Kings Heath

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 7,713 · 5 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,077 of 6,856 in England
  • #378 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #31 of 132 in Birmingham
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,699
Median age (est.)39
Density5,988per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above53%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 32%45–64 26%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 9%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 31%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 36% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional36%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure7%
Skilled trades6%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 68%Asian: 20%Black: 3%Mixed: 6%Other: 2%
White 68%Asian 20%Black 3%Mixed 6%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 44% · Christian 28% · Muslim 18%

Born outside the UK: 18%

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

Kings Heath is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,077 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #31 of 132 in Birmingham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (88) but weak on Living environment (6). Typical homes here sold for about £317,500 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 85 sales), 34% above the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,241 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 140 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 40 · #4,097
Employment 39 · #4,193
Education 86 · #944
Health 33 · #4,570
Crime 24 · #5,194
Housing & access 88 · #793
Living environment 6 · #6,414

House prices ?

£317,500median (12m) · +0.8% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£317,50085+0.8%+13.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£365,00015+18.7%+1.3%
Terraced£298,00058-5.4%+8.4%
Flat£215,0008-4.0%
This area£317,500
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)£41,241±£6,018 · #3,057 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,427
Price-to-income ?7.7×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 ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

140 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,076 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,788 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences369
Theft271
Burglary70
Vehicle crime100
Criminal damage & arson88
Public order & weapons99
Drugs32
Robbery34
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 69 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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