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Electoral wardE05011171
Sparkhill ward, Birmingham
Sparkhill is one of 69 electoral wards of Birmingham City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 21,460 residents in 5,427 households — 10,824 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley constituency.
Residents, 202121,460council ward average 16,593
Households5,4273.95 residents per household
Density10,824/ km²about 1.98 km² · Birmingham 4,275
Aged 65+9.1%Birmingham: 13.1% · under 16: 26.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.7% · 1,656
5–98.0% · 1,711
10–1511.0% · 2,365
16–197.5% · 1,603
20–248.6% · 1,850
25–3414.4% · 3,083
35–4920.7% · 4,441
50–6413.0% · 2,799
65–745.1% · 1,096
75–842.8% · 597
85+1.2% · 261
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van31.2% · 1,691
1 car or van41.4% · 2,249
2 cars or vans19.0% · 1,033
3 or more8.4% · 454
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Birmingham overall: 52.7% owned, 23.5% social rented, 22.6% private rented.
Owned outright34.5% · 1,872
With mortgage23.7% · 1,286
Shared ownership0.2% · 11
Social rented11.6% · 631
Private rented29.8% · 1,618
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house10.3% · 561
Semi-detached house20.1% · 1,093
Terraced house57.4% · 3,112
Purpose-built flat6.6% · 359
Converted house3.1% · 169
Other conversion0.1% · 8
Above shop / office2.2% · 120
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011171- Council
- Birmingham City Council
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 1 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.