Knowsley: local statistics
Knowsley is a metropolitan borough in the North West, home to an estimated 163,723 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 Knowsley, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Life expectancy at birth in Knowsley is 80.3 years for women and 77.2 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. In 2012 to 2014 the figures were 80.3 and 76.8. It is the 31st highest for women of the 35 council areas in the North West.
A typical home in Knowsley cost £188,527 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 0.9% on a year before. That is 28th of 35 in the North West, counting from the highest; the average for the North West was £221,445. This July figure is the highest in the series, 62% up on July 2016. The average price is 5.0 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Knowsley. That ratio is the 29th highest ratio of 35 in the North West.
Knowsley had an estimated 163,723 residents in mid-2025, up 1.2% on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 11.1%; the North West grew by 8.2% over the same years, the 8th fastest growth of 35 in the North West. No earlier year in the series was higher.
In March 2026, 4,330 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Knowsley, 12% more than in 2016. That is 26 for every 1,000 residents, the lowest of the 35 council areas in the North West.
Full-time employees living in Knowsley earned a median £732.50 a week in April 2025, or £37,543 over a year. It is the 14th highest of 35 in the North West, and 0.3% less than across the North West. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £837.90, £105.40 higher. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £475.50: a change of +54% before inflation.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 71.8% of Knowsley residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 4.5 points either way; the figure for the North West was 73.8%. Its lowest reading in the series was 68.8% and its highest 77.8%.
The claimant count for Knowsley stood at 4,405 in August 2026, or 4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the North West: 4.2%). A year earlier the rate was 4.2%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 4.1% (January 2026) and 6.9% (August 2021).
In the year to March 2026, 13,305 offences were recorded by police in Knowsley: 81.3 per 1,000 people, mid-table in the North West, 17th of 35. That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 the year before. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 62.6 to 106.0 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Knowsley is £2,488.25, up £116.97 on 2025-26. It is close to the middle of the 35 council areas in the North West (18th highest). In 2016-17 the figure was £1,561.61, so it has risen 59%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 147,300 |
| 2016 | 147,928 |
| 2017 | 148,567 |
| 2018 | 150,042 |
| 2019 | 151,793 |
| 2020 | 153,408 |
| 2021 | 154,978 |
| 2022 | 157,023 |
| 2023 | 159,191 |
| 2024 | 161,714 |
| 2025 | 163,723 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £116,396 |
| July 2017 | £124,197 |
| July 2018 | £126,391 |
| July 2019 | £130,033 |
| July 2020 | £133,553 |
| July 2021 | £151,504 |
| July 2022 | £168,956 |
| July 2023 | £172,597 |
| July 2024 | £177,864 |
| July 2025 | £186,887 |
| July 2026 | £188,527 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £475.50 a week |
| 2016 | £476.50 a week |
| 2017 | £512.00 a week |
| 2018 | £510.20 a week |
| 2019 | £515.60 a week |
| 2020 | £575.30 a week |
| 2021 | £572.20 a week |
| 2022 | £593.90 a week |
| 2023 | £672.20 a week |
| 2024 | £718.00 a week |
| 2025 | £732.50 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,561.61 |
| 2017-18 | £1,632.90 |
| 2018-19 | £1,728.71 |
| 2019-20 | £1,818.49 |
| 2020-21 | £1,891.89 |
| 2021-22 | £1,985.82 |
| 2022-23 | £2,047.45 |
| 2023-24 | £2,150.38 |
| 2024-25 | £2,255.55 |
| 2025-26 | £2,371.28 |
| 2026-27 | £2,488.25 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 62.6 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 65.1 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 77.3 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 83.2 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 88.8 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 86.3 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 102.3 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 106.0 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 90.0 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 81.3 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 81.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 69.0% |
| 2016/17 | 68.8% |
| 2017/18 | 71.4% |
| 2018/19 | 69.4% |
| 2019/20 | 76.6% |
| 2020/21 | 74.5% |
| 2021/22 | 77.8% |
| 2022/23 | 71.7% |
| 2023/24 | 69.4% |
| 2024/25 | 72.2% |
| 2025/26 | 71.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 80.3 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 80.3 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 80.2 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 80.4 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 80.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 80.3 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 79.6 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 79.2 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 79.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 79.5 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 80.3 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,875 |
| 2017 | 4,155 |
| 2018 | 4,115 |
| 2019 | 4,100 |
| 2020 | 4,335 |
| 2021 | 4,235 |
| 2022 | 4,250 |
| 2023 | 4,255 |
| 2024 | 4,230 |
| 2025 | 4,195 |
| 2026 | 4,330 |
Questions about Knowsley
What is life expectancy in Knowsley?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 77.2 years for men and 80.3 for women.
What is the average house price in Knowsley?
£188,527 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+0.9% on a year).
What is the population of Knowsley?
163,723 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the average salary in Knowsley?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Knowsley was £732.50 a week in April 2025 (£37,543 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Knowsley?
4,405 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 Knowsley?
81.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
How much is Band D council tax in Knowsley?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,488.25 for 2026-27.
Who has power over Knowsley
Every body that makes decisions for Knowsley, 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
- Knowsley council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Knowsley 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
- Knowsley: Anneliese Midgley (Labour) MP
- Liverpool West Derby: Ian Byrne (Labour) MP
- St Helens South and Whiston: Ms Marie Rimmer (Labour) 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: Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK average house price · UK population
- Other council areas in the North West: Blackburn with Darwen · Blackpool · Halton · Lancaster · Preston · St. Helens
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