Highter's Heath & Maypole

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 7,296 · 5 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,934 of 6,856 in England
  • #474 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #43 of 132 in Birmingham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,347
Median age (est.)40
Density5,875per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above22%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 12%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 14%Other: 13%
One person 31%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 14%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional13%
Elementary12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 81%Asian: 10%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 81%Asian 10%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 36% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Highter's Heath & Maypole is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,934 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #43 of 132 in Birmingham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (38) and lowest on Health (20). Typical homes here, about £247,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 113 sales), in line with the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,560 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 114 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 30 · #4,824
Employment 30 · #4,769
Education 33 · #4,605
Health 20 · #5,448
Crime 27 · #5,023
Housing & access 38 · #4,248
Living environment 38 · #4,269

House prices ?

£247,000median (12m) · +6.2% yr · n=113
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£247,000113+6.2%+26.7%
Detached£333,0006
Semi-detached£260,00059+5.1%+30.0%
Terraced£237,75038+7.1%+25.1%
Flat£145,00010-0.7%+21.8%
This area£247,000
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)£36,560±£5,190 · #4,516 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,480
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 ?

51Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

114 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 831 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,314 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences307
Theft221
Burglary36
Vehicle crime81
Criminal damage & arson75
Public order & weapons59
Drugs10
Robbery30
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 50 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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