Housing in S2 4QL
What the homes in S2 4QL are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Highfield & Lowfield
- Council
- Sheffield
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 3,610 (2024)
- Status
- No longer in use
S2 4QLSheffield
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (45.4%). Flats make up 29.8%, above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
29% of households in the S2 4QL area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 44.9% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 15.4% own outright and 13.6% with a mortgage.
- Owned29%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.5%1%
- Private rented44.9%20.5%
- Social rented25.2%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.4%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.4 people living in it. 37.8% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (29.7%). 12.7% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Sheffield
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Sheffield (August 2026, +4.3% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around S2 4QL (Highfield & Lowfield) (about 3,610 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.