DN3 2ES Doncaster
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Armthorpe. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Laurel Road, Armthorpe: 55 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Doncaster in 2026-27: Band D £2,168 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,445 | £1,686 | £1,927 | £2,168 | £2,649 | £3,131 | £3,613 | £4,336 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (98% of about 590 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land North Of Armthorpe Shopping Centre, Mill Street, Armthorpe, permissioned (520 m)
- Land To The North Of Armthorpe Shopping Centre, Mill Street, Armthorpe, Doncaster, DN3 3DL, permissioned (520 m)
- Armthorpe Shopping Centre, Mill Street, Armthorpe, permissioned (570 m)
- Armthorpe Shopping Centre, Mill Street, Armthorpe, Doncaster, DN3 3DL, permissioned (580 m)
- Land South Of Armthorpe Shopping Centre, Mill Street, Armthorpe, permissioned (630 m)
- Land Adjacent 2, Mill Street, Armthorpe, Doncaster, DN3 3DL, permissioned (630 m)
- Viking Reclamations, Cow House Lane, Armthorpe, permissioned (710 m)
- Viking Reclamations, Cow House Lane, Armthorpe, not permissioned (710 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 5 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kirk Sandall 86,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km |
| Hatfield and Stainforth 72,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km | |
| Doncaster 4.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.2 km | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m, 31 within 800 m; nearest Beech Road/Laurel Road Armthorpe | 180 m |
| Bus or coach station | Greyfriars Road/X1 Doncaster Town Centre | 6.0 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Armthorpe Centre Car Park | 530 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 570 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Humberside Airport HUY | 46.7 km |
| Nearest large airport | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 54.0 km |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 23% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 9% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 65% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 29% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 10% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 11% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 74% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 70% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 18% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 91% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Laurel Road.