Marston Green & Airport

Solihull · West Midlands · population 8,033 · 5 LSOAs

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

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,885 of 6,856 in England
  • #357 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #22 of 29 in Solihull
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,065
Median age (est.)43
Density537per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above26%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 13%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 11%Other: 17%
One person 28%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 11%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 13% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional13%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 5%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 86%Asian 5%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 37% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Marston Green & Airport is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,885 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 29 in Solihull. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (67) and lowest on Health (32). Typical homes here sold for about £275,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 92 sales), 17% below the wider Solihull median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,485 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 277 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 45 · #3,782
Employment 35 · #4,433
Education 43 · #3,905
Health 32 · #4,639
Crime 39 · #4,159
Housing & access 67 · #2,253
Living environment 43 · #3,892

House prices ?

£275,000median (12m) · -3.5% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£275,00092-3.5%+12.2%
Detached£421,00025-4.1%+19.6%
Semi-detached£305,00029-3.2%+28.4%
Terraced£217,00033-0.5%+26.9%
Flat£140,0005+7.7%
This area£275,000
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)£39,485±£5,634 · #3,570 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,577
Price-to-income ?7.0×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 ?

66Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

277 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,226 offences
Solihull82
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #6,333 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences619
Theft636
Burglary45
Vehicle crime376
Criminal damage & arson236
Public order & weapons175
Drugs47
Robbery13
Other79

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 86 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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