Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 50 min4:44 am – 9:34 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 40 min8:15 am – 3:55 pm
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People10,160 residentsin the Small Heath Park census areaMedian age 28.42,572 households48% of homes owner-occupied30% owned outright17% social rented, 34% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting14.7% unemployment rate45% of adults are economically active, 2,763 in work, 9% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 21%, health and social work 13%, education 12%Getting to work: 17% work from home, 55% go by car, 13% take public transport, 13% walk or cycle80% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages20% of adults hold a degree or higher35% have no qualifications, 2% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 67%14% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C768 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October39 days of air frost, 13 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesSmall Heath Parkpark · within reach · 17 haDigby Parkpark · under a mile · 2 haFarm Parkpark · under a mile · 5 haHenry Barber Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 2 haHay Barn Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 4 haStorrs Place Private Allotmentsallotments · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes128 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197016 of magnitude 3+, 4 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199050 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 5 Feb 202532 mi away, Malvern, WorcestershireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 15 · PM2.5 8.1 · PM10 13 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband99% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,522 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation125 m410 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 104 to 133 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalIndustrial Zone Former Yardley Green Hospital1.2 miGP surgeryStag Chemist80 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyAllcare Pharmacy71 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistDental Surgeryright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi104 schools58 primary, 16 secondary, 3 all-through, 14 independent, 5 special, 6 nursery, 2 otherPrimaryHoly Family Catholic Primary Schoolages 3-11, 211 pupilsunder a mileIndependentDarul Uloom Islamic High Schoolages 11-16, 153 pupilsunder a mileAll-throughArk Victoria Academyages 3-18, 1,519 pupilsunder a mileCollegeJoseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College1.5 miUniversityBirmingham City University1.9 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX4.4 miRailway stationSmall Heathunder a mileMetroDigbeth High Street (West Midlands Metro)1.6 miBus stationBirmingham Coach StationDigbeth1.7 miBus stops148 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the B10 postcode district.
