Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Land area
138 square kilometres
Fertility rate
1.64
Birth rate
10.0
Death rate
10.9
internal migration
-0.1%
international migration
0.1%
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The population of Rossendale is 71,432 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Based on recent growth rates we estimate the current 2022 population of Rossendale to be 71,332. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Rossendale grew by an estimated -50 people, and in the ten years prior to mid-2020, the population grew by 3,379. Compare population by area.
Rossendale's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was -0.1%, which is 0.6% lower than the average population growth rate in Rossendale for the ten years prior to mid-2020 (0.5%).
Rossendale covers an area of 138 square kilometres (53 square miles) and has a population density of 517 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has increased by 24 people per km2 over the past decade.
Between mid-2019 and mid-2020, net internal migration out of Rossendale was 74, and net international migration into Rossendale was 80.
Rossendale's fertility rate (the total number of children that would be born to the average woman in Rossendale if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years) of 1.64, and birth rate (the number of live births per thousand of population per year) of 10.0, led to population increases of 717 during the year, and Rossendale's death rate or mortality rate (the number of deaths per thousand of population per year) of 10.9 resulted in a 781 population decrease. In total, a net 64 person natural decrease.
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During the past decade, internal migration has fallen from a net outflow of 18 in 2011 to a net 74 outflow. International migration has risen from a net inflow of 39 in 2011 to an inflow of 80 in 2020.
The natural increase in population, due to births and deaths, has fallen from an annual net increase of 185 people in 2011 to -64 in 2020.
Internal migration was the largest driver of population change over the past decade, representing circa 49% of the total change in population.
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Rossendale's population, population density, and population growth rate, over the past decade.
Figures reported by the ONS in 2021.
Year | Population | Growth rate | Population Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 71,432 | -0.07% | 517 |
| 2019 | 71,482 | 0.83% | 518 |
| 2018 | 70,895 | 0.75% | 514 |
| 2017 | 70,365 | 0.83% | 510 |
| 2016 | 69,787 | 0.53% | 506 |
| 2015 | 69,418 | 0.45% | 503 |
| 2014 | 69,104 | 0.59% | 501 |
| 2013 | 68,698 | 0.54% | 498 |
| 2012 | 68,332 | 0.41% | 495 |
| 2011 | 68,053 | 493 |
Rossendale's forecast, population density, and population growth rate, over the next twenty years. Figures reported by the ONS in 2018.
The population of Rossendale is forecast to be 74,035 in 2025 and 75,727 in 2030.
Year | Population | Growth rate | Population Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 73,248 | 0.61% | 531 |
| 2024 | 73,658 | 0.56% | 534 |
| 2025 | 74,035 | 0.51% | 536 |
| 2026 | 74,400 | 0.49% | 539 |
| 2027 | 74,743 | 0.46% | 541 |
| 2028 | 75,080 | 0.45% | 544 |
| 2029 | 75,404 | 0.43% | 546 |
| 2030 | 75,727 | 0.43% | 549 |
| 2031 | 76,038 | 0.41% | 551 |
| 2032 | 76,347 | 0.41% | 553 |
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Data sources: ONS Local statistics