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.
High street businesses
Rossendale has 55 hairdressers and beauty salons, 45 pubs and bars, 35 licensed restaurants, 50 takeaways on the ONS business register (2025). Compare across the UK.
Rounded to the nearest 5, which is how ONS protects individual businesses from being identified.
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.
Common questions
What is the population of Rossendale?
73,045, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Rossendale local authority area. This page charts the full annual series back to 2001, so the figure sits in its twenty-year context rather than alone.
Is Rossendale growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 11.3% since 2001, from 65,647 to 73,045. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.