Sparkhill North

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 9,007 · 4 LSOAs

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

1Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,771 of 6,856 in England
  • #727 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #123 of 132 in Birmingham
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,950
Median age (est.)29
Density16,880per km²
No qualifications36%
Degree or above19%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 18%25–44 29%45–64 19%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 15%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 17%Couple, no children: 5%Couple with children: 38%Lone parent: 16%Other: 25%
One person 17%Couple, no children 5%Couple with children 38%Lone parent 16%Other 25%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Process & plant 15% · Sales & customer service 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Process & plant15%
Sales & customer service13%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative8%
Associate professional7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 4%Asian: 82%Black: 5%Mixed: 2%Other: 7%
White 4%Asian 82%Black 5%Mixed 2%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Muslim 85% · Christian 5% · No religion 2%

Born outside the UK: 43%

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

Sparkhill North is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,771 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #123 of 132 in Birmingham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (26) and lowest on Living environment (0). Typical homes here sold for about £182,000 over the past year, up 25% across five years (from 19 sales), 23% below the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,504 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 66 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 0 · #6,826
Employment 4 · #6,572
Education 2 · #6,682
Health 16 · #5,756
Crime 26 · #5,098
Housing & access 20 · #5,475
Living environment 0 · #6,839

House prices ?

£182,000median (12m) · +7.1% yr · n=19
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£182,00019+7.1%+24.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£182,00019+4.0%+26.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£182,000
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)£29,504±£4,715 · #6,487 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£18,967
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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

66 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 590 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #3,246 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences335
Theft53
Burglary16
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson52
Public order & weapons57
Drugs17
Robbery4
Other28

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 21 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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