Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 50 min4:44 am – 9:33 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 40 min8:15 am – 3:55 pm
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People7,725 residentsin the Hay Mills & Tyseley census areaMedian age 32.52,623 households48% of homes owner-occupied21% owned outright19% social rented, 32% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting13.1% unemployment rate55% of adults are economically active, 2,677 in work, 13% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 21%, health and social work 14%, transport and storage 11%Getting to work: 16% work from home, 58% go by car, 16% take public transport, 9% walk or cycle83% 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 higher29% have no qualifications, 4% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 79%6% 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 spacesRedhill Rocket Parkpark · under a mileWestley Vale Millennium Greenpark · under a mile · 8 haSmall Heath Parkpark · 1.1 mi · 17 haOaklands Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 19 haHay Barn Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 4 haYardley Green Leisure Gardensallotments · under a mile · 7 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes131 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197018 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200215 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost 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)2,929 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation122 m400 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 101 to 131 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalIndustrial Zone Former Yardley Green Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryYardley Medical Centre72 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyStag Chemist Birmingham Limited55 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi87 schools48 primary, 14 secondary, 4 all-through, 11 independent, 3 special, 4 nursery, 3 otherPrimaryOasis Academy Hobmoorages 3-11, 493 pupilsunder a milePrimaryRedhill Primary Schoolages 4-11, 204 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryEden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birminghamages 11-16, 618 pupilsunder a mileCollegeJoseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College2.6 miUniversityBirmingham City University3.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX3.3 miRailway stationTyseleyunder a mileMetroDigbeth High Street (West Midlands Metro)2.7 miBus stationBirmingham Coach StationDigbeth2.8 miBus stops146 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the B25 postcode district.
