Selly Oak Park & Lodge Hill

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 6,757 · 4 LSOAs

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

47Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,659 of 6,856 in England
  • #331 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #22 of 132 in Birmingham
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,733
Median age (est.)39
Density3,049per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above45%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 15%25–44 26%45–64 23%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 20%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 10%Other: 18%
One person 35%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 10%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 37% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 10%

All occupation groups
Professional37%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Skilled trades6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 68%Asian: 17%Black: 6%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 68%Asian 17%Black 6%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 34% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 24%

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

Selly Oak Park & Lodge Hill sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,659 of 6,856 in England, and #22 of 132 in Birmingham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (76) and lowest on Crime (28). Typical homes here sold for about £290,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 54 sales), 22% above the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,083 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 93 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 42 · #3,940
Employment 37 · #4,330
Education 76 · #1,630
Health 36 · #4,392
Crime 28 · #4,968
Housing & access 73 · #1,876
Living environment 35 · #4,433

House prices ?

£290,000median (12m) · +10.3% yr · n=54
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£290,00054+10.3%+16.0%
Detached£565,0005+36.3%
Semi-detached£290,00032+7.4%+26.1%
Terraced£265,00015-1.1%+5.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£290,000
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)£38,083±£5,740 · #4,013 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,156
Price-to-income ?7.6×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 ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

93 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 630 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,671 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences280
Theft66
Burglary54
Vehicle crime76
Criminal damage & arson60
Public order & weapons45
Drugs22
Robbery12
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 39 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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