Whitworth
Middle areaEast Rossendale. 8,084 people in 18 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by ward
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
Under 60%98% or more
There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Whitworth’s wards yet.
How Whitworth compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
WhitworthMiddle
Median sale price8 middle areas, Rossendale · 2025
£195,0004th lowest
Population8 middle areas, Rossendale · 2021
7,7983rd lowest
Gigabit broadband coverage8 middle areas, Rossendale · Jan 2026
92.7%4th lowest
Claimant rate8 middle areas, Rossendale · Aug 2026
3.9%joint 4th highest
Figures for the whole of Rossendale
These figures are published for the whole of Rossendale, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Rossendale and not Whitworth alone. See Rossendale
Whitworth in brief
The median price paid for a home in Whitworth was £195,000 in 2025.
Whitworth had 7,798 usual residents at the census.
In Whitworth, 92.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Whitworth, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.