Birmingham: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£443,346

Semi-detached

£275,144

Terraced

£221,903

Flat or maisonette

£144,814

First-time buyers

£211,998

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  1,004,502 in 1991 → 1,183,618 in 2024 (+17.8%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £132,493 in 2005 → £234,257 in 2026 (+76.8%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £362 in 2008 → £601 in 2025 (+66.2%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  65.0% in 2004 → 65.9% in 2023 (+1.4%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  5.2% in 2001 → 10.1% in 2025 (+94.2%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £8,644 in 1997 → £19,205 in 2024 (+122.2%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Birmingham; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Business births · Economy & work15.1% (2024) · 8th highest of 361
• Gigabit broadband · Connectivity & access95.0% (January 2026) · 64th highest of 361
• Library within a 30-minute walk · Connectivity & access94% (May 2024) · 63rd highest of 318
• Time to a job centre · Connectivity & access9 min (2019) · 69th lowest of 326

Where it ranks worst

• Claimant count · Economy & work10.1% (2025) · 361st lowest of 361
• Children in relative poverty · Economy & work44.4% (2024/25) · 360th lowest of 363
• Fuel poverty · Economy & work13.8% (2024) · 293rd lowest of 296
• Employment rate · Economy & work65.9% (2023) · 336th highest of 348

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)77.1 years · England 80.0 · 141st highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)82.5 years · England 83.8 · 107th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)58.3 years · England 60.9 · 105th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)58.0 years · England 61.3 · 112th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)418.7 per 100k · England 321.0 · 135th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)12.2% · England 10.4 · 109th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)67.6% · England 64.6 · 98th lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)66.3% · England 68.3 · 113th highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)45.7 score · England 46.0 · 77th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)6.3% · England 5.8 · 110th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)39.5% · England 19.8 · 153rd lowest of 153