Halton: local statistics
Halton is a unitary authority in the North West, home to an estimated 131,912 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Halton, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Halton is £2,366.61, up £117.27 on 2025-26. That makes it the 32nd highest of 35 in the North West. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,486.60, so it has risen 59%.
In mid-2025 the population of Halton was estimated at 131,912, up 0.5% on a year earlier. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 4.3%, against +8.2% for the North West as a whole, 29th of 35 in the North West, counting from the fastest growth. No earlier year in the series was higher.
A girl born in Halton in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 80.8 years and a boy 77.3 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.3 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.1 more. It is 28th of 35 in the North West, counting from the highest for women.
4,525 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Halton in March 2026, 5% more than in 2016. There are 34 per 1,000 residents, the 26th highest of all 35 council areas in the North West.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Halton at £194,727 for July 2026, up 1.8% on July 2025. Among council areas that puts it the 23rd highest of all 35 council areas in the North West; the average for the North West was £221,445. This July figure is the highest in the series, 60% up on July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Halton (£35,187) gives a ratio of 5.5. That ratio is mid-table in the North West, 20th of 35.
The median full-time employee living in Halton was paid £697.80 a week before tax in April 2025, or £35,187 over a year. It is 24th of 35 in the North West, counting from the highest, and 5.0% less than across the North West. For full-time jobs located in Halton the median is £729.40 a week (+£31.60 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £480.60: a change of +45% before inflation.
In August 2026, 3,530 people in Halton were on the claimant count, 4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 4.2% in the North West. That compares with 4.2% a year before. The five-year high was 5.6% (August 2021); the low was 4.0% (January 2026).
Police recorded 11,141 crimes in Halton in the year to March 2026, 84.5 for every 1,000 residents, close to the middle of all 35 council areas in the North West (15th highest rate). The rate was 94.8 in the year to March 2025. The highest rate in the series was 116.9, in the year to March 2019. Fraud is not included.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 74.9% of Halton residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 4.5 points), against 73.8% across the North West. Its lowest reading in the series was 68.4% and its highest 77.4%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 126,464 |
| 2016 | 126,851 |
| 2017 | 127,038 |
| 2018 | 127,873 |
| 2019 | 128,456 |
| 2020 | 128,508 |
| 2021 | 128,570 |
| 2022 | 129,362 |
| 2023 | 130,202 |
| 2024 | 131,247 |
| 2025 | 131,912 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £121,782 |
| July 2017 | £121,713 |
| July 2018 | £125,310 |
| July 2019 | £131,606 |
| July 2020 | £134,822 |
| July 2021 | £151,887 |
| July 2022 | £168,941 |
| July 2023 | £166,385 |
| July 2024 | £175,672 |
| July 2025 | £191,262 |
| July 2026 | £194,727 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £480.60 a week |
| 2016 | £507.00 a week |
| 2017 | £495.90 a week |
| 2018 | £556.80 a week |
| 2019 | £539.60 a week |
| 2020 | £577.90 a week |
| 2021 | £588.50 a week |
| 2022 | £611.30 a week |
| 2023 | £665.90 a week |
| 2024 | £689.90 a week |
| 2025 | £697.80 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,486.60 |
| 2017-18 | £1,552.60 |
| 2018-19 | £1,633 |
| 2019-20 | £1,719.64 |
| 2020-21 | £1,788.61 |
| 2021-22 | £1,878.82 |
| 2022-23 | £1,937.07 |
| 2023-24 | £2,036.80 |
| 2024-25 | £2,136.80 |
| 2025-26 | £2,249.34 |
| 2026-27 | £2,366.61 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 63.8 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 79.0 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 107.1 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 116.9 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 115.0 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 103.4 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 105.9 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 105.8 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 95.1 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 94.8 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 84.5 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 74.9% |
| 2016/17 | 72.2% |
| 2017/18 | 73.9% |
| 2018/19 | 75.0% |
| 2019/20 | 77.4% |
| 2020/21 | 71.7% |
| 2021/22 | 76.9% |
| 2022/23 | 74.8% |
| 2023/24 | 68.4% |
| 2024/25 | 74.5% |
| 2025/26 | 74.9% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 80.5 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 80.5 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 80.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 80.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.0 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.5 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.0 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 80.5 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 80.5 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 80.8 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,320 |
| 2017 | 4,565 |
| 2018 | 4,430 |
| 2019 | 4,435 |
| 2020 | 4,550 |
| 2021 | 4,540 |
| 2022 | 4,565 |
| 2023 | 4,445 |
| 2024 | 4,410 |
| 2025 | 4,425 |
| 2026 | 4,525 |
Questions about Halton
How much is Band D council tax in Halton?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,366.61 for 2026-27.
What is the population of Halton?
The ONS estimates 131,912 people lived in Halton in mid-2025.
What is life expectancy in Halton?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 77.3 years for men and 80.8 for women.
What is the average house price in Halton?
£194,727 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+1.8% on a year).
What is the average salary in Halton?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Halton was £697.80 a week in April 2025 (£35,187 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Halton?
3,530 in August 2026 (4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the crime rate in Halton?
84.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
Who has power over Halton
Every body that makes decisions for Halton, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Halton council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Halton in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Runcorn and Helsby: Sarah Pochin (Reform UK) MP
- Widnes and Halewood: Derek Twigg (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the North West
- UK figures: UK population · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK average house price
- Other council areas in the North West: Blackpool · Chorley · Lancaster · South Ribble · West Lancashire · Wyre
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