Housing in S8 0XT
What the homes in S8 0XT 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
- 1,946 (2024)
S8 0XTSheffield
What homes look like here
Most homes here are terraced (55.9%). Flats make up 24.4%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
Across England, 61.3% of households own their home; the S8 0XT area is well below that, at 40.7%. The private rented sector is more than double the national picture, at 47.1% of households against 20.5%. 18.5% own outright and 22.2% with a mortgage.
- Owned40.7%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.2%1%
- Private rented47.1%20.5%
- Social rented10.9%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.2%0.1%
Who owns, who rents from whom
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.8 people living in it. 27.7% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers and other households, at 27.6%. 25.8% 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. Published by council, not by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren't published for single postcodes, so everything on this tab describes the neighbourhood S8 0XT sits in (Highfield & Lowfield): about 1,946 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.