DN7 5QA Doncaster
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Stainforth & Barnby Dun. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Station Road, Stainforth: 39 addresses
- Emerson Avenue, Stainforth: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Station Road, Stainforth: 1 address
- Stonyford Drive, Stainforth: 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 (80% of about 840 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 At Kingsway, Stainforth, permissioned (220 m)
- Land At Kingsway, Stainforth, Doncaster, permissioned (220 m)
- Millcroft House (Adjacent 5 Mill Croft), Mill Croft, Stainforth, permissioned (380 m)
- Millcroft House (Adjacent 5 Mill Croft), Mill Croft, Stainforth, not permissioned (380 m)
- Land Rear Of 67 - 79 South End, Station Road, Dunscroft, permissioned (640 m)
- Land Rear Of 67 - 79 South End, Station Road, Dunscroft, not permissioned (640 m)
- East Lane House, 60 East Lane, Stainforth, not permissioned (770 m)
- East Lane House, 60 East Lane, Stainforth, permissioned (780 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 9 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 2 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
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 96%, gigabit 96% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Hatfield and Stainforth 72,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 400 m |
| Kirk Sandall 86,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km | |
| Thorne North 179,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 17 within 800 m; nearest Station Road/Emerson Avenue Stainforth | 10 m |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 2.2 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Humberside Airport HUY | 45.0 km |
| Nearest large airport | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 51.7 km |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 42% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 37% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 27% | 17% |
| Private rented | 30% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 42% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 16% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 13% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 61% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 15% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 52% | 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) | 11% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 47% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 1 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 Station Road.