City of Sheffield

Sheffield
Clockwise from top left: The Sheffield Town Hall; St Paul's Tower from Arundel Gate; the Wheel of Sheffield; Park Hill flats; Meadowhall shopping centre; Sheffield station and Sheaf Square
Clockwise from top left: The Sheffield Town Hall; St Paul's Tower from Arundel Gate; the Wheel of Sheffield; Park Hill flats; Meadowhall shopping centre; Sheffield station and Sheaf Square
Coat of arms of Sheffield
Nickname: 
Steel City
Motto(s): 
Latin: Deo Adjuvante Labor Proficit, lit.'With God's help our labour is successful'
Sheffield shown within South Yorkshire
Sheffield shown within South Yorkshire
Sheffield is located in England
Sheffield
Sheffield
Location within England
Sheffield is located in the United Kingdom
Sheffield
Sheffield
Location within the United Kingdom
Sheffield is located in Europe
Sheffield
Sheffield
Location in Europe
Coordinates: 53°22′57″N 1°28′07″W / 53.3824°N 1.4685°W / 53.3824; -1.4685[1]
OS grid referenceSK 3544 8742[1]
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryEngland
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
City region and ceremonial countySouth Yorkshire
Historic counties
Founded8th century AD
Town charter10 August 1297
City status1893
Named forSheffield
Administrative HQSheffield Town Hall
Government
 • TypeMetropolitan borough with committee system
 • BodySheffield City Council
 • ControlNo overall control
 • LeaderTom Hunt (L)
 • Lord MayorColin Ross
 • Chief ExecutiveKate Josephs
 • House of Commons
Area
 • Total142 sq mi (368 km2)
 • Rank95th
Population
 (2022)[4]
 • Total566,242
 • Rank7th
 • Density3,990/sq mi (1,539/km2)
DemonymSheffielder
Ethnicity (2021)
 • Ethnic groups
List
Religion (2021)
 • Religion
List
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area
Dialling code0114
ISO 3166 codeGB-SHF
GSS codeE08000019
ITL codeTLE32
GVA2021 estimate[6]
 • Total£13.7 billion
 • Per capita£24,670
GDP (nominal)2021 estimate[6]
 • Total£15.4 billion
 • Per capita£27,805
Websitesheffield.gov.uk

The City of Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Sheffield, the town of Stocksbridge and the larger village of Chapeltown and part of the Peak District.[7] It has a population of 566,242 (2022),[4] making it technically the third largest city in England by population behind Birmingham and Leeds, since London is not considered a single entity. It is governed by Sheffield City Council.

The current city boundaries were set on 1 April 1974 by the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, as part of a reform of local government in England. The city is a merger of two former local government districts; the unitary City and County Borough of Sheffield combined with the urban district of Stocksbridge and parts of the rural district of Wortley from the West Riding of Yorkshire.[8]

For its first 12 years, the city had a two-tier system of local government; Sheffield City Council shared power with South Yorkshire County Council. Since the Local Government Act 1985 Sheffield City Council has effectively been a unitary authority, serving as the sole executive, deliberative and legislative body responsible for local policy, setting council tax, and allocating budget in the city, and is a member of the Sheffield City Region Partnership. The City of Sheffield is divided into three civil parishes and a single unparished area.

  1. ^ a b "Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Your City Council". Sheffield City Council. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Sheffield Local Authority (E08000019)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  6. ^ a b Fenton, Trevor (25 April 2023). "Regional gross domestic product: local authorities". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  7. ^ Van den Berg 2006, p. 179.
  8. ^ "Local Government Act 1972". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2022.