Stirchley North & Selly Park

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 7,873 · 5 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,687 of 6,856 in England
  • #443 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #39 of 132 in Birmingham
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,828
Median age (est.)35
Density4,439per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above44%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 18%25–44 31%45–64 21%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 13%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 10%Other: 20%
One person 32%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 10%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 34% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 10%

All occupation groups
Professional34%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative8%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure7%
Skilled trades6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 64%Asian: 21%Black: 7%Mixed: 6%Other: 3%
White 64%Asian 21%Black 7%Mixed 6%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 38% · No religion 36% · Muslim 15%

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

Stirchley North & Selly Park is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,687 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #39 of 132 in Birmingham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (63) and lowest on Living environment (16). Typical homes here, about £267,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 87 sales), 13% above the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,753 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 95 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 35 · #4,481
Employment 26 · #5,064
Education 62 · #2,617
Health 23 · #5,290
Crime 26 · #5,071
Housing & access 63 · #2,514
Living environment 16 · #5,749

House prices ?

£267,500median (12m) · +7.0% yr · n=87
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£267,50087+7.0%+29.2%
Detached£499,00012+38.2%
Semi-detached£289,25030+1.5%+21.5%
Terraced£242,00039+0.7%+29.1%
Flat£307,5006+46.4%+127.8%
This area£267,500
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)£34,753±£5,193 · #5,110 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,585
Price-to-income ?7.7×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 ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

95 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 749 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,743 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences353
Theft70
Burglary67
Vehicle crime119
Criminal damage & arson51
Public order & weapons43
Drugs16
Robbery9
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 37 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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