S9 4PU Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Darnall. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Ross Street, Sheffield: 3 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 (85% of about 670 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 At Main Road Ross Street And Whitwell Street Sheffield S9 4QL, permissioned (30 m)
- Fashion Ways 621 Greenland Road Sheffield S9 5HH, permissioned (260 m)
- Land East Of Britannia Road And North Of High Hazels Park Infield Lane Sheffield S9 4PE, permissioned (300 m)
- Prince of Wales Road/Station Road, not permissioned (300 m)
- First And Second Floor 193 - 195 Main Road Darnall Sheffield S9 5HP, permissioned (400 m)
- Car Park, Kvaerner site, Prince of Wales Road, not permissioned (410 m)
- Yorkshire Bank 661 Staniforth Road Sheffield S9 4RE, permissioned (500 m)
- r/o White Rose P.H. Handsworth Rd., not permissioned (530 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 3 addresses are between 70 m and 73 m above sea level (72 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 | Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 400 m |
| Sheffield 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Attercliffe | 1.8 km |
| Arena/Olympic Legacy Park | 1.8 km | |
| Woodbourn Road | 1.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m, 33 within 800 m; nearest Main Road/Ross Street Darnall | 40 m |
| Bus or coach station | Meadowhall Interchange/A1 | 3.6 km |
| Car parks | Bizspace Sheffield - Cricket Inn - Upper CP Car Park | 2.9 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 920 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 56.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Clover Group Practice | 170 m |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Weldricks Pharmacy | 170 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 370 m |
| Hospital | Northern General Hospital | 4.4 km |
| Police station | South Yorkshire Police Custody Suite | 2.1 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest ATM | 240 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 840 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,940 m² | 460 m |
| Playing field | 4 within 800 m; nearest High Hazels Park 14 ha | 190 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Infield Lane Allotment Gardens 5.8 ha | 290 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Former Sanderson's Darnall Steelworks and Don Valley Glassworks, Darnall Road, a scheduled monument, 1.4 km north-west. 3 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Former Sanderson's Darnall Steelworks and Don Valley Glassworks, Darnall Road | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km north-west |
| City Road Cemetery, Sheffield | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.6 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bowden Housteads Wood | Wood | 770 m south |
| Acres Hill | Hill | 830 m south-west |
| Corker Bottoms | Valley | 1.5 km south-west |
| Manor Wood | Wood | 2.0 km south-west |
| Smelter Wood | Wood | 2.2 km south-east |
| Treeton Dyke | Lake or reservoir | 3.8 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 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 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 2 |
1 of the postcode's 3 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 1 at 55 dB or more from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 23% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 50% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 21% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 20% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 14% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 93% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 1% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 22% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 28% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 85% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 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 Ross Street.