Longbridge North

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 8,533 · 5 LSOAs

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

35Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,426 of 6,856 in England
  • #413 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #34 of 132 in Birmingham
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,569
Median age (est.)41
Density4,529per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above27%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 12%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 13% · Administrative 11%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional13%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary10%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 4%Black: 6%Mixed: 5%Other: 2%
White 83%Asian 4%Black 6%Mixed 5%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 39% · Muslim 3%

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

Longbridge North is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,426 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #34 of 132 in Birmingham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (73) and lowest on Health (25). Typical homes here sold for about £238,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 121 sales), in line with the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,338 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 97 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 37 · #4,344
Employment 28 · #4,913
Education 38 · #4,248
Health 25 · #5,112
Crime 34 · #4,557
Housing & access 73 · #1,876
Living environment 33 · #4,598

House prices ?

£238,000median (12m) · -2.5% yr · n=121
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£238,000121-2.5%+18.3%
Detached£240,00018-37.1%-11.8%
Semi-detached£260,000560.0%+20.9%
Terraced£269,75020+14.4%+34.2%
Flat£145,00027+5.5%+20.8%
This area£238,000
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)£38,338±£5,429 · #3,922 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,689
Price-to-income ?6.2×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 ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

97 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 830 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,854 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences368
Theft118
Burglary66
Vehicle crime70
Criminal damage & arson62
Public order & weapons79
Drugs26
Robbery26
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 54 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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