Rossendale population, 2001–2024
Rossendale has an estimated population of 73,045 (mid-2024), up 11.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Rossendale local authority area.
73,045
population, mid-2024
+11.3%
since 2001
+6.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (73,045)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 73,045 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 71,962 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 71,264 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 71,008 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 70,811 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 70,884 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 70,515 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 70,084 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 69,475 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 69,196 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 68,931 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 68,505 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 68,144 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 68,053 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 67,824 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 67,479 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 67,063 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 66,623 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 66,199 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 65,872 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 65,623 | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 65,729 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 65,556 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 65,647 | — |
Food businesses
Rossendale has 110 takeaways, 122 restaurants and cafés and 68 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.90 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 15.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Rossendale local authority area (code E07000125), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.