Official Statistics

Rural broadband statistics

Average broadband speeds and broadband availability in rural and urban areas.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 25 May 2011
• Last updated: 30 June 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Rural broadband 2020

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Rural broadband 2014 (Revision published May 2016)

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Rural broadband 2014 (Original published April 2015)

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Details

Metadata

Indicators:

• average broadband speeds
• broadband availability

Data source: OFCOM Local Authority level data on average speeds

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification

Additional information:

• Department for Culture, Media and Sport - Broadband Performance Indicators

Defra statistics: rural

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Published 25 May 2011
Last updated 30 June 2021 + show all updates

1. 30 June 2021

   Published today, latest statistics on broadband coverage and performance in rural areas.

2. 21 March 2019

   Published today, latest rural statistics on average broadband speeds and broadband availability.

3. 21 July 2016

   We’ve changed how we’ve organised rural statistics and updated the content following Lord Cameron’s review of rural proofing.

4. 6 May 2016

   The 2014 Broadband speed data have been reissued as a result of a minor revision to the analysis. The average speed results were unaffected in all cases except for rural town and fringe in a sparse setting and rural villages, where the average speeds increased by 1Mbit/s compared with the previously reported figures.

5. 16 April 2015

   The latest rural broadband average speeds have been published.

6. 8 May 2013

   OFCOM average broadband speeds in 2012 by rural urban definition.

7. 25 May 2011

   First published.