Rossendale
7 datasets are currently published for Rossendale. 3 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices); pupil absence (Department for Education; published for local authorities in England, but not every English district — some are reported only as part of their wider county).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Rossendale compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 103rd of 361 (23.9 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: joint 281st of 318 (shared with 3 other local authority districts) (£180,000).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count by age — Rossendale: 1,755, July 2026 (+6.0% year on year, from 1,655). 1,755 people were claiming Universal Credit while required to seek work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. Aged 25-49 accounted for the largest share (1,000, 57%). Next largest was Aged 16-24 (380). The largest year-on-year movement was Aged 16-24, 10% higher (380). Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Claimant count — Rossendale: 1,760, July 2026 (+6.3% year on year, from 1,655). Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Rossendale: 104.8, June 2026 (+4.5% year on year, from 100.3). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Rossendale: £180,000, Q2 2026 (+5.9% year on year, from £169,975). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Rossendale: 5, Q1 2026 (-37.5% year on year, from 8). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Rossendale: 73,688, 2025 (+1.2% year on year, from 72,841). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Rossendale: 96, 2025 (-10.3% year on year, from 107). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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