Oughtibridge has a population of 4,939, making it the 8th largest place in Sheffield. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 3,299, a rise of 49.7% since.
The other populations of Oughtibridge
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Oughtibridge has between 3,130 and 4,939 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
4,939 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
3,130 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
| The place in 2005 The same settlement twenty years earlier. |
3,299 | World Gazetteer (2005) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
The 2005 figure is from the World Gazetteer archive and may draw its boundary differently from the current source, so treat the change as indicative. Sources: method.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Sheffield population trends, 2001–2024.
Oughtibridge in context
5 km
north-east to Chapeltown, the nearest larger town
681,420
people live within 10 km
#1,916
largest of 6,358 UK places
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Oughtibridge sits in postcode district S35.
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Population since 2001
Sheffield, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district S35
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Sheffield
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fulwood | 18,233 |
| 2 | Stocksbridge | 13,069 |
| 3 | Beighton | 10,914 |