Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 50 min4:44 am – 9:34 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 39 min8:16 am – 3:55 pm
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People8,471 residentsin the Handsworth West census areaMedian age 33.12,736 households45% of homes owner-occupied26% owned outright23% social rented, 32% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting13.9% unemployment rate52% of adults are economically active, 2,858 in work, 11% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 17%, health and social work 15%, transport and storage 10%Getting to work: 14% work from home, 55% go by car, 21% take public transport, 8% walk or cycle77% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages22% of adults hold a degree or higher31% have no qualifications, 4% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 66%13% 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°C763 mm of rain a year, 19 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December36 days of air frost, 12 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 spacesHandsworth Parkpark · under a mile · 28 haSandwell Valley Country Parkpark · 1.1 mi · 139 haWaverhill Parkpark · under a mileHilltop Golf Clubgolf course · under a mile · 106 haPerry Hall Parkplaying field · 1.1 mi · 63 haUplands Allotmentsallotments · under a mile · 15 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes127 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197015 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199046 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 2 Jul 202550 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 15 · 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
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)3,008 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation130 m427 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 114 to 172 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalMidland Metropolitan University Hospital1.3 miGP surgeryHandsworth Medical Pract.65 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyClick4Prescriptions50 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi77 schools47 primary, 13 secondary, 8 independent, 5 special, 2 nursery, 1 sixth form, 1 otherPrimaryWilliam Murdoch Primary Schoolages 3-11, 591 pupilsright herePrimaryRookery Schoolages 3-11, 453 pupilsright hereSecondaryKing Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boysages 11-18, 1,054 pupilsunder a mileCollegeSandwell College2.3 miUniversityUniversity College Birmingham2.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX8.9 miRailway stationThe HawthornsSmethwick1.1 miMetroWinson Green Outer Circle (West Midlands Metro)under a mileBus stationWest Bromwich Bus Station2.4 miBus stops145 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the B21 postcode district.
