Birches Head
Stoke-on-Trent · West Midlands · population 5,632 · 4 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #3,851 of 6,856 in England
- #353 of 736 in West Midlands
- #8 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent
- Around the England average
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Elementary 14% · Skilled trades 13% · Professional 12%
All occupation groups
| Elementary | 14% |
| Skilled trades | 13% |
| Professional | 12% |
| Caring & leisure | 12% |
| Associate professional | 11% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Sales & customer service | 10% |
| Process & plant | 10% |
| Managers & directors | 8% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 52% · No religion 35% · Muslim 7%
Born outside the UK: 9%
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
Birches Head is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,851 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (86) but weak on Health (26). Typical homes here sold for about £169,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 70 sales), 6% above the wider Stoke-on-Trent median of £160,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #869 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £31,617 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 64 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.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £169,000 | 70 | -11.1% | +24.3% |
| Detached | £281,000 | 17 | +37.1% | +58.3% |
| Semi-detached | £165,000 | 43 | +1.9% | +26.9% |
| Terraced | £142,500 | 10 | — | +59.7% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
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Household income
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 ?
- #869 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #3,129 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 204 |
| Theft | 24 |
| Burglary | 12 |
| Vehicle crime | 13 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 36 |
| Public order & weapons | 51 |
| Drugs | 9 |
| Robbery | 6 |
| Other | 5 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 105 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 →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Stoke-on-Trent
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
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- Northfleet SouthGravesham44£355,000
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