Liverpool: local statistics
Liverpool is a metropolitan borough in the North West, home to an estimated 507,915 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 Liverpool, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Liverpool is £2,673.59, 5.0% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the highest of the 35 council areas in the North West. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,675.46.
In the year to March 2026, 63,156 offences were recorded by police in Liverpool: 124.3 per 1,000 people, the 3rd highest rate of the 35 council areas in the North West. A year earlier it was 121.0. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 96.5 to 149.5 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
Life expectancy at birth in Liverpool is 80.3 years for women and 76.1 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.1 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.2 less. It is the 32nd highest for women of the 35 council areas in the North West.
In March 2026, 18,580 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Liverpool, 16% more than in 2016. There are 37 per 1,000 residents, 22nd of 35 in the North West, counting from the highest.
The average house price in Liverpool was £189,036 in July 2026, up 8.1% on July 2025. That is 26th of 35 in the North West, counting from the highest (regional average £221,445). This July figure is the highest in the series, 71% up on July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Liverpool (£37,144) gives a ratio of 5.1. That ratio is the 26th highest ratio of the 35 council areas in the North West.
The claimant count for Liverpool stood at 19,050 in August 2026, or 5.5% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 4.2% in the North West. The rate was the same a year earlier. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 5.3% (January 2023) and 7.8% (August 2021).
An estimated 71.2% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Liverpool were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 3.7 points either way, against 73.8% across the North West. Its lowest reading in the series was 60.8% and its highest 74.3%.
In mid-2025 the population of Liverpool was estimated at 507,915, down 0.1% on a year earlier. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +8.1%, against +8.2% for the North West as a whole, close to the middle of the 35 council areas in the North West (19th fastest growth). The series peaked at 508,202 in mid-2024.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Liverpool took home £726.70 a week before tax, or £37,144 over a year. It is mid-table in the North West, 18th of 35, and 1.1% less than across the North West. For full-time jobs located in Liverpool the median is £737.20 a week (+£10.50 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £480.80: a change of +51% before inflation.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 469,953 |
| 2016 | 475,486 |
| 2017 | 479,801 |
| 2018 | 483,598 |
| 2019 | 484,687 |
| 2020 | 483,348 |
| 2021 | 485,022 |
| 2022 | 493,854 |
| 2023 | 503,198 |
| 2024 | 508,202 |
| 2025 | 507,915 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £110,481 |
| July 2017 | £116,386 |
| July 2018 | £121,907 |
| July 2019 | £124,382 |
| July 2020 | £128,410 |
| July 2021 | £149,214 |
| July 2022 | £160,791 |
| July 2023 | £159,024 |
| July 2024 | £165,805 |
| July 2025 | £174,841 |
| July 2026 | £189,036 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £480.80 a week |
| 2016 | £496.60 a week |
| 2017 | £509.70 a week |
| 2018 | £530.30 a week |
| 2019 | £554.10 a week |
| 2020 | £570.00 a week |
| 2021 | £586.70 a week |
| 2022 | £607.70 a week |
| 2023 | £650.30 a week |
| 2024 | £692.80 a week |
| 2025 | £726.70 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,675.46 |
| 2017-18 | £1,751.92 |
| 2018-19 | £1,856.69 |
| 2019-20 | £1,949.87 |
| 2020-21 | £2,027.27 |
| 2021-22 | £2,129.49 |
| 2022-23 | £2,194.97 |
| 2023-24 | £2,307.55 |
| 2024-25 | £2,420.39 |
| 2025-26 | £2,546.45 |
| 2026-27 | £2,673.59 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 96.5 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 104.6 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 116.8 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 123.8 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 124.4 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 115.2 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 148.2 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 149.5 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 130.4 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 121.0 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 124.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 60.8% |
| 2016/17 | 64.9% |
| 2017/18 | 67.5% |
| 2018/19 | 66.6% |
| 2019/20 | 69.1% |
| 2020/21 | 71.7% |
| 2021/22 | 74.3% |
| 2022/23 | 69.4% |
| 2023/24 | 67.0% |
| 2024/25 | 67.3% |
| 2025/26 | 71.2% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 80.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 80.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 80.3 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 80.2 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 80.1 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 80.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 79.9 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 79.5 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 79.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 79.7 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 80.3 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 16,025 |
| 2017 | 17,175 |
| 2018 | 18,205 |
| 2019 | 18,360 |
| 2020 | 18,260 |
| 2021 | 18,365 |
| 2022 | 18,315 |
| 2023 | 18,140 |
| 2024 | 17,985 |
| 2025 | 18,085 |
| 2026 | 18,580 |
Questions about Liverpool
How much is Band D council tax in Liverpool?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,673.59 for 2026-27.
What is the crime rate in Liverpool?
Home Office figures show 63,156 offences in the year to March 2026, or 124.3 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is life expectancy in Liverpool?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 76.1 years for men and 80.3 for women.
What is the average house price in Liverpool?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £189,036.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Liverpool?
19,050 in August 2026 (5.5% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the population of Liverpool?
507,915 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the average salary in Liverpool?
£726.70 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
Who has power over Liverpool
Every body that makes decisions for Liverpool, 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
- Liverpool council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Liverpool 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
- Liverpool Garston: Maria Eagle (Labour) MP
- Liverpool Riverside: Kim Johnson (Labour) MP
- Liverpool Walton: Dan Carden (Labour) MP
- Liverpool Wavertree: Paula Barker (Labour) MP
- Liverpool West Derby: Ian Byrne (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: Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK average house price
- Other council areas in the North West: Bolton · Cheshire East · Cheshire West and Chester · Manchester · Wigan · Wirral
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