Yardley South

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 6,242 · 4 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,256 of 6,856 in England
  • #498 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #50 of 132 in Birmingham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,258
Median age (est.)38
Density5,532per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above26%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 12%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 28%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Associate professional13%
Elementary12%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 68%Asian: 22%Black: 4%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 68%Asian 22%Black 4%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 42% · No religion 27% · Muslim 20%

Born outside the UK: 17%

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

Yardley South is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,256 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #50 of 132 in Birmingham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (57) and lowest on Crime (16). Typical homes here sold for about £240,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 79 sales), in line with the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,179 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 136 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 19 · #5,571
Employment 24 · #5,194
Education 27 · #5,009
Health 28 · #4,968
Crime 16 · #5,722
Housing & access 57 · #2,918
Living environment 36 · #4,365

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,000790.0%+20.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£254,00044-1.9%+24.5%
Terraced£205,00025+5.1%+28.6%
Flat£125,0007-30.7%
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)£36,179±£5,135 · #4,647 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,571
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

45Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

136 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 847 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,736 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences304
Theft225
Burglary36
Vehicle crime82
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons73
Drugs24
Robbery34
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 55 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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