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 鈥� See all updates

Applies to England

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Indicators:

  • average broadband speeds
  • broadband availability

Data source:

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification

Additional information:

Defra statistics: rural

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

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

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

  3. We鈥檝e changed how we鈥檝e organised rural statistics and updated the content following Lord Cameron鈥檚 review of rural proofing.

  4. 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. The latest rural broadband average speeds have been published.

  6. OFCOM average broadband speeds in 2012 by rural urban definition.

  7. First published.

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