Central Blackburn
Middle areaNorth Blackburn with Darwen. 9,515 people in 2.5 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by ward
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Central Blackburn’s wards yet.
How Central Blackburn compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Figures for the whole of Blackburn with Darwen
These figures are published for the whole of Blackburn with Darwen, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Blackburn with Darwen and not Central Blackburn alone. See Blackburn with Darwen
Central Blackburn in brief
The median price paid for a home in Central Blackburn was £130,000 in 2025.
Central Blackburn had 9,071 usual residents at the census.
In Central Blackburn, 90.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Central Blackburn, 9.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.