# Share aged 15 to 64: highest and lowest councils in North West (2021)

Manchester had the highest share of residents aged 15 to 64 of North West’s 35 councils in 2021, at 71.1%.

Wyre had the lowest, at 57.6%. The middle council, West Lancashire, had 62.9%.

| Rank | Area | Aged 15 to 64 | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester) | 71.1% | – |
| 2 | [Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/liverpool) | 68.6% | – |
| 3 | [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/salford) | 68.2% | – |
| 4 | [Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/preston) | 66.7% | – |
| 5 | [Knowsley](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley) | 64.6% | – |
| =6 | [Blackburn with Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen) | 64.2% | – |
| =6 | [Lancaster](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster) | 64.2% | – |
| 8 | [Warrington](https://openindex.co.uk/warrington) | 64.0% | – |
| 9 | [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside) | 63.8% | – |
| 10 | [Halton](https://openindex.co.uk/halton) | 63.5% | – |
| 11 | [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan) | 63.4% | – |
| 12 | [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale) | 63.0% | – |
| =13 | [Blackpool](https://openindex.co.uk/blackpool) | 62.9% | – |
| =13 | [Burnley](https://openindex.co.uk/burnley) | 62.9% | – |
| =13 | [Bury](https://openindex.co.uk/bury) | 62.9% | – |
| =13 | [Hyndburn](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn) | 62.9% | – |
| =13 | [Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford) | 62.9% | – |
| =13 | [West Lancashire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire) | 62.9% | – |
| =19 | [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham) | 62.8% | – |
| =19 | [Rossendale](https://openindex.co.uk/rossendale) | 62.8% | – |
| =21 | [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton) | 62.7% | – |
| =21 | [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens) | 62.7% | – |
| 23 | [Cheshire West and Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester) | 62.6% | – |
| 24 | [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley) | 62.5% | – |
| 25 | [Stockport](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport) | 62.1% | – |
| =26 | [Pendle](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle) | 61.9% | – |
| =26 | [South Ribble](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble) | 61.9% | – |
| =28 | [Cheshire East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east) | 61.3% | – |
| =28 | [Cumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland) | 61.3% | Worked out by Open Index by adding up the census output areas in this area, because the census was published on the boundaries before this council changed. |
| 30 | [Sefton](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton) | 61.1% | – |
| 31 | [Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral) | 61.0% | – |
| 32 | [Ribble Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley) | 60.7% | – |
| 33 | [Westmorland and Furness](https://openindex.co.uk/westmorland-and-furness) | 60.2% | Worked out by Open Index by adding up the census output areas in this area, because the census was published on the boundaries before this council changed. |
| 34 | [Fylde](https://openindex.co.uk/fylde) | 58.3% | – |
| 35 | [Wyre](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre) | 57.6% | – |

Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, ONS Census 2021. Period: 2021. Period: 2021.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [UK](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/age-15-to-64/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/age-15-to-64/england)
- [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/age-15-to-64/northern-ireland)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/age-15-to-64/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/age-15-to-64/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/age-15-to-64/north-east)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/age-15-to-64/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/age-15-to-64/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/age-15-to-64/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/age-15-to-64/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/age-15-to-64/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/age-15-to-64/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/age-15-to-64/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/age-15-to-64)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/age-15-to-64)

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/age-15-to-64/north-west.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/age-15-to-64/north-west