B29 4DZ House Prices & Local Information

B29 4DZ is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood located 0.5km from Shenley Fields in Birmingham. Administratively it sits within Weoley & Selly Oak ward and the Birmingham, Northfield constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, B29 4DZ is a mixed area of service workers, students and families in semi-detached housing. The daytime character shifts — ethnically mixed self-employed professional services, home workers in outer suburbs. An average age of 33 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 94% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 37% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Birmingham. Full-time employment stands at 21% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 27 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. 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 B29 4DZ are sourced from Output Area E00048124 (shared with 5 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.