Neighbourhood · Birmingham · West Midlands
Bordesley
Birmingham 139 · 8 sub-areas · 15,791 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Couples (73/100)Watch-out: Solo renters (63/100)Liveability 97/100 · Best 5% nationallyCommuter neighbourhood
Bordesley is a commuter neighbourhood within Birmingham — train into Birmingham runs in around 14 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.
Liveability
97/100
Best 5% nationally
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Bordesley?
A snapshot of Bordesley
2 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 8 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Bordesley?
- The median monthly rent across Bordesley is £1,086.
- How safe is Bordesley?
- Bordesley 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 Bordesley?
- 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 14 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Bordesley?
- There are 32 schools within 2 km of Bordesley, of which 51% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 823 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Bordesley?
- The most common council tax band in Bordesley is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,689. Council tax is set by Birmingham council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Bordesley to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Bordesley to central London is approximately 96 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 Bordesley?
- 100% of premises in Bordesley are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Bordesley?
- Bordesley 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 Bordesley?
- 52% of households in Bordesley 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 Bordesley?
- The average property price across Birmingham (the local authority covering Bordesley) 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 Bordesley 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 Bordesley?
- Bordesley contains 8 local areas: Birmingham 139C, Birmingham 139F, Birmingham 139B, Birmingham 139D, Birmingham 139E…
FAQ
Frequently asked about Bordesley
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Bordesley?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Bordesley 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 Bordesley a safe place to live?
- Bordesley has a safety score of 45/100. 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 Bordesley?
- 51% of schools within 2 km of Bordesley are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Bordesley?
- Public-transport commute time from Bordesley to central London is approximately 96 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Bordesley different from the rest of Birmingham?
- Bordesley contains 8 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 Bordesley rank in Birmingham?
- Bordesley scores 97/100 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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