Chester Road

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 9,880 · 6 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,097 of 6,856 in England
  • #379 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #32 of 132 in Birmingham
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,712
Median age (est.)46
Density5,055per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above37%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 14%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 40%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 9%Other: 14%
One person 40%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 9%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 81%Asian: 8%Black: 5%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 81%Asian 8%Black 5%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 33% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Chester Road is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,097 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #32 of 132 in Birmingham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (69) but weak on Living environment (11). Typical homes here sold for about £262,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 142 sales), 11% above the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,629 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 90 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 46 · #3,686
Employment 39 · #4,173
Education 69 · #2,109
Health 26 · #5,084
Crime 43 · #3,919
Housing & access 68 · #2,199
Living environment 11 · #6,126

House prices ?

£262,500median (12m) · -7.9% yr · n=142
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£262,500142-7.9%+7.4%
Detached£410,00019-8.9%+28.1%
Semi-detached£333,75049+11.2%+18.1%
Terraced£240,62542-5.3%+35.6%
Flat£152,50032+1.7%+17.3%
This area£262,500
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)£36,629±£5,286 · #4,486 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,648
Price-to-income ?7.2×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 ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

90 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 888 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,543 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences320
Theft281
Burglary50
Vehicle crime76
Criminal damage & arson58
Public order & weapons49
Drugs17
Robbery21
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 47 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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