City Profile • Local Authority
Birmingham
Birmingham is a local authority district comprising 46 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £252k. Crime levels run above average (115 per 1,000 residents), often driven by commercial zones and transport hubs.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Population Trajectory
Annual residents (1991 – 2022)
1,157,603
Residents (2022)
Constituent Districts
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Population Composition
Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Birmingham authority according to the Census 2021.
Top Ethnicities
White: English42.9%
Pakistani17.0%
African5.8%
Indian5.8%
Bangladeshi4.2%
White: Other White4.0%
Age Profile
20-24 years8.1%
15-19 years7.6%
30-34 years7.4%
10-14 years7.3%
25-29 years7.2%
5-9 years7.1%
Top Occupations
Professional21.1%
Elementary occupations13.4%
Associate professional11.3%
Caring and leisure10.3%
Administrative and secretarial9.3%
Managers and directors9.3%
Housing Tenure
Owned: Outright27.1%
Owned: Mortgage25.5%
Private rented: Landlord20.4%
Social rented: Council13.9%
Social rented: Other9.7%
Private rented: Other2.1%
Area DNA
health10/10
safety2/10
transit2/10
investment7/10