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Electoral wardE05011184

Weoley & Selly Oak ward, Birmingham

Weoley & Selly Oak is one of 69 electoral wards of Birmingham City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 23,510 residents in 9,653 households — 4,400 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birmingham Northfield and Birmingham Selly Oak constituencies.

Residents, 202123,510council ward average 16,593
Households9,6532.44 residents per household
Density4,400/ km²about 5.34 km² · Birmingham 4,275
Aged 65+15.5%Birmingham: 13.1% · under 16: 21.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 1,384
5–97.2% · 1,684
10–158.8% · 2,058
16–195.0% · 1,182
20–247.6% · 1,794
25–3414.0% · 3,282
35–4919.3% · 4,530
50–6416.8% · 3,959
65–747.4% · 1,728
75–845.4% · 1,262
85+2.8% · 647

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van33.2% · 3,209
1 car or van44.4% · 4,289
2 cars or vans18.2% · 1,758
3 or more4.1% · 398
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright25.7% · 2,478
With mortgage21.4% · 2,065
Shared ownership1.4% · 132
Social rented30.9% · 2,982
Private rented20.4% · 1,972
Lives rent free0.2% · 23

Type of home

Detached house6.4% · 615
Semi-detached house46.5% · 4,493
Terraced house25.7% · 2,484
Purpose-built flat18.6% · 1,793
Converted house1.9% · 185
Other conversion0.1% · 11
Above shop / office0.7% · 64
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011184
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
44 of 69

Other wards in the same constituency

AAllens Cross15.2% aged 65+ · 55.8% owned11,122BBillesley15.2% aged 65+ · 58.9% owned21,175BBournbrook & Selly Park6.4% aged 65+ · 34.4% owned22,374BBournville & Cotteridge19.0% aged 65+ · 52.8% owned19,176BBrandwood & King's Heath16.3% aged 65+ · 64.3% owned18,786DDruids Heath & Monyhull15.2% aged 65+ · 51.2% owned11,642FFrankley Great Park14.7% aged 65+ · 47.9% owned12,657HHighter's Heath16.0% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned10,745KKing's Norton North19.0% aged 65+ · 60.8% owned11,642KKing's Norton South15.1% aged 65+ · 45.8% owned11,581LLongbridge & West Heath18.0% aged 65+ · 57.3% owned21,649NNorthfield19.7% aged 65+ · 70.6% owned10,404RRubery & Rednal15.1% aged 65+ · 57.4% owned10,319SStirchley12.6% aged 65+ · 61.1% owned10,122

All 69 wards of Birmingham

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.