Editing Liverpool (section)

====The city====
The city of Liverpool is at the core of a much larger and more populous [[metropolitan area]], however, at the most recent [[2021 United Kingdom census|UK Census in 2021]], the area governed by [[Liverpool City Council]] had a population of 486,100, a 4.2% increase from the previous [[2011 United Kingdom census|Census in 2011]]. This figure increased to 500,500 people by 2022, according to data from Liverpool City Council.

Taking in to account how [[Local government in England|local government]] is organised within the cities and metropolitan areas of England, the Liverpool was the fifth largest of England's [[Core Cities Group|'core cities']] and had the second overall highest population density of those, by 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Demography – Census 2021|url=https://liverpool.gov.uk/council/key-statistics-and-data/census-2021/demography|access-date=3 September 2023|website=liverpool.gov.uk|archive-date=3 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903110427/https://liverpool.gov.uk/council/key-statistics-and-data/census-2021/demography|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=What is the population of Liverpool and how big is it?|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/what-population-liverpool-how-big-25304427|access-date=3 September 2023|website=liverpoolecho.co.uk|date=25 October 2022|archive-date=3 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903110425/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/what-population-liverpool-how-big-25304427|url-status=live}}</ref>

The population of the city has steadily risen since the [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 Census]]. As well as having a growing population, the population density also grew at the 2021 Census compared to the previous Census. Since 2011, its population size ranked 10th out of 309 local authority areas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How the population changed in Liverpool: Census 2021 |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censuspopulationchange/E08000012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923021438/https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censuspopulationchange/E08000012 |archive-date=23 September 2023 |access-date=3 September 2023 |website=ons.gov.uk}}</ref>

The population of the city is comparatively younger than that of England as a whole. Family life in the city is also growing at odds with the North West England region as a whole: At the 2021 Census, the percentage of households including a couple without children increased in Liverpool, but fell across the North West. The percentage of people aged 16 years and over (excluding full-time students) who were employed also increased in Liverpool compared to the overall North West region where it fell. 
[[File:Asian Tourists at Quayside - Albert Dock - Liverpool - England (28033157252).jpg|thumb|left|Liverpool's [[Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom|ethnic]] and international population is growing. More people in the city identified as [[British Asians|Asian]] and [[Black British people|Black]] in the [[2021 United Kingdom census|most recent census]], compared to the previous census.]]

The 2021 Census also showed that Liverpool's [[Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom|ethnic]] and international population was growing. The number of residents in the city born outside of England has increased since the previous Census, while the number of residents who did not identify with any [[Countries of the United Kingdom|national identity associated with the UK]] has also increased at a faster rate than England as a whole. The overall share of the city's population who identified as [[British Asians|Asian]] and [[Black British people|Black]] increased, while the percentage who identified as [[White people in the United Kingdom|white]] decreased in the city compared with previous Census.<ref name="2021lifechange">{{Cite web|title=How life has changed in Liverpool: Census 2021|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censusareachanges/E08000012|access-date=8 September 2023|website=ons.gov.uk|archive-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918184738/https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censusareachanges/E08000012|url-status=live}}</ref>

It has been argued that the city can claim to have one of the strongest [[Irish people|Irish heritages]] in the United Kingdom, with as many as 75 percent (estimated) of Liverpool's population with some form of [[Irish people in Great Britain|Irish ancestry]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Liverpool is a city with deep Irish roots|url=https://www.irishecho.com/2022/4/liverpool-has-deep-irish-roots|access-date=8 September 2023|website=irishecho.com|archive-date=5 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705192603/https://www.irishecho.com/2022/4/liverpool-has-deep-irish-roots|url-status=live}}</ref>

The growing population of Liverpool in the 21st century reverses a trend which took place between the 1930s and 2001, when the population of the [[city proper]] effectively halved.

At the [[1931 United Kingdom census]], Liverpool's population reached an all-time high of 846,302. Following this peak, in response to central government policy, the Council authority of Liverpool then built and owned large several [[New towns in the United Kingdom|'new town']] [[Public housing in the United Kingdom|council estates]] in the suburbs within Liverpool's metropolitan area. Tens of thousands of people were systematically relocated to new housing in areas such as [[Borough of Halton|Halton]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley|Knowsley]], [[Metropolitan Borough of St Helens|St Helens]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton|Sefton]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|Wirral]], [[Cheshire West and Chester]], [[West Lancashire]], [[Warrington]] and as far as [[North Wales]].

Such a mass relocation and population loss during this time was common practice for many British cities, including London and [[Manchester]], In contrast, satellite towns such as [[Kirkby]], [[Skelmersdale]] and [[Runcorn]] saw a corresponding rise in their populations (Kirkby being the fastest growing town in Britain during the 1960s).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Was the decline in Liverpool's historic population really that unusual?|url=https://citymonitor.ai/government/was-decline-liverpool-s-historic-population-really-unusual-3490|access-date=8 September 2023|website=citymonitor.ai|archive-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918231819/https://citymonitor.ai/government/was-decline-liverpool-s-historic-population-really-unusual-3490|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Liverpool District|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10105821/cube/TOT_POP|access-date=8 September 2023|website=visionofbritain.org.uk|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930211936/https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10105821/cube/TOT_POP|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="2021lifechange"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Ravetz|first1=Alison|title=Council housing and culture|date=2001|publisher=Routledge|location=London [u.a.]|isbn=978-0-415-23945-5|edition=New}}</ref>