DN5 0FA Doncaster
Live postcode, introduced August 2023. Ward: Bentley. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Truman Street, Bentley: 13 addresses
- Cooke Street, Bentley: 1 address
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 (74% of about 770 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: 1 protected tree within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Vacant Land Between Minden Court, Cooke Street And Truman Street. Land Of The Former Transport Depot And Council Buildings, Bentley, permissioned (40 m)
- Bentley House, Jossey Lane, Scawthorpe, not permissioned (550 m)
- Bentley House, Jossey Lane, Scawthorpe, not permissioned (550 m)
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 5 m above sea level.
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 | Bentley (South Yorkshire) 158,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 340 m |
| Doncaster 4.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km | |
| Adwick 176,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m, 35 within 800 m; nearest Cooke Street/Chapel Street Bentley | 50 m |
| Bus or coach station | Greyfriars Road/X1 Doncaster Town Centre | 2.4 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Old Hall Road Parking | 160 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest MFG Charging Station | 1.5 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 49.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Don Valley Healthcare | 110 m |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Holden's Chemist Bentley | 170 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 110 m |
| Hospital | Cheswold Park Hospital | 2.1 km |
| Police station | Doncaster Police Station | 3.3 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 160 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Bentley Park 7.3 ha | 170 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,320 m² | 270 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.3 ha | 730 m |
| Allotments | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.4 ha | 590 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 7.7 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
Noise figures are still being loaded.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 36% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 14% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 11% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 61% | 17% |
| Private rented | 26% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 31% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 14% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 40% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 17% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 11% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 22% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 22% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 83% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 11% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 41% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 10% | 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 3 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 Truman Street.