Lancashire · England
Rossendale population
67,400people · latest estimate
Rossendale has a population of 67,400, making it the 4th largest place in Lancashire.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Rossendale population trends, 2001–2024.
Rossendale has no city status, making it the 89th largest town in the UK.
Rossendale in context
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Rossendale sits in postcode district BL0.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Rossendale, the billing authority covering Rossendale, is £2,520 for 2026–27.
From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.