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Birmingham 143
Birmingham 143 · 4 sub-areas · 8,129 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Investors / BTL (75/100)Watch-out: Families (61/100)Liveability 87/100 · Top quartileCommuter neighbourhood
Birmingham 143 is a commuter neighbourhood within Birmingham — train into Birmingham runs in around 15 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children; the rental market is active and turnover is high — people move through rather than stay.
Liveability
87/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Birmingham 143?
A snapshot of Birmingham 143
3 parks and 3 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,086 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Birmingham 143?
- The median monthly rent across Birmingham 143 is £1,086.
- How safe is Birmingham 143?
- Birmingham 143 has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Birmingham 143?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 15 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Birmingham 143?
- There are 29 schools within 2 km of Birmingham 143, of which 31% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1906 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Birmingham 143?
- The most common council tax band in Birmingham 143 is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,613. Council tax is set by Birmingham council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Birmingham 143 to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Birmingham 143 to central London is approximately 95 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Birmingham 143?
- 100% of premises in Birmingham 143 are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Birmingham 143?
- Birmingham 143 sits in IMD decile 1 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Birmingham 143?
- 51% of households in Birmingham 143 are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Birmingham 143?
- The average property price across Birmingham (the local authority covering Birmingham 143) is approximately £232,266, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Birmingham 143 a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.49 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £30,180.)
- Which local areas are part of Birmingham 143?
- Birmingham 143 contains 4 local areas: Birmingham 143C, Birmingham 143A, Birmingham 143D, Birmingham 143B.
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Frequently asked about Birmingham 143
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Birmingham 143?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Birmingham 143 is £1,086. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Birmingham 143 a safe place to live?
- Birmingham 143 has a safety score of 42/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Birmingham 143?
- 31% of schools within 2 km of Birmingham 143 are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Birmingham 143?
- Public-transport commute time from Birmingham 143 to central London is approximately 95 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Birmingham 143 different from the rest of Birmingham?
- Birmingham 143 contains 4 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Birmingham 143 rank in Birmingham?
- Birmingham 143 scores 87/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Birmingham, see the Cities table on the Birmingham page.
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