Cotteridge

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 6,812 · 4 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,126 of 6,856 in England
  • #484 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #45 of 132 in Birmingham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,781
Median age (est.)40
Density5,874per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above41%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 22%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 15%Other: 12%
One person 37%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 15%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 29% · Associate professional 14% · Caring & leisure 11%

All occupation groups
Professional29%
Associate professional14%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative10%
Elementary8%
Skilled trades7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 79%Asian: 5%Black: 8%Mixed: 6%Other: 2%
White 79%Asian 5%Black 8%Mixed 6%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 40% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Cotteridge is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,126 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #45 of 132 in Birmingham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (85) but weak on Employment (20). Typical homes here sold for about £271,500 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 72 sales), 15% above the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,174 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 93 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 26 · #5,057
Employment 20 · #5,455
Education 59 · #2,788
Health 23 · #5,256
Crime 24 · #5,201
Housing & access 85 · #1,013
Living environment 20 · #5,448

House prices ?

£271,500median (12m) · +7.5% yr · n=72
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£271,50072+7.5%+20.7%
Detached£365,0008-45.1%-1.4%
Semi-detached£392,50021+14.6%+14.3%
Terraced£288,37524+8.3%+20.2%
Flat£105,00019-4.1%-5.6%
This area£271,500
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)£40,174±£5,768 · #3,375 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,646
Price-to-income ?6.8×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than 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 ?

42Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

93 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 635 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,672 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences293
Theft112
Burglary36
Vehicle crime59
Criminal damage & arson47
Public order & weapons44
Drugs7
Robbery26
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 41 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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