HIGHFIELD ROAD, B14 4DU House Prices & Local Information

B14 4DU is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Highfield Road, 0.8km from Yardley Wood in Birmingham. Administratively it sits within Billesley ward and the Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, B14 4DU is an older retirement area, many residents well beyond working age. During the day, ethnically mixed self-employed with no fixed place of work in construction, transport, and storage. An established, mature community with an average age of 61 — quiet, long-term residents, low turnover. 84% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 9% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 53 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for B14 4DU are sourced from Output Area E00045404 (shared with 3 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.