Photo: Mick Knapton · CC BY-SA 3.0Only 1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Oughtibridge
Set against 30% across England’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone in Oughtibridge. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 54%, more than in 83% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the town’s population at 3,128, in 1,329 households. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 94%.
A change of +2% since 2011 leaves Oughtibridge behind 76% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Oughtibridge’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 3,400 people in 2011; 3,500 in 2024.
The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+28%), the 30 to 44 group the smallest (−22%). The biggest jump came in the year to mid-2012: 80 more people.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 71% of UK towns: 9.1%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 46.7, Oughtibridge is older than 66% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. 50–54 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents. In Tickhill, the oldest of South Yorkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Oughtibridge, 46.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Oughtibridge sits below 96% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (6.1%)
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
In Oughtibridge, 5.4% of adults are full-time students, beside 7.9% across England’s towns. Typically, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.3 people per household, more than in 64% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against South Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Households with dependent children make up 29%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
A town of detached houses: 36% of households live in one
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
The share of households in terraced houses is 19%, against 24% across England’s towns. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%. Locally, 13% of households have no car or van. Few places have so few households in flats: 8.9% here, fewer than in just over three fifths of UK towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 96% of UK towns: 2.6%
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, above 77% of UK towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.5%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%.
No religion: 46% of residents, a higher share than 82% of UK towns
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 94% of Oughtibridge · South Yorkshire’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Caribbean (0.4%). 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%.
More unpaid carers than 89% of UK towns: 11%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Oughtibridge comes in at 29%. Some 90 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Among adults, 38% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
14% of Oughtibridge’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 38% have one at degree level (34%).
247th lowest median age among 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Keele is the youngest (20.6); West Chiltington the oldest (63.1). Nearest to Oughtibridge in age: Amlwch (46.6), Penmaenmawr (46.6), Cosby (46.7) and Dunchurch (46.7).
A younger town than 4 of the 7 around it: Oughtibridge
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oughtibridge | 3,128 | — | 46.7 | 22% | 29% |
| Worrall | 1,320 | 0.7 mi | 49 | 25% | 30% |
| Wharncliffe Side | 1,387 | 1.1 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 31% |
| Ecclesfield and Grenoside | 8,187 | 2.6 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 21% |
| Chapeltown and High Green | 22,187 | 3.2 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Deepcar | 5,644 | 3.2 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 25% |
| Stocksbridge | 7,264 | 4 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Thorpe Hesley | 4,153 | 4.7 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 23% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “South Yorkshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in South Yorkshire (or England), summed the same way as Oughtibridge’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Oughtibridge’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 3,438 people in 2021, against 3,128 in the built-up area.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Oughtibridge’s residents
What is the population of Oughtibridge?
The 2021 Census counted 3,128 people in Oughtibridge’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,500 people in mid-2024, 2% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Oughtibridge?
The median age was 46.7 at the 2021 Census, older than 66% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Oughtibridge?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across South Yorkshire’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Oughtibridge?
46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Oughtibridge good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Oughtibridge’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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