The population of Birmingham is 1,144,922 compared to England, which has a population of 59,597,542. While the male population in Birmingham is 584,496, and the female population is 560,423. In England, the male population is 28,833,712 and the female population is 27,656,336, according to the 2021 census.
According to the latest 2021 census, The main ethnicity of the people in the immediate area is White: English, with a total of 491,211, followed by Pakistani, with a total of 195,102. As compared to the population in England, the main ethnicities were White: English(41,540,791) followed by Asian: Indian(1,843,248) and Asian: Pakistani(1,570,285). In terms of religion, most people mentioned Christian (389,406), followed by Muslim (341,811), whereas, in England, the main religion was Christian(26,167,899), Muslim(3,801,186), and Hindu(1,020,533). While 20,715,664 mentioned 'No Religion' and 3,400,548 did not answer
As for deprivation, most of the area is not deprived in any dimension (171,117), followed by at least deprived in one dimension (146,765). While in England, 11,349,743 households are not deprived in any dimension, and 7,842,690 households are deprived in one dimension.
Most people in the Birmingham area mentioned they are Employee: Full-time (255,430), while 138,510 adults mentioned they are Retired.
Regarding education, 265,806 adults have Level 3 education, while 111,212 have Level 1 and entry level education. The most common occupations in the Birmingham area are
The average age of people living in Birmingham is 37 years old. The top three age distributions are: Below 14 (239348), Between 15 to 24 (179682), and Between 25 to 34 (167438). The median age in England and Wales was 40 years as per the 2021 census.
The NS-SEC defines and measures social class and is considered a reliable indicator of a person's class status. As per the 2021 census, most of the population in Birmingham has Never worked and long-term unemployed (143,540) followed by Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations (135,380), and Full-time students (116,270). In England, Most of the population(9,172,372) have Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations, followed by Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations(6,092,791)
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The postcode district B are associated with the Birmingham, and there are total 46 postcode areas (listed below). The Birmingham has a total of 26238 postcodes overall.
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Area | Birmingham |
| Ward | Acocks Green Allens Cross Alum Rock Aston Balsall Heath West Bartley Green Billesley Birchfield Bordesley & Highgate Bordesley Green Bournbrook & Selly Park Bournville & Cotteridge Brandwood & King's Heath Bromford & Hodge Hill Castle Vale Druids Heath & Monyhull Edgbaston Erdington Frankley Great Park Garretts Green Glebe Farm & Tile Cross Gravelly Hill Hall Green North Hall Green South Handsworth Handsworth Wood Harborne Heartlands Highter's Heath Holyhead King's Norton North King's Norton South Kingstanding Ladywood Longbridge & West Heath Lozells Moseley Nechells Newtown North Edgbaston Northfield Oscott Perry Barr Perry Common Pype Hayes Quinton Rubery & Rednal Shard End Sheldon Small Heath Soho & Jewellery Quarter South Yardley Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East Sparkhill Stirchley Stockland Green Sutton Four Oaks Sutton Mere Green Sutton Reddicap Sutton Roughley Sutton Trinity Sutton Vesey Sutton Walmley & Minworth Sutton Wylde Green Tyseley & Hay Mills Ward End Weoley & Selly Oak Yardley East Yardley West & Stechford |
| LTLA22 | |
| UTLA22 | Birmingham |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |