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Electoral wardE05011167
Small Heath ward, Birmingham
Small Heath is one of 69 electoral wards of Birmingham City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 21,970 residents in 5,353 households — 9,567 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birmingham Yardley constituency.
Residents, 202121,970council ward average 16,593
Households5,3534.1 residents per household
Density9,567/ km²about 2.30 km² · Birmingham 4,275
Aged 65+8.3%Birmingham: 13.1% · under 16: 28.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.5% · 1,651
5–98.6% · 1,887
10–1512.1% · 2,650
16–198.1% · 1,785
20–249.2% · 2,015
25–3413.8% · 3,025
35–4920.0% · 4,399
50–6412.4% · 2,731
65–744.4% · 969
75–842.4% · 533
85+1.5% · 325
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van31.3% · 1,675
1 car or van42.7% · 2,285
2 cars or vans19.0% · 1,019
3 or more7.0% · 374
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Birmingham overall: 52.7% owned, 23.5% social rented, 22.6% private rented.
Owned outright34.5% · 1,848
With mortgage22.7% · 1,215
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented13.7% · 734
Private rented28.7% · 1,537
Lives rent free0.2% · 11
Type of home
Detached house7.8% · 420
Semi-detached house23.7% · 1,269
Terraced house60.7% · 3,249
Purpose-built flat4.2% · 223
Converted house2.1% · 110
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office1.3% · 70
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011167- Council
- Birmingham City Council
- Constituency
- Birmingham Yardley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 69
Other wards in the same constituency
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.