You asked

Please could you provide the population growth forecast figure for St Helens, Merseyside from 2017 to 2033?

We said

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request asking about the forecast population figure for St Helens, Merseyside from 2017 to 2033.

We publish population projections based on observed trends over recent years. The latest available projections are mid-2016 based and were published on 24 May 2018. These show that we project the population of St Helens (from row 1148 of the downloadable file) to change from 179,000 in 2017 to 185,000 (rounded to the nearest 1000) in 2033. The next population projections will be mid-2018 based and though we normally publish projections every 2 years, the publication date is yet to be set.

Please read the information in the Notes on worksheet 1 of the file which explain the basis of the projections, especially Note 3; ‘The projections generally do not take into account any policy changes that have not yet occurred, nor those that have not yet had an impact on observed trends.’

Also, if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us on pop.info@ons.gov.uk.