What is it?

The 2002 Census found it to be around 442,000, whereas the Eurostat figures which ,I believe, are projected for 2006 based on trends etc estimate us as 484,000.

Given that 1:10 at least probably chose not to register in 2002 perhaps a more accurate reflection may have been around the 485,000 with the current figure being more like 530,000 given the Eurostat update..

I can see us recieving a favourable portion of the population spur which is happening all over Western European atm which could push us towards 600,000 within 10 years.

At current figures we're around No.45 in Europe and 48 for the region.

I should've provided links but it's all there on Wikipedia.

That is amazing, when I left Liverpool in the mid 50's I think the population was about 800 thousand with the bulk concentrated along the length of the river from Waterloo to Garston taking in Scotland Road, Low Hill and the South-End ... Kirkby, Huyton, Speke and the Woolton areas were expanding at that time due to slum clearance around the town area. I was last in Liverpool in July and it bears little resemblance to the city I left.

That is amazing, when I left Liverpool in the mid 50's I think the population was about 800 thousand with the bulk concentrated along the length of the river from Waterloo to Garston taking in Scotland Road, Low Hill and the South-End ... Kirkby, Huyton, Speke and the Woolton areas were expanding at that time due to slum clearance around the town area. I was last in Liverpool in July and it bears little resemblance to the city I left.

Remember that these figures don't include Knowsley or South Sefton which is essentially Liverpool but it's definitely been a decline on what you'll remember though.

Liverpool ended at Dovecot when I left the UK, in fact I lived in Grant Road Dovecot and the shops in Liverpool would close for half day Wednesday and I could just cross Pagemoss Lane and I was in Huyton where the shops closed for half day on Thursday ... The Western Avenue side of Pagemoss Lane was referred to as "Wooley Back Country" and Kirky was Apache Territory.

Liverpool ended at Dovecot when I left the UK, in fact I lived in Grant Road Dovecot and the shops in Liverpool would close for half day Wednesday and I could just cross Pagemoss Lane and I was in Huyton where the shops closed for half day on Thursday ... The Western Avenue side of Pagemoss Lane was referred to as "Wooley Back Country" and Kirky was Apache Territory.

Liverpool still ends somewhere around there and Knowsley takes over and woolyback territory I suppose is way back in Whiston now.Western Avenue is in Huyton/Knowsley I think but it's definitely not for woolybacks if belongs to us now.:) Sadly Apache territory could be a lot of places in Britain these days.

Liverpool still ends somewhere around there and Knowsley takes over and woolyback territory I suppose is way back in Whiston now.Western Avenue is in Huyton/Knowsley I think but it's definitely not for woolybacks if belongs to us now.:) Sadly Apache territory could be a lot of places in Britain these days.

There's no clear boundary between the two, the signs are the only clear way you'd know you'd gone from one to the other. Its mainly council housing around there and dont know if its still the case now, but you could tell about ten years ago which was Liverpool and which was Knowsley by the condition of the properties i.e. Knowsley's maintenance department did actualy carry out repairs/improvements.

The woolyback accent fascinates me -where does it begin? There must be a street in Prescot somewhere where on one side they speak Scouse and on the other talk wooly.

There's no clear boundary between the two, the signs are the only clear way you'd know you'd gone from one to the other. Its mainly council housing around there and dont know if its still the case now, but you could tell about ten years ago which was Liverpool and which was Knowsley by the condition of the properties i.e. Knowsley's maintenance department did actualy carry out repairs/improvements.

I first went to Prescot at 16. I went into the cake/bread shop in the High St (was there for years), I was amazed the women serving had funny accents and so did all of the people. It was bizarre as Liverpool Corpy buses were running up and down in the street.

After WW2, the private Gas companies were nationalised. Prescot came under Liverpool, which is a separate private company. The older guys who I worked with were sent up to run the place. They said it was a shambles. No one stuck to regs doing what they thought how it went, and the people in the streets would ignore them as they had Liverpool accents, and send them the wrong way if they asked for directions - that happened to me in St Helens by a dope in a depression cap (ee-by-gum). The Liverpool guys went into BICC and stripped out a lot of the installations they were so bad and dangerous.

It's weird how an accent changes from one side of the road to the other almost.

(or should I say,'from one side t'road to t'other !!')

People from places like Cronton have a distinct accent and yet they are so near to Liverpool.