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Chester Road

Middle area

North east Birmingham. 9,956 people in 1.9 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Chester Road’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£271,000
3,180th lowest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
9,715
1,399th highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Chester Road compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Chester RoadMiddle
Median sale price131 middle areas, Birmingham · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Birmingham131 areas from £128,000 to £556,000. The middle area is £226,500. Chester Road is £271,000.
£271,00034th highest
Population132 middle areas, Birmingham · 2021
Population: every middle area in Birmingham132 areas from 5,596 to 16,085. The middle area is 8,394. Chester Road is 9,715.
9,71533rd highest
Gigabit broadband coverage132 middle areas, Birmingham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Birmingham132 areas from 57.2% to 99.9%. The middle area is 98.2%. Chester Road is 96.5%.
96.5%joint 45th lowest
Claimant rate132 middle areas, Birmingham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Birmingham132 areas from 1.8% to 23.2%. The middle area is 9.2%. Chester Road is 5.2%.
5.2%joint 21st lowest

Figures for the whole of Birmingham

These figures are published for the whole of Birmingham, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Birmingham and not Chester Road alone. See Birmingham

Average house price
£234,257
Up 2.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,989
93rd lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.5×
128th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
38.1
5th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Chester Road in brief

The median price paid for a home in Chester Road was £271,000 in 2025.

Chester Road had 9,715 usual residents at the census.

In Chester Road, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Chester Road, 5.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.