Neighbourhood · Birmingham · West Midlands
Shard End & Kingfisher
Birmingham 046 · 4 sub-areas · 7,437 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Couples (64/100)Watch-out: Families (54/100)Liveability 77/100 · Top quartileCommuter neighbourhood
Shard End & Kingfisher is a commuter neighbourhood within Birmingham — train into Birmingham runs in around 36 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
77/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Shard End & Kingfisher?
A snapshot of Shard End & Kingfisher
2 parks are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; 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.
Shard End & Kingfisher in Birmingham
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Shard End & Kingfisher?
- The median monthly rent across Shard End & Kingfisher is £1,086.
- How safe is Shard End & Kingfisher?
- Shard End & Kingfisher 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 Shard End & Kingfisher?
- 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 28 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Shard End & Kingfisher?
- There are 23 schools within 2 km of Shard End & Kingfisher, of which 41% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1928 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Shard End & Kingfisher?
- The most common council tax band in Shard End & Kingfisher is B, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,804. Council tax is set by Birmingham council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Shard End & Kingfisher to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Shard End & Kingfisher to central London is approximately 104 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 Shard End & Kingfisher?
- 100% of premises in Shard End & Kingfisher are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Shard End & Kingfisher?
- Shard End & Kingfisher sits in IMD decile 2 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 Shard End & Kingfisher?
- 50% of households in Shard End & Kingfisher 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 Shard End & Kingfisher?
- The average property price across Birmingham (the local authority covering Shard End & Kingfisher) 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 Shard End & Kingfisher 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 Shard End & Kingfisher?
- Shard End & Kingfisher contains 4 local areas: Birmingham 046A, Birmingham 046D, Birmingham 046C, Birmingham 046B.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Shard End & Kingfisher
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Shard End & Kingfisher?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Shard End & Kingfisher 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 Shard End & Kingfisher a safe place to live?
- Shard End & Kingfisher has a safety score of 39/100. 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 Shard End & Kingfisher?
- 41% of schools within 2 km of Shard End & Kingfisher are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Shard End & Kingfisher?
- Public-transport commute time from Shard End & Kingfisher to central London is approximately 104 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Shard End & Kingfisher different from the rest of Birmingham?
- Shard End & Kingfisher 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 Shard End & Kingfisher rank in Birmingham?
- Shard End & Kingfisher scores 77/100 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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