trends, 2001–2025.
Great Sankey in context
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 Great Sankey sits in postcode district WA5.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Warrington, the billing authority covering Great Sankey, is £2,448 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.
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