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Electoral wardE05011170
Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East ward, Birmingham
Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East is one of 69 electoral wards of Birmingham City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 27,334 residents in 7,742 households — 7,976 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley constituency.
Residents, 202127,334council ward average 16,593
Households7,7423.53 residents per household
Density7,976/ km²about 3.43 km² · Birmingham 4,275
Aged 65+7.8%Birmingham: 13.1% · under 16: 27.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.3% · 2,273
5–98.2% · 2,245
10–1511.3% · 3,094
16–197.6% · 2,078
20–248.6% · 2,342
25–3415.0% · 4,093
35–4920.6% · 5,642
50–6412.5% · 3,417
65–744.4% · 1,209
75–842.3% · 636
85+1.1% · 300
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van40.2% · 3,110
1 car or van41.5% · 3,216
2 cars or vans13.9% · 1,078
3 or more4.4% · 338
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Birmingham overall: 52.7% owned, 23.5% social rented, 22.6% private rented.
Owned outright25.5% · 1,978
With mortgage17.4% · 1,344
Shared ownership0.6% · 43
Social rented30.4% · 2,350
Private rented26.0% · 2,013
Lives rent free0.2% · 14
Type of home
Detached house8.0% · 622
Semi-detached house17.3% · 1,337
Terraced house55.2% · 4,274
Purpose-built flat13.4% · 1,040
Converted house2.6% · 200
Other conversion0.9% · 67
Above shop / office2.5% · 196
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011170- Council
- Birmingham City Council
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 69
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.