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
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People15,720 residentsin the Bordesley census areaMedian age 27.44,055 households49% of homes owner-occupied30% owned outright23% social rented, 28% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting15.8% unemployment rate49% of adults are economically active, 4,534 in work, 8% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 20%, health and social work 14%, transport and storage 12%Getting to work: 16% work from home, 55% go by car, 15% take public transport, 12% walk or cycle79% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages19% of adults hold a degree or higher34% have no qualifications, 2% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 70%12% 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 · under a mile · 17 haDigby Parkpark · under a mile · 2 haAdderley Parkpark · under a mile · 5 haHenry Barber Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 2 haBordesley Green Allotments and New Shootsallotments · under a mile · 12 haSaltley Leisure Centresports ground · under a mile · 7 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes127 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197017 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 16 · 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)4,195 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation127 m417 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 104 to 133 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBhh - Urgent Treatment Centre - Heartlands Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryBordesley Green Surgery80 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyEvergreen Dispensing Chemists65 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistKeep Smiling Dental Practiceunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi98 schools51 primary, 15 secondary, 5 all-through, 13 independent, 5 special, 6 nursery, 1 sixth form, 2 otherSecondaryBordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Formages 11-18, 938 pupilsunder a milePrimaryMarlborough Primary Schoolages 3-11, 598 pupilsunder a milePrimaryWyndcliffe Primary Schoolages 3-11, 566 pupilsunder a mileCollegeSouth and City College Birmingham1.4 miUniversityBirmingham City University1.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX4.7 miRailway stationAdderley Parkunder a mileMetroDigbeth High Street (West Midlands Metro)1.5 miBus stationBirmingham Coach StationDigbeth1.5 miBus stops144 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the B9 postcode district.
