Liverpool Built-up Area
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{{distinguish|text=the combined authority area of the Liverpool City Region or the metropolitan county of Merseyside}}
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The Liverpool Built-up Area (previously Liverpool Urban Area in 2001 and prior) is a term used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to denote the urban area around Liverpool in England, to the east of the River Mersey. The contiguous built-up area extends beyond the area administered by Liverpool City Council into adjoining local authority areas, particularly parts of Sefton and Knowsley. As defined by ONS, the area extends as far east as St Helens, Haydock, and Ashton-in-Makerfield in Greater Manchester.{{cite web |title= Liverpool Urban Area |publisher = Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/liverpool_urban_area.asp |accessdate=2008-06-30}}{{cite web |title=2011 Liverpool Built-up Area Area |publisher = Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/747.aspx|accessdate=2017-10-25}}
The Liverpool Urban Area is not the same area as Merseyside (or the Liverpool City Region sometimes informally referred to as Greater Merseyside), which includes areas of Wirral on the west bank of the Mersey and Southport. The western extent of the Greater Manchester conurbation is narrowly avoided as that extends as far as Golborne and Newton-le-Willows, with small gaps separating those towns from Ashton-In-Makerfield and Haydock.
Settlements
{{see also|List of settlements in Merseyside by population}}
The Liverpool Urban Area defined by ONS covers Liverpool and its contiguous built-up areas, with a population of 864,122{{cite web | url=http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/747.aspx|title=2011 Census - Built-up areas| publisher=ONS | accessdate=29 June 2013}} a considerable increase from the 2001 census due to the rapid growth in the population of Liverpool during this period. The population of the area was 816,216 in the 2001 census,.{{cite web|title=Key Statistics for urban areas in the North - Contents, Introduction, Tables KS01 - KS08 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_urban_north_part_1.pdf |accessdate=2008-06-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327160948/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_urban_north_part_1.pdf |archivedate=2009-03-27 }} The urban area facing Liverpool on the Wirral Peninsula is a separate division known as the Birkenhead Urban Area.{{cite web |title= Birkenhead Urban Area |publisher = Office for National Statistics |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/birkenhead_urban_area.asp |accessdate=2008-06-30}}
The ONS definition is based purely on physical criteria with a focus on the presence or absence of significant gaps between built-up areas. It therefore extends as far as Ashton-in-Makerfield, but excludes some areas much closer to Liverpool which are separated from it by open spaces, notably Kirkby with a narrow gap along the M57 motorway, and Maghull.
Subdivisions are not always aligned to present administrative or county borders. For example, Liverpool as designated by the ONS also containing the towns Huyton, Roby, and Halewood which are all within the neighbouring borough of Knowsley. St Helens only covers the settlement, and not the St Helens borough which contains Rainford and Haydock.
According to the ONS, the subcomponents of the Liverpool Urban Area are:
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! width="150" |Urban subvision ! width="150" data-sort-type="number"|Population (2011) ! width="150" data-sort-type="number"|Population (2001) ! width="150" data-sort-type="number"|Population (1991) ! width="150" data-sort-type="number"|Population (1981){{Cite book|title=Census 1981 : key statistics for urban areas : the North, cities and towns|date=1984|publisher=H.M.S.O|others=Great Britain. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.|isbn=0116910615|location=London|oclc=10979725}} |
| Liverpool
| align="center" |552,267 | align="center" |469,017 | align="center" |481,786 | align="center" |538,809 |
| St Helens
| align="center" |102,885 | align="center" |102,629 | align="center" |106,293 | align="center" | - |
| Bootle
| align="center" |51,394 | align="center" |59,123 | align="center" |65,454 | align="center" |70,860 |
| Huyton-with-Roby
| align="center" | - | align="center" |54,766 | align="center" |56,500 | align="center" |62,011 |
| Crosby
| align="center" |50,044 | align="center" |51,789 | align="center" |52,869 | align="center" |54,103 |
| Prescot
| align="center" |37,911 | align="center" |39,695 | align="center" |37,486 | align="center" | - |
| Ashton-in-Makerfield
| align="center" |28,762 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - |
| Litherland
| align="center" |18,507 | align="center" |22,242 | align="center" |20,905 | align="center" |21,989 |
| Haydock
| align="center" |16,521 | align="center" |16,955 | align="center" |16,705 | align="center" | - |
| Rainford
| align="center" |5,831 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - |
| Total
!864,122 !816,216 !837,998 !747,772 |
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Notes:
- Huyton-with-Roby was included as part of the Liverpool subdivision in the 2011 census.
- Rainford and Ashton-in-Makerfield were not part of the Liverpool Urban Area prior to 2011.
Greater Liverpool
Greater Liverpool is an informal term used by the Rent Service as one of its Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMA).[https://lha-direct.therentservice.gov.uk/Secure/LHARateSearch.aspx?SearchType=LA Broad Rental Market Areas]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (select 'Liverpool' as the Local Authority and hit LA Search - then hit the 'Map' button at the bottom to give map) This area includes such districts outside the Liverpool City Council boundaries as Crosby, Maghull, Prescot and St Helens.
Merseytravel include a similar Greater Liverpool area for its Public Transport Map and Guide as seen on its Liverpool area map.[http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/travelling-around/Documents/Detailed_zones.pdf Liverpool Area Public Transport Map and Guide]