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Great Barr

Middle area

North east Sandwell. 6,794 people in 2.9 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 Great Barr’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£290,000
3,559th lowest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
6,829
3,994th lowest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
69.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Great Barr compares

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

Great BarrMiddle
Median sale price39 middle areas, Sandwell · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Sandwell39 areas from £170,000 to £290,000. The middle area is £219,000. Great Barr is £290,000.
£290,000highest
Population39 middle areas, Sandwell · 2021
Population: every middle area in Sandwell39 areas from 5,714 to 14,169. The middle area is 8,258. Great Barr is 6,829.
6,8299th lowest
Gigabit broadband coverage39 middle areas, Sandwell · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Sandwell39 areas from 69.0% to 99.8%. The middle area is 97.3%. Great Barr is 69.0%.
69.0%lowest
Claimant rate39 middle areas, Sandwell · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Sandwell39 areas from 3.4% to 10.5%. The middle area is 6.4%. Great Barr is 3.4%.
3.4%lowest

Figures for the whole of Sandwell

These figures are published for the whole of Sandwell, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Sandwell and not Great Barr alone. See Sandwell

Average house price
£205,830
Down 0.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,029
19th lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.2×
106th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
33.8
19th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Great Barr in brief

The median price paid for a home in Great Barr was £290,000 in 2025.

Great Barr had 6,829 usual residents at the census.

In Great Barr, 69.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Great Barr, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.