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County or areaWest Midlands
Postcode districtB70
Telephone code0121
Time zoneEurope/London (GMT/BST)
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 50 min4:44 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 39 min8:16 am – 3:55 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People7,356 residentsin the Greets Green West census areaMedian age 35.12,630 households47% of homes owner-occupied25% owned outright35% social rented, 17% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting12.2% unemployment rate55% of adults are economically active, 2,637 in work, 15% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 18%, health and social work 16%, manufacturing 13%Getting to work: 12% work from home, 63% go by car, 13% take public transport, 10% walk or cycle79% 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, 4% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 74%8% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C754 mm of rain a year, 18 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October37 days of air frost, 13 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearJanuary: 2 to 7°CJFebruary: 2 to 8°CFMarch: 3 to 10°CMApril: 5 to 14°CAMay: 8 to 17°CMJune: 11 to 20°CJJuly: 13 to 22°CJAugust: 13 to 21°CASeptember: 10 to 19°CSOctober: 8 to 14°CONovember: 4 to 10°CNDecember: 2 to 8°CD25°0°Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksBromford Stopisland · 1.0 miRyders Green Junctionwater · under a milePudding Green Junctionwater · under a mileSwan Poollake · 2.2 miTitford Poollake · 2.2 miDarby's Hillhill · 2.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesSheepwash Urban Parkpark · under a mile · 39 haMarl Hole Parkpark · under a mile · 4 haBury Hill Parkpark · 1.5 mi · 38 haGreets Green Playing Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 12 haJesson Playing Fieldplaying field · under a mile · 7 haFarley Parksports ground · under a mile · 4 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes118 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199043 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 2 Jul 202547 mi away, Knucklas, PowysSource: 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 16 · PM2.5 8.2 · 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
Broadband97% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,828 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation142 m466 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 127 to 168 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSkin Hospital1.3 miGP surgeryGreat Bridge Partnership For Health Cordley Street53 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyCarters Chemist26 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistKainth Dental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi47 schools33 primary, 8 secondary, 2 independent, 2 special, 2 otherPrimaryHanbury Primary Schoolages 3-11, 452 pupilsunder a milePrimaryRyders Green Primary Schoolages 3-11, 452 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryGeorge Salter Academyages 11-19, 1,377 pupilsunder a mileCollegeSandwell College1.1 miUniversityUniversity College Birmingham5.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX12 miRailway stationSandwell & DudleyOldburyunder a mileMetroDudley Street Guns Village (West Midlands Metro)under a mileBus stationWest Bromwich Bus Stationunder a mileBus stops128 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports

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