Council area · England
Birmingham: its 132 neighbourhoods compared
Typical resale prices, how affluent each neighbourhood is today and the signs of change against Birmingham as a whole, from official records, as of 19 October 2026. Typical house prices run from £156,000 in Aston Park to £647,500 in Sutton Coldfield North & Park.
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
63.2%
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the A&E nearest most of the council's residents, in September 2026 (England 61%). The NHS standard is 95%.
Category 2 calls (emergencies such as strokes and heart attacks): ambulance response
24 min 30 s
Mean, West Midlands Ambulance Service, Sep 2026 (England 31 min 18 s).
Fire engines at dwelling fires
6 min 29 s
Average from the call, 2025/26 (England 8 min 15 s).
Homes at high or medium flood risk
0.8%
3,904 homes from rivers and the sea in the Environment Agency's data of June 2026; 11th of 30 councils in West Midlands.
Households in fuel poverty
13.8%
2024, England's own measure; 2nd highest of 30 in West Midlands.
Extra deaths in winter
18.5%
Average winter rise in deaths, 2014/15 to 2018/19 (England 21.4%).
Neighbourhoods in Birmingham
| Neighbourhood | Typical house | Typical flat | Affluence today | Signs of gentrification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acocks Green East | £238,000 | £131,000 | Below average income | Moving the other way |
| Acocks Green West | £209,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Mixed signs |
| Allens Cross | £190,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Aston Park | £156,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Attwood Green & Park Central | – | £170,000 | Below average income | Some signs |
| Balsall Heath East | £168,500 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Balsall Heath West & Kingswood Road | £253,000 | £210,000 | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Bartley Green & Shenley Fields | £215,000 | £116,950 | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Belchers Lane & Eastfield Road | £200,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Billesley Common | £225,000 | £119,475 | Among the most income-deprived | Moving the other way |
| Birches Green & Bromford East | £220,000 | £105,000 | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Birchfield East | £186,500 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Moving the other way |
| Birchfield West | £200,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Bordesley | £195,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Bordesley Green North | £175,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Bournville East & Stirchley West | £279,500 | – | Middle income | Some signs |
| Bournville West | £411,250 | £125,350 | Middle income | Few signs |
| Brandwood East | £260,000 | £128,500 | Below average income | Moving the other way |
| Brandwood End | £263,000 | £135,000 | Below average income | Few signs |
| Brandwood North | £367,500 | £92,500 | Affluent | Clear signs |
| Brookvale | £185,000 | £107,500 | Below average income | Moving the other way |
| Buckland End | £205,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| California | £220,000 | – | Below average income | Few signs |
| Castle Vale | £200,000 | £99,000 | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Central | – | £193,000 | Middle income | Mixed signs |
| Chester Road | £300,000 | £154,000 | Middle income | Mixed signs |
| Cotteridge | £300,000 | £120,000 | Middle income | Clear signs |
| Digbeth | – | £167,500 | Middle income | Moving the other way |
| Druids Heath | £180,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Mixed signs |
| Edgbaston North | £515,000 | £178,000 | Below average income | Mixed signs |
| Edgbaston South & University | £450,000 | £198,000 | Affluent | Moving the other way |
| Erdington Town | £217,528 | £90,000 | Among the most income-deprived | Moving the other way |
| Five Ways North | – | £184,000 | Below average income | Clear signs |
| Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park | £515,000 | £165,500 | Middle income | Mixed signs |
| Four Oaks | £513,000 | £200,000 | Affluent | Mixed signs |
| Fox Hollies | £207,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Frankley | £197,500 | £127,000 | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Glebe Farm | £191,750 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Gravelly Hill & South Erdington | £209,500 | £122,400 | Among the most income-deprived | Moving the other way |
| Greet & Mid Sparkhill | £180,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Hall Green Central | £330,000 | – | Below average income | Moving the other way |
| Hall Green East | £275,000 | – | Below average income | Moving the other way |
| Handsworth East | £241,000 | £90,000 | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Handsworth South | £168,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Handsworth West | £180,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Handsworth Wood | £296,500 | – | Middle income | Clear signs |
| Harborne East | £420,200 | £130,775 | Affluent | Moving the other way |
| Harborne West | £390,000 | £155,000 | Affluent | Few signs |
