Electoral wardE05011159
Oscott ward, Birmingham
Oscott is one of 69 electoral wards of Birmingham City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 20,566 residents in 8,587 households — 4,703 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birmingham Erdington and Birmingham Perry Barr constituencies.
Residents, 202120,566council ward average 16,593
Households8,5872.4 residents per household
Density4,703/ km²about 4.37 km² · Birmingham 4,275
Aged 65+15.4%Birmingham: 13.1% · under 16: 21.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 1,413
5–97.1% · 1,453
10–157.8% · 1,598
16–194.4% · 900
20–245.1% · 1,048
25–3415.3% · 3,156
35–4918.2% · 3,743
50–6419.8% · 4,078
65–747.8% · 1,613
75–845.7% · 1,178
85+1.9% · 386
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.9% · 1,966
1 car or van46.7% · 4,011
2 cars or vans24.4% · 2,093
3 or more6.0% · 517
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Birmingham overall: 52.7% owned, 23.5% social rented, 22.6% private rented.
Owned outright32.6% · 2,796
With mortgage35.3% · 3,028
Shared ownership0.5% · 40
Social rented11.8% · 1,009
Private rented19.8% · 1,696
Lives rent free0.2% · 18
Type of home
Detached house4.3% · 369
Semi-detached house55.4% · 4,757
Terraced house32.0% · 2,751
Purpose-built flat6.6% · 568
Converted house0.7% · 63
Other conversion0.0% · 3
Above shop / office0.8% · 72
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011159- Council
- Birmingham City Council
- Constituency
- Birmingham Erdington, Birmingham Perry Barr
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 36 of 69
Other wards in the same constituency
AAston8.4% aged 65+ · 46.7% owned24,446BBirchfield9.1% aged 65+ · 35.1% owned12,471CCastle Vale15.9% aged 65+ · 34.9% owned9,935EErdington15.9% aged 65+ · 52.1% owned21,550GGravelly Hill11.7% aged 65+ · 42.1% owned10,498HHandsworth10.0% aged 65+ · 45.3% owned11,820HHandsworth Wood13.3% aged 65+ · 59.5% owned20,399HHolyhead9.8% aged 65+ · 42.5% owned11,316KKingstanding13.7% aged 65+ · 55.0% owned21,153LLozells6.9% aged 65+ · 37.8% owned12,121PPerry Barr15.1% aged 65+ · 69.8% owned20,609PPerry Common14.9% aged 65+ · 51.7% owned12,042PPype Hayes14.7% aged 65+ · 52.9% owned11,060SStockland Green11.0% aged 65+ · 47.6% owned23,596
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.