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Electoral wardE05011120

Alum Rock ward, Birmingham

Alum Rock is one of 69 electoral wards of Birmingham City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 28,018 residents in 7,099 households — 9,906 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birmingham Ladywood constituency.

Residents, 202128,018council ward average 16,593
Households7,0993.95 residents per household
Density9,906/ km²about 2.83 km² · Birmingham 4,275
Aged 65+7.2%Birmingham: 13.1% · under 16: 29.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–48.3% · 2,322
5–99.1% · 2,536
10–1511.9% · 3,336
16–197.9% · 2,227
20–249.1% · 2,551
25–3414.6% · 4,093
35–4920.4% · 5,706
50–6411.5% · 3,218
65–743.9% · 1,103
75–842.0% · 559
85+1.3% · 368

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van34.7% · 2,461
1 car or van43.3% · 3,073
2 cars or vans15.8% · 1,123
3 or more6.2% · 442
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Birmingham overall: 52.7% owned, 23.5% social rented, 22.6% private rented.

Owned outright29.5% · 2,096
With mortgage19.8% · 1,408
Shared ownership0.4% · 26
Social rented26.6% · 1,887
Private rented23.3% · 1,656
Lives rent free0.4% · 27

Type of home

Detached house9.3% · 658
Semi-detached house30.4% · 2,160
Terraced house46.7% · 3,312
Purpose-built flat9.7% · 690
Converted house1.5% · 107
Other conversion0.9% · 65
Above shop / office1.4% · 100
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011120
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
3 of 69

Other wards in the same constituency

BBalsall Heath West10.3% aged 65+ · 35.9% owned12,153BBordesley & Highgate4.8% aged 65+ · 24.1% owned15,058BBordesley Green7.4% aged 65+ · 37.5% owned12,986LLadywood5.1% aged 65+ · 17.5% owned25,738NNechells6.0% aged 65+ · 16.4% owned16,145NNewtown4.8% aged 65+ · 16.5% owned16,290SSoho & Jewellery Quarter6.8% aged 65+ · 27.0% owned25,476

All 69 wards of Birmingham

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.