| Hawkesley | £200,000 | £115,000 | Among the most income-deprived | Clear signs |
| Hay Mills & Tyseley | £194,500 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Moving the other way |
| Highter's Heath & Maypole | £242,750 | £145,000 | Below average income | Few signs |
| Hill Hook | £450,000 | £161,000 | Affluent | Few signs |
| Hockley & Jewellery Quarter | £185,000 | £192,500 | Below average income | Few signs |
| Hodge Hill | £270,000 | – | Below average income | Moving the other way |
| Kent's Moat | £222,500 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| King's Norton | £274,000 | £131,100 | Middle income | Some signs |
| Kings Heath | £318,250 | – | Middle income | Moving the other way |
| Kings Heath Park & Stirchley East | £267,000 | – | Middle income | Few signs |
| Kingstanding North | £320,000 | – | Affluent | Mixed signs |
| Kingstanding South East | £185,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Moving the other way |
| Kingstanding South West | £213,500 | £80,000 | Below average income | Mixed signs |
| Kitts Green | £190,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Moving the other way |
| Ladywood - Summer Hill | – | £200,000 | Middle income | Mixed signs |
| Lifford & Walkers Heath | £240,000 | £123,750 | Below average income | Clear signs |
| Little Bromwich | £190,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Mixed signs |
| Little Sutton & Roughley | £423,250 | £185,000 | Affluent | Mixed signs |
| Longbridge North | £250,000 | £140,000 | Below average income | Moving the other way |
| Longbridge South | £220,000 | £155,000 | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Lozells East | £175,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Lozells West | £202,500 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Lyndon Green | £255,500 | – | Below average income | Few signs |
| Metchley | £290,000 | £149,750 | Below average income | Moving the other way |
| Middlemore | £179,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Moving the other way |
| Minworth | £338,000 | £166,750 | Affluent | Mixed signs |
| Moor Green & Cannon Hill | £397,500 | £205,000 | Middle income | Clear signs |
| Moseley | £465,000 | £140,000 | Below average income | Some signs |
| Moseley Village | £460,000 | £173,000 | Below average income | Some signs |
| Nechells | £199,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| New Oscott | £385,000 | £122,500 | Middle income | Moving the other way |
| North Central & Dartmouth Circus | – | £162,500 | Below average income | Clear signs |
| Northfield Victoria Common | £271,000 | £100,000 | Middle income | Few signs |
| Old Oscott | £205,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Perry Barr & South Hamstead | £225,000 | – | Below average income | Few signs |
| Perry Beeches East | £213,500 | – | Below average income | Mixed signs |
| Perry Beeches West | £225,000 | – | Below average income | Mixed signs |
| Perry Common - College Road | £195,000 | £125,000 | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Pype Hayes Park | £260,000 | £132,000 | Below average income | Some signs |
| Queslett | £209,000 | – | Below average income | Few signs |
| Quinton East | £225,500 | – | Below average income | Few signs |
| Quinton Ridgacre | £255,000 | – | Middle income | Clear signs |
| Rectory Park & New Hall Valley | £383,000 | £150,000 | Affluent | Mixed signs |
| Reddicap Heath | £300,000 | £120,000 | Middle income | Mixed signs |
| Rotton Park | £323,250 | – | Below average income | Moving the other way |
| Rubery East | £235,000 | £111,000 | Below average income | Few signs |
| Saltley East | £170,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Saltley West | £192,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Clear signs |
| Selly Oak | £272,500 | – | Middle income | Moving the other way |
| Selly Oak Park & Lodge Hill | £287,000 | – | Below average income | Moving the other way |
| Shard End & Kingfisher | £212,500 | £119,000 | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Sheldon North | £220,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Sheldon South | £250,000 | £137,250 | Middle income | Clear signs |
| Shenley Lane | £285,000 | – | Below average income | Moving the other way |
| Short Heath | £203,000 | – | Below average income | Some signs |
| Small Heath Park | £166,500 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Sparkbrook North | £220,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Sparkbrook South | £180,500 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Sparkhill North | £180,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Sparkhill South | £175,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Springfield & Hall Green West | £260,000 | – | Below average income | Few signs |
| Stechford | £232,500 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Stirchley North & Selly Park | £260,000 | – | Below average income | Moving the other way |
| Stockland Green - Marsh Hill | £209,000 | £65,000 | Among the most income-deprived | Moving the other way |
| Summerfield | £180,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Mixed signs |
| Sutton Coldfield North & Park | £647,500 | £176,000 | Among the most affluent | Some signs |
| Sutton Coldfield South & Central | £395,000 | £160,000 | Middle income | Mixed signs |
| Turves Green | £202,000 | £105,000 | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Upper Witton | £200,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Mixed signs |
| Wake Green East & Moseley Bog | £330,000 | £151,500 | Middle income | Some signs |
| Walmley | £350,000 | £175,000 | Affluent | Mixed signs |
| Ward End & Bromford West | £191,500 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Mixed signs |
| Washwood Heath | £170,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Weoley Castle | £205,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| West Heath | £227,000 | £137,500 | Middle income | Some signs |
| Winson Green & Gib Heath | £158,500 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Clear signs |
| Woodgate | £206,250 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Mixed signs |
| Woodgate Valley | £190,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Wylde Green | £475,000 | £183,500 | Among the most affluent | Mixed signs |
| Yardley | £255,000 | £112,500 | Below average income | Moving the other way |
| Yardley Fields | £206,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Few signs |
| Yardley South | £240,000 | – | Below average income | Mixed signs |
| Yardley Wood East | £310,000 | – | Middle income | Moving the other way |
| Yardley Wood West | £215,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
Prices are each neighbourhood's median resale price of houses and of flats over its latest three-year window; a dash means too few sales. Affluence today and the gentrification reading are from each neighbourhood's own page, where every figure has its source. Where these readings sit among every neighbourhood: the gentrification league table.
A&E waiting times at the hospitals nearest Birmingham's residents
| A&E | Nearest to | Seen within 4 hours | Nation | Waited over 12 hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Heartlands Hospital | 414,937 residents (610 m from the nearest) | 63.2% in September 2026 | England 61% | 11.8% |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham | 362,785 residents (520 m from the nearest) | 48.5% in September 2026 | England 61% | 13.6% |
| Midland Metropolitan University Hospital | 190,970 residents (920 m from the nearest) | 54.2% in September 2026 | England 61% | 9.9% |
| Good Hope Hospital | 176,233 residents (1.2 km from the nearest) | 59.1% in September 2026 | England 61% | 15.8% |
Each of the council's neighbourhoods (middle layer super output areas) is matched to its nearest major A&E in a straight line, not by travel time or catchment. The NHS standard is 95% within 4 hours. A&E waiting times: NHS England, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions, Emergency Care Data Set performance (experimental statistics); Welsh Government, StatsWales, emergency department performance; Public Health Scotland, monthly A&E activity and waiting times. All Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ambulance response times
- Ambulance service Birmingham is covered by West Midlands Ambulance Service. Response times are published for the whole service, not by council.
- Category 2 calls (emergencies such as strokes and heart attacks), latest 24 min 30 s (West Midlands Ambulance Service, Sep 2026); England 31 min 18 s; the standard is 18 minutes.
GP appointments: how soon people are seen
- GP appointments Not available yet: the council figures job has not loaded them.
Fire and rescue response times
- Response to dwelling fires, 2025/26 6 min 29 s on average over 1,537 fires; England 8 min 15 s. The service covers Birmingham and its neighbours; no figure is published by council.
- Response to all primary fires, 2025/26 6 min 46 s on average; England 9 min 25 s.
Homes at risk of flooding
- Homes at high or medium risk from rivers and the sea 3,904 (0.8% of the council's homes) in the Environment Agency's data of June 2026, with flood defences.
- Where it ranks 11th highest share of 30 councils in West Midlands.
All 30 councils, ranked
Rivers and sea for the property and its postcode: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, Properties and Postcodes in Areas at Risk, Open Government Licence v3.0. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some of the data in the database has been produced using data licensed from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, © NERC. © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. Homes: Valuation Office Agency, council tax stock of properties, March 2026.
Fuel poverty
- Households in fuel poverty, 2024 13.8% (about 60,832 households); England 10.0%, West Midlands 12.1%.
- Where it ranks 2nd highest of 30 councils in West Midlands.
- Measured how England's own measure, so not comparable with the other nations' figures.
All 30 councils, ranked
Extra deaths in winter
- Five winters before the pandemic (2014/15 to 2018/19) Deaths in winter were on average 18.5% higher than in the rest of the year here (England 21.4%); our own average of the five winters' indexes.
- Latest winter, 2020/21 40.6% more deaths than in the rest of the year (England 35.4%), in the second winter of the pandemic.
Postcode districts in Birmingham
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