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Brandwood & King's Heath

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South Birmingham. About 19,038 people in 3.9 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In Brandwood & King's Heath, 99.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Population
18,787
265th highest of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026
Aged 15 to 64
64.9%
2,228th highest of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021

How Brandwood & King's Heath compares

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

Brandwood & King's HeathMiddle
Population69 wards, Birmingham · 2021
Population: every ward in Birmingham69 areas from 9,300 to 28,025. The middle area is 15,059. Brandwood & King's Heath is 18,787.
18,78730th highest
Gigabit broadband coverage69 wards, Birmingham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Birmingham69 areas from 73.1% to 99.8%. The middle area is 97.8%. Brandwood & King's Heath is 99.3%.
99.3%6th highest
Claimant rate69 wards, Birmingham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Birmingham69 areas from 2.2% to 20.1%. The middle area is 8.7%. Brandwood & King's Heath is 6.5%.
6.5%16th lowest
Aged 15 to 6469 wards, Birmingham · 2021
Aged 15 to 64: every ward in Birmingham69 areas from 57.4% to 86.2%. The middle area is 64.3%. Brandwood & King's Heath is 64.9%.
64.9%29th highest

Figures for the whole of Birmingham

These figures are published for the whole of Birmingham, not for each ward, so they describe all of Birmingham and not Brandwood & King's Heath 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
Brandwood & King's Heath in brief

Brandwood & King's Heath had 18,787 usual residents at the census.

In Brandwood & King's Heath, 99.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Brandwood & King's Heath, 6.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.

64.9% of residents in Brandwood & King's Heath were aged 15 to 64 at the census.