MIDHURST ROAD, S6 1EZ House Prices & Local Information

S6 1EZ is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Midhurst Road, 0.4km from Birley Edge in Sheffield. Administratively it sits within Hillsborough ward and the Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, S6 1EZ is a mixed area of service workers, students and families in semi-detached housing. The daytime character shifts — manufacturing, energy and utilities. An average age of 35 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 56% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 36% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Sheffield. Full-time employment stands at 23% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 35 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for S6 1EZ are sourced from Output Area E00040998 (shared with 10 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.