Ladywood - Summer Hill

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 8,078 · 6 LSOAs

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

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,995 of 6,856 in England
  • #480 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #44 of 132 in Birmingham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,907
Median age (est.)29
Density7,643per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above58%
No car or van49%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 19%25–44 49%45–64 15%65+ 5%

Tenure

Own outright: 7%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 56%
Own outright 7%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 23%Private rent 56%

Households

One person: 45%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 8%Lone parent: 8%Other: 15%
One person 45%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 8%Lone parent 8%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 38% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional38%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary10%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service5%
Caring & leisure5%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 50%Asian: 15%Black: 23%Mixed: 6%Other: 6%
White 50%Asian 15%Black 23%Mixed 6%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 37% · Christian 34% · Muslim 17%

Born outside the UK: 42%

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

Ladywood - Summer Hill is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,995 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #44 of 132 in Birmingham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (52) and lowest on Health (22). Typical homes here sold for about £246,995 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 111 sales), in line with the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,610 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 151 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 26 · #5,036
Employment 35 · #4,481
Education 52 · #3,302
Health 22 · #5,359
Crime 31 · #4,714
Housing & access 35 · #4,468
Living environment 33 · #4,577

House prices ?

£246,995median (12m) · +12.3% yr · n=111
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£246,995111+12.3%+9.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Flat£245,000108+11.4%+9.9%
This area£246,995
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)£42,610±£6,768 · #2,677 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,848
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

151 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,218 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,911 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences499
Theft217
Burglary61
Vehicle crime167
Criminal damage & arson99
Public order & weapons100
Drugs37
Robbery26
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 75 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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