Home › UK › Merseyside England · County Find your town in Merseyside Merseyside has 25 towns of 2,500 or more and 6 villages and smaller places. Towns are graded against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more.
25 graded towns
4 grade A− or better
6 villages and smaller places
Liverpool largest · 506,564
How Merseyside compares: its report card → Merseyside at a glance What Merseyside is like The typical Merseyside town grades highest on walkability and hazard risk against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on cost of living. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The typical town, subject by subject The median Merseyside town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town
Walkability B+ ahead of 69% Hazard risk B ahead of 64% Outdoors B ahead of 61% Schools C+ ahead of 44% Jobs & income C ahead of 35% Safety C ahead of 31% Health C− ahead of 21% Cost of living C− ahead of 16% The finder
Find a town that’s… 25 towns · ordered by Merseyside rank
#1 in Merseyside A Town · 9,175 people · #256 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A SafetyA Jobs & incomeLowest C− Cost of living
#2 in Merseyside A Town · 13,383 people · #277 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ SchoolsA− Jobs & incomeLowest D Cost of living
#3 in Merseyside A− Town · 5,023 people · #494 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A SafetyA Jobs & incomeLowest D Cost of living
#4 in Merseyside A− Large town · 29,082 people · #510 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− SafetyA− Jobs & incomeLowest D Cost of living
#5 in Merseyside B+ Large town · 22,892 people · #559 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Jobs & incomeA− SchoolsLowest D− Cost of living
#6 in Merseyside B+ Town · 5,311 people · #653 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ SchoolsA WalkabilityLowest C− Cost of living
#7 in Merseyside B Town · 6,516 people · #823 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A SafetyB+ Hazard riskLowest D Cost of living
#8 in Merseyside B− Town · 4,963 people · #999 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskA− SchoolsLowest D Walkability
#9 in Merseyside B− Large town · 57,607 people · #1,056 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ WalkabilityB Jobs & incomeLowest C Health
#10 in Merseyside C+ Town · 5,573 people · #1,211 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ SafetyB+ Hazard riskLowest D Cost of living
#11 in Merseyside C+ Town · 6,212 people · #1,329 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskB Jobs & incomeLowest D Cost of living
#12 in Merseyside C Large town · 20,367 people · #1,417 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Jobs & incomeB WalkabilityLowest D Cost of living
#13 in Merseyside C− Large town · 50,218 people · #1,711 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA Hazard riskLowest D Cost of living
#14 in Merseyside C− Large town · 94,438 people · #1,768 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB Hazard riskLowest C− Cost of living
#15 in Merseyside D Large town · 39,227 people · #1,888 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB Hazard riskLowest D Cost of living
#16 in Merseyside D City · 109,854 people · #1,898 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB+ Hazard riskLowest D− Health
#17 in Merseyside D Large town · 85,619 people · #1,928 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB− Hazard riskLowest D Schools
#18 in Merseyside D Town · 16,143 people · #1,972 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Hazard riskB− WalkabilityLowest D Health
#19 in Merseyside D Large town · 59,844 people · #1,982 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB Hazard riskLowest D− Health
#20 in Merseyside D Large town · 24,651 people · #1,990 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Hazard riskB WalkabilityLowest D Health
#21 in Merseyside D Town · 18,752 people · #2,026 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA Hazard riskLowest D− Health
#22 in Merseyside D City · 107,684 people · #2,029 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ WalkabilityC+ Hazard riskLowest D− Health
#23 in Merseyside D− Large town · 53,722 people · #2,088 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA Hazard riskLowest D− Health
#24 in Merseyside D− City · 506,564 people · #2,097 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityC+ Hazard riskLowest D− Health
#25 in Merseyside D− Large town · 45,559 people · #2,121 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB Hazard riskLowest D− Health
Show all 25 towns Dots: each town’s overall grade, sized by population. Labels: the top five.
Go deeper Merseyside lists Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
All Merseyside rankings → Villages and small towns 6 smaller places in Merseyside Places of 1,000 to 2,500 people have subject grades on their pages, but no overall grade or rank. The search at the top finds these too.
2 places under 1,000 people Photos: 0: Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 1: Rept0n1x · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 2: Redvers · CC BY 3.0 · 3: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 5: habiloid · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 6: John Bradley · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 8: Ej.culley · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10: Ben Brooksbank · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 12: Tony Grist · Public domain · 13: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 14: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 15: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 16: Stephen Nunney · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 17: Ian Greig · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 21: Gary Rogers · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 23: Christine Matthews · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 24: Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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