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Electoral wardE05011169

South Yardley ward, Birmingham

South Yardley is one of 69 electoral wards of Birmingham City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 10,782 residents in 4,247 households — 5,001 people per km², the 58th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birmingham Yardley constituency.

Residents, 202110,782council ward average 16,593
Households4,2472.54 residents per household
Density5,001/ km²about 2.16 km² · Birmingham 4,275
Aged 65+13.3%Birmingham: 13.1% · under 16: 22.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.0% · 759
5–97.3% · 782
10–158.4% · 905
16–194.8% · 520
20–245.4% · 578
25–3414.6% · 1,576
35–4920.1% · 2,170
50–6419.0% · 2,053
65–747.8% · 839
75–844.1% · 441
85+1.4% · 156

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.4% · 1,077
1 car or van44.2% · 1,877
2 cars or vans23.6% · 1,004
3 or more6.8% · 290
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright28.6% · 1,214
With mortgage34.7% · 1,473
Shared ownership0.9% · 37
Social rented13.9% · 589
Private rented21.6% · 919
Lives rent free0.4% · 16

Type of home

Detached house7.6% · 324
Semi-detached house50.3% · 2,138
Terraced house26.0% · 1,104
Purpose-built flat14.0% · 595
Converted house1.1% · 48
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.8% · 35
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.