S5 9NS Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Southey. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Fulmere Road, Sheffield: 38 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 (70% of about 820 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 km (0.6 miles)
- Site Of Former Yew Lane Community Centre Creswick Lane Sheffield S35 8NN, permissioned (360 m)
- Mansell Crescent / Mansell Road, not permissioned (370 m)
- Parson Cross Hotel, not permissioned (470 m (0.3 miles))
- Land Between Remington Avenue And The Wordsworth Tavern Margetson Creent Sheffield S5 9NB, permissioned (480 m (0.3 miles))
- Parson Cross College (SW) - Remington Rd/ Monteney Rd New Parson Cross Masterplan Area, permissioned (540 m (0.3 miles))
- Buchanan Cresc/ Adlington Rd (C1 & C2) Parson Cross Masterplan Area (Adlington), permissioned (640 m (0.4 miles))
- Deerlands Avenue, not permissioned (640 m (0.4 miles))
- 'Lytton' (Land Opposite 29 To 45 Lytton Ro) Sheffield S5 8AX, permissioned (710 m (0.4 miles))
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 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: 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 38 addresses are between 125 m and 127 m above sea level (126 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 | Chapeltown (South Yorkshire) 383,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5 km (3.1 miles) | |
| Sheffield 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 15 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 59 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Chaucer Road/Mansel Avenue Parson Cross | 170 m |
| Bus or coach station | Hillsborough Interchange/H5 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Car parks | Valet Parking Rotterdam Airport | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osprey Charging Station | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 49.7 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Grenoside Surgery | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Allied Pharmacy Margetson Crescent | 370 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Parson Cross Dental Surgery | 370 m |
| Hospital | Northern General Hospital | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Police station | South Yorkshire Police Training Centre | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | 4 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Esso Parsons Cross Cashzone | 200 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6.0 ha | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 530 m² | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Parson Cross Park 25 ha | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 7,220 m² | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 6.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Paul, a listed building (Grade II*), 1 km (0.6 miles) east. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Paul | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| File factory, 11 High Street | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Standing cross at the Church of St Mary | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Willow Garth moated site and fishpond, Ecclesfield | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cinder Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Lee Shrogs Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Birley Edge | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Skew Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Moonshine Tank | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Waterfall Clough | Valley | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 38 | 38 |
None of the postcode's 38 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 26% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 19% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 49% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 26% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 44% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 44% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 12% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 10% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 10% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 91% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 6% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 36% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 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 Fulmere Road.