S6 1JS Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Southey. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
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 B (45% 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): 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 Adjacent Trident House Baxter Road Sheffield, not permissioned (250 m)
- Birley Mount Fox Hill Road Sheffield S6 1HF, permissioned (320 m)
- AutoMoney 253 Halifax Road Wadsley Bridge Sheffield S6 1AD, permissioned (420 m)
- Midhurst Road Residential Home 21 Midhurst Road Sheffield S6 1EY, permissioned (470 m)
- Land Used For Parking Adjacent 2 Niagara Road Sheffield S6 1LU, permissioned (600 m)
- 11 Beeley Wood Road, Sheffield S6 1NH, permissioned (630 m)
- Ritz Social Club, Southey Green Road, Sheffield S5 8GX, not permissioned (650 m)
- 10 Wilcox Road, Sheffield S6 1BR, permissioned (850 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.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 20 addresses are between 96 m and 107 m above sea level (103 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 | 5.1 km |
| Sheffield 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.6 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Middlewood | 1.0 km |
| Leppings Lane | 1.3 km | |
| Hillsborough Park | 1.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m, 39 within 800 m; nearest Fox Hill Road/Baxter Drive | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Hillsborough Interchange/H5 | 2.1 km |
| Car parks | Valet Parking Rotterdam Airport | 1.1 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest PoGo Charge | 380 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 50.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Green Cross Group Practice | 650 m |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Lo's Pharmacy | 330 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 120 m |
| Hospital | Northern General Hospital | 3.0 km |
| Police station | South Yorkshire Police Training Centre | 2.6 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest ATM | 680 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Wolfe Road Park 1.1 ha | 560 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Middlewood Park 7.0 ha | 780 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 530 m² | 630 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.4 ha | 660 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,360 m² | 300 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 12 hectares in all.
Landmarks
4 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Birley Edge | Hill | 720 m north-west |
| Oxspring Dam | Lake or reservoir | 890 m south-east |
| Scraith Wood | Wood | 1.1 km south-east |
| Moonshine Tank | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km south-east |
| Beeley Wood | Wood | 1.7 km north-west |
| Waterfall Clough | Valley | 3.6 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 19 | 20 |
1 of the postcode's 20 addresses is 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 | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 47% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 25% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 12% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 89% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 27% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 6 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.