Flintshire vs Wirral
A side-by-side comparison of the Flintshire and Wirrallocal authority areas — population, density, deprivation and age profile, from ONS Census 2021 and each nation’s Indices of Deprivation. Deprivation uses WIMD 2019 for Flintshire and IoD2019 for Wirral, so those two figures aren’t directly comparable.
In short: Wirral is the more populous.
| Flintshire | Wirral | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 154,962 | 320,199 |
| Density | 352/km² | 1,990/km² |
| Deprivation | 3% in most-deprived 10% | 25% in most-deprived 10% |
| Council tax (Band D) | — | £2,501 |
| Schools Good/Outstanding | — | 78% |
| Aged under 16 | 18% | 18% |
| Aged 16–64 | 61% | 60% |
| Aged 65+ | 21% | 22% |