Birchfield West

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 11,296 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

3Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,634 of 6,856 in England
  • #699 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #102 of 132 in Birmingham
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,203
Median age (est.)30
Density9,597per km²
No qualifications30%
Degree or above23%
No car or van42%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 17%25–44 30%45–64 20%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 39%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 39%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 5%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 19%Other: 20%
One person 30%Couple, no children 5%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 19%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 21% · Caring & leisure 13% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary21%
Caring & leisure13%
Professional13%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional9%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors8%
Skilled trades7%

Ethnic group

White: 9%Asian: 57%Black: 26%Mixed: 4%Other: 5%
White 9%Asian 57%Black 26%Mixed 4%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Muslim 59% · Christian 22% · No religion 7%

Born outside the UK: 43%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Birchfield West is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,634 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #102 of 132 in Birmingham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (34) and lowest on Income (1). Typical homes here sold for about £222,500 over the past year, down 4% across five years (from 28 sales), 6% below the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,523 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 100 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 1 · #6,791
Employment 3 · #6,641
Education 10 · #6,140
Health 15 · #5,811
Crime 10 · #6,195
Housing & access 34 · #4,516
Living environment 10 · #6,188

House prices ?

£222,500median (12m) · +18.4% yr · n=28
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£222,50028+18.4%-4.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£288,0009+11.8%+20.5%
Terraced£192,50019+2.7%+51.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£222,500
Birmingham£237,000
West Midlands£252,500
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£29,523±£4,501 · #6,483 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£22,082
Price-to-income ?7.5×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

7Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

100 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,132 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,947 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences654
Theft76
Burglary64
Vehicle crime81
Criminal damage & arson92
Public order & weapons80
Drugs36
Robbery28
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 45 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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