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Electoral wardE05011168

Soho & Jewellery Quarter ward, Birmingham

Soho & Jewellery Quarter is one of 69 electoral wards of Birmingham City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 25,476 residents in 10,716 households — 6,166 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birmingham Ladywood constituency.

Residents, 202125,476council ward average 16,593
Households10,7162.38 residents per household
Density6,166/ km²about 4.13 km² · Birmingham 4,275
Aged 65+6.8%Birmingham: 13.1% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.3% · 1,598
5–95.9% · 1,501
10–157.2% · 1,822
16–194.8% · 1,224
20–2411.3% · 2,874
25–3425.2% · 6,431
35–4920.3% · 5,169
50–6412.3% · 3,122
65–743.6% · 915
75–842.3% · 581
85+0.9% · 241

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van47.7% · 5,114
1 car or van40.5% · 4,340
2 cars or vans10.0% · 1,070
3 or more1.8% · 192
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright12.4% · 1,324
With mortgage14.6% · 1,567
Shared ownership0.6% · 68
Social rented26.2% · 2,810
Private rented45.8% · 4,911
Lives rent free0.4% · 40

Type of home

Detached house5.1% · 542
Semi-detached house13.6% · 1,461
Terraced house28.5% · 3,051
Purpose-built flat43.6% · 4,673
Converted house2.1% · 227
Other conversion5.5% · 591
Above shop / office1.2% · 124
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 47
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.