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3,128 residents make their home in this town in South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. 42% of households own their home outright.
The local economy does well: households earn a mean £57,557 a year, and 1.5% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. It also does well on health (B+): men here can expect to live to 82.3, women to 84.1. Its lowest grade is for cost of living (C−): homes sell for a median £290,000, about 6 times local household income. Put together, the subjects come to a B− overall, better than 54% of UK towns. That places it #14 of 63 in South Yorkshire. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety and B− for schools.
Figures: income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026.
The 3 things Oughtibridge does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Oughtibridge is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 5 buildings inside Oughtibridge’s built-up area.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Oughtibridge.
Private renters make up 8% of households, lower than both South Yorkshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (21%). The social rented sector houses just over one in ten households. No town in South Yorkshire costs more to buy into than Oughtibridge, at £290,000, the highest of 63.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £360,000 | 38 |
| Semi-detached | £290,300 | 38 |
| Terraced | £235,400 | 40 |
| Flat or maisonette | £144,000 | 10 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Attainment 8 at the 2 secondary schools within 3 km averages 44.8, and 47% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. Its only school is listed below. At the 12 primary schools within 3 km, 62% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oughtibridge Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 411 | A+ |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Before 1919: that is when 18% of homes were built. For its size, Oughtibridge has 16 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, between South Yorkshire’s towns (10) and England’s towns (39).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 36% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
87% of commuters drove to work at the census. Working mainly from home: 36% of workers, above both South Yorkshire’s towns (23%) and England’s towns (31%). Of the commuters living in Oughtibridge, 3% work in the town itself. Jobs per working resident: 0.5.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, above both South Yorkshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%). People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town. Oughtibridge has a median age of 46.7 years.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Oughtibridge | South Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6% | 6.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 38% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · South Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
One GP practice serves the town; nine in ten patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. 5% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, about level with England’s towns (5.2%) and below South Yorkshire’s towns (6.7%). Disability touches 17% of Oughtibridge’s population.
| Census 2021 | Oughtibridge | South Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5% | 6.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 21% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
Of all the crimes, 43% were violence and sexual offences. Burglary and damage came to 12.4 per 1,000 residents a year, between South Yorkshire’s towns (18.1) and England’s towns (9.4). Police figures for Oughtibridge’s built-up area: 108 crimes and 40 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
5 listed buildings in Oughtibridge.
Oughtibridge Station: Photo: Terry Robinson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Birtin House: Photo: Mick Knapton · CC BY-SA 3.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oughtibridge | 3,128 | — | B− | C− | B | B+ |
| Worrall | 1,320 | 0.7 | — | D | A− | A− |
| Wharncliffe Side | 1,387 | 1.1 | — | C+ | C− | B |
| Ecclesfield and Grenoside | 8,187 | 2.6 | C | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Chapeltown and High Green | 22,187 | 3.2 | C+ | B− | C+ | C |
| Deepcar | 5,644 | 3.2 | C+ | C+ | C+ | B− |
| Stocksbridge | 7,264 | 4 | C− | B− | C− | C− |
| Thorpe Hesley | 4,153 | 4.7 | B | B+ | B | B− |
Worrall and Wharncliffe Side have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Band D council tax in Oughtibridge is £2,549 for 2026–27, more than in 76% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in South Yorkshire, England
Oughtibridge is a built-up area of 3,128 people, in the Sheffield council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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