S3 9DD Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Burngreave. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Burngreave Road, Sheffield: 53 addresses
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 (95% of about 650 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
- 19A And 19B Burngreave Road, Sheffield S3 9DA, permissioned (70 m)
- Land at Somerset Road/ Richmond Street, not permissioned (190 m)
- Flat Over 69 And 71 Burngreave Road Sheffield S3 9DF, permissioned (200 m)
- Land Between 38 And 44 Burngreave Street Sheffield S3 9DQ, permissioned (230 m)
- Spital Hill Employment Zone, not permissioned (400 m)
- Lion Works Handley Street Sheffield S4 7LD, permissioned (440 m)
- Bessemer House 59 Carlisle Street East Sheffield S4 7QN, permissioned (580 m)
- Pitsmoor Road/Chatham Street/Swinton Street, not permissioned (610 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 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.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 53 addresses are between 64 m and 77 m above sea level (70 m on average).
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 | 1.7 km |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.1 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Hyde Park | 1.1 km |
| Fitzalan Sq - Ponds Forge | 1.2 km | |
| Castle Square | 1.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m, 51 within 800 m; nearest Burngreave Road/Brunswick Road | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sheffield Interchange/C1 Sheffield Centre | 1.5 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Car Park on Stanley Street, S3 | 720 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 1.2 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 54.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest The Burngreave Surgery | 340 m |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Swift Pharmacy Burngreave | 160 m |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 550 m |
| Hospital | Northern General Hospital | 1.8 km |
| Police station | South Yorkshire And Humberside Police | 200 m |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Payzone | 220 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 6 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 8,340 m² | 190 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Parkwood Springs 17 ha | 790 m |
| Play area | 7 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 50 m² | 180 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,370 m² | 270 m |
| Allotments | Grimesthorpe Allotments 3.8 ha | 1.0 km |
Within 800 m: 6 parks and gardens, 29 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 19.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.2 | 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
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 21 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 21 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 7 | 53 |
46 of the postcode's 53 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 24% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 25% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 15% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 5% | 1% |
| Social rented | 43% | 17% |
| Private rented | 25% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 41% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 9% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 16% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 16% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 12% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 69% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 36% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 66% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 10% | 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 Burngreave Road.