S2 5SU Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced June 2001. Ward: City. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- South Quay Drive, Sheffield: 7 addresses
- Sheffield Parkway, Sheffield: 2 addresses
- Sheffield Parkway, Sheffield: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Sheffield in 2026-27: Band D £2,510 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,673 | £1,952 | £2,231 | £2,510 | £3,068 | £3,626 | £4,184 | £5,020 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (68% of about 1,960 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- 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.
Listed buildings
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Stepney Street Car Park Stepney Street Sheffield S2 5TD, permissioned (200 m)
- Park Gardeners Club And Institute Cricket Inn Road Sheffield S2 5AT, permissioned (280 m)
- Victoria Station Road, not permissioned (390 m)
- Old Nunnery Station Bernard Road Sheffield S2 5BQ, permissioned (420 m)
- Imran's Diner 60 - 62 Wicker Sheffield S3 8JD, permissioned (420 m)
- Castle House Lady's Bridge Sheffield S3 8HT, permissioned (460 m)
- Wicker/ Wicker Lane, S3 8H (flats above shops on the Wicker), not permissioned (490 m)
- 121 Duke Street, S2 5QL, not permissioned (490 m)
Flood risk
No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 | Sheffield 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 860 m |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Hyde Park | 290 m |
| Fitzalan Sq - Ponds Forge | 530 m | |
| Castle Square | 670 m | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 76 within 800 m; nearest Cricket Inn Road/Bernard Road Wybourn | 140 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sheffield Interchange/E1 Sheffield Centre | 690 m |
| Car parks | 7 within 800 m; nearest Q-Park Castlegate | 400 m |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km; nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 870 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 54.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest The Burngreave Surgery | 680 m |
| Pharmacies | 9 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Wicker Pharmacy | 460 m |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 470 m |
| Hospital | Sheffield Childrens Hospital | 2.3 km |
| Police station | Snig Hill Police Station | 630 m |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest Payzone | 640 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest South Street Park 2.7 ha | 580 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 330 m² | 390 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2,370 m² | 880 m |
| Allotments | Park Rifles Allotment Gardens 1.2 ha | 1.0 km |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 2.9 hectares in all.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 20 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | under 1% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | under 1% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 2% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 2% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 94% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 27% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 34% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | under 1% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 24% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 7% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 16% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 30% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 69% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 21% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 1% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 0% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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 South Quay Drive.