Lifford & Walkers Heath

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 6,192 · 4 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,153 of 6,856 in England
  • #488 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #47 of 132 in Birmingham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,157
Median age (est.)36
Density3,234per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above30%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 24%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 24%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 19%Other: 12%
One person 33%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 19%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Caring & leisure 13% · Associate professional 11%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Caring & leisure13%
Associate professional11%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 75%Asian: 7%Black: 8%Mixed: 8%Other: 1%
White 75%Asian 7%Black 8%Mixed 8%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 39% · Muslim 6%

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

Lifford & Walkers Heath is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,153 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #47 of 132 in Birmingham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (79) but weak on Health (13). Typical homes here, about £240,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 82 sales), in line with the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,079 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 100 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 27 · #5,009
Employment 21 · #5,414
Education 28 · #4,934
Health 13 · #5,948
Crime 18 · #5,633
Housing & access 79 · #1,451
Living environment 53 · #3,220

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · +7.9% yr · n=82
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,00082+7.9%+37.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£244,50036-8.6%+25.4%
Terraced£249,00026+19.7%+46.5%
Flat£140,00017+12.0%+17.2%
This area£240,000
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)£38,079±£5,410 · #4,014 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,128
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

100 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 620 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,942 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences293
Theft95
Burglary23
Vehicle crime51
Criminal damage & arson54
Public order & weapons68
Drugs8
Robbery12
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 32 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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