Castle Bromwich East

Solihull · West Midlands · population 6,006 · 4 LSOAs

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

77Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,554 of 6,856 in England
  • #129 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #14 of 29 in Solihull
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,029
Median age (est.)47
Density4,494per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above23%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 7%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 2%Private rent 7%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 24%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 14% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative13%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 8%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 8%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 31% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Castle Bromwich East is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,554 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 29 in Solihull. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (95) and lowest on Living environment (52). Typical homes here sold for about £300,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 85 sales), 9% below the wider Solihull median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,242 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 94 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 72 · #1,890
Employment 68 · #2,192
Education 56 · #2,987
Health 68 · #2,171
Crime 53 · #3,240
Housing & access 95 · #355
Living environment 52 · #3,288

House prices ?

£300,000median (12m) · +3.4% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£300,00085+3.4%+17.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£303,00064+5.9%+18.8%
Terraced£265,0007-13.1%+7.1%
Flat£125,00011+42.9%
This area£300,000
Solihull£330,000
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)£38,242±£5,446 · #3,950 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,311
Price-to-income ?7.8×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 ?

87Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

94 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 563 offences
Solihull82
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,690 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences146
Theft260
Burglary22
Vehicle crime43
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons41
Drugs5
Robbery12
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 18 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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