LS9 7SU Leeds
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Burmantofts & Richmond Hill. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Lincoln Green Road, Leeds: 63 addresses
- Cromwell Mount, Leeds: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Leeds in 2026-27: Band D £2,284 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,522 | £1,776 | £2,030 | £2,284 | £2,791 | £3,299 | £3,806 | £4,567 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (92% 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): A4D01.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Leeds College Of Building , The Millwright Building , Millwright Street , Sheepscar: up to 136 homes, permissioned (230 m)
- Land Between Mabgate, Macaulay Street, Argyll Road: up to 428 homes, permissioned (270 m)
- Hope House, Mabgate: up to 19 homes, permissioned (290 m)
- Skinner Lane LS9: up to 14 homes, permissioned (330 m)
- Junction Of Mabgate, Hope Road And Argyle Road, Sheepscar: up to 89 homes, permissioned (390 m)
- 3 Dolly Lane, Burmantofts: up to 89 homes, permissioned (420 m)
- Unit 1 11 Regent Street, Sheepscar: up to 6 homes, permissioned (480 m)
- Land At Quarry Hill And St Cecilia Street: up to 352 homes, permissioned (480 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 6 at medium risk and 7 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 98%, ultrafast 94%, gigabit 94% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Leeds 27 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km |
| Burley Park 756,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km | |
| Headingley 391,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m, 46 within 800 m; nearest Burmantofts HC | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Leeds City Bus Station Leeds City Centre | 800 m |
| Car parks | 2 within 800 m; nearest Beckett Street Car Park | 630 m |
| EV charging points | 4 within 1.6 km; nearest Mer | 1.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 11.3 km |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 34% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 3% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 9% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 5% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 87% | 17% |
| Private rented | 3% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 41% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 17% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 5% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 12% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 6% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 41% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 24% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 22% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 84% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 19% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 65% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 7% | 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 Lincoln Green Road.