IRVAN AVENUE, B70 0BH House Prices & Local Information

B70 0BH is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Irvan Avenue, 0.1km from Swan Village in West Bromwich. Administratively it sits within Greets Green and Lyng ward and the West Bromwich East constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, B70 0BH is a busy family neighbourhood — lots of children, diverse backgrounds. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a teachers and carers in metro suburbs zone — ethnically mixed workforce primarily in care and education. This is a stable, socially diverse area (average age 35) — accessible for a wide range of households, from young families to empty nesters. 52% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 56% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Sandwell. Full-time employment stands at 21% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 75 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: With prices averaging £144k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, up 61.1% year-on-year. 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 B70 0BH are sourced from Output Area E00050529 (shared with 7 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.