the North West Government Region

Created: 1994  

Statistics

Statistical comparisons will be made with Great Britain (change comparison)

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Industry

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Social Structure

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.
Learning & Language

Learning & Language

How many people were at school. The distribution of graduates, and of the unqualified.
Life & Death

Life & Death

Numbers of babies born. Deaths, especially infant deaths. Causes of death by age and gender.
Work & Poverty

Work & Poverty

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Birthplace & Religion

Birthplace & Religion

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

The following alternate names for this unit exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
NORTH WEST Preferred English     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
NORTH WEST AND MERSEYSIDE Alternate English    

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
CHESHIRE Modern (post 1974) County 1996 01 Apr 2009 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
CUMBRIA Modern (post 1974) County 1996 01 Apr 2023 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
GREATER MANCHESTER Met.C Modern (post 1974) County 1996   Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
LANCASHIRE Modern (post 1974) County 1996   Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
MERSEYSIDE Met.C Modern (post 1974) County 01 Aug 1998   Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ALLERDALE District/Unitary Authority   01 Apr 2023 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
BARROW IN FURNESS District/Unitary Authority   01 Apr 2023 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN UA District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
BLACKPOOL UA District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
BOLTON District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
BURNLEY District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
BURY District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
CARLISLE District/Unitary Authority   01 Apr 2023 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
CHESHIRE EAST UA District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 2009   Census of Population (2011 Key Statistics)
CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER UA District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 2009   Census of Population (2011 Key Statistics)
CHESTER District/Unitary Authority   01 Apr 2009 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
CHORLEY District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
CONGLETON District/Unitary Authority   01 Apr 2009 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
COPELAND District/Unitary Authority   01 Apr 2023 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
CREWE AND NANTWICH District/Unitary Authority   01 Apr 2009 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
CUMBERLAND UA District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 2023   United Kingdom Statutory Instrument (The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022)
EDEN District/Unitary Authority   01 Apr 2023 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ELLESMERE PORT AND NESTON District/Unitary Authority   01 Apr 2009 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
FYLDE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
HALTON UA District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
HYNDBURN District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
KNOWSLEY District/Unitary Authority 01 Aug 1998   Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
LANCASTER District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
LIVERPOOL District/Unitary Authority 01 Aug 1998   Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
MACCLESFIELD District/Unitary Authority   01 Apr 2009 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
MANCHESTER District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
OLDHAM District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
PENDLE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
PRESTON District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
RIBBLE VALLEY District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ROCHDALE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ROSSENDALE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
SALFORD District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
SEFTON District/Unitary Authority 01 Aug 1998   Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
SOUTH LAKELAND District/Unitary Authority   01 Apr 2023 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
SOUTH RIBBLE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ST HELENS District/Unitary Authority 01 Aug 1998   Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
STOCKPORT District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
TAMESIDE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
TRAFFORD District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
VALE ROYAL District/Unitary Authority   01 Apr 2009 Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WARRINGTON UA District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WEST LANCASHIRE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS UA District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 2023   United Kingdom Statutory Instrument (The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022)
WIGAN District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WIRRAL District/Unitary Authority 01 Aug 1998   Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
WYRE District/Unitary Authority     Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
BLACKPOOL Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
CHESHIRE EAST Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
CHORLEY AND WEST LANCASHIRE Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
EAST CUMBRIA Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
EAST LANCASHIRE Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
EAST MERSEYSIDE Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
GREATER MANCHESTER NORTH EAST Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
GREATER MANCHESTER NORTH WEST Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
GREATER MANCHESTER SOUTH EAST Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
GREATER MANCHESTER SOUTH WEST Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
LANCASTER AND WYRE Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
LIVERPOOL Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
MANCHESTER Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
MID LANCASHIRE Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
SEFTON Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
WARRINGTON Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
WEST CUMBRIA Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
WIRRAL Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)

We know of no associations with other units.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ENGLAND Dep Country 1994   Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Aug 1998 was enlarged by the abolition of MERSEYSIDE   Office of National Statistics, National Statistics (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/gor.asp)

Boundary Map of the North West Government Region

If the boundaries of the Government Region changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, the North West (Government Region) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10216151

Date accessed: 17th November 2025