Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 49 min4:43 am – 9:32 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 40 min8:13 am – 3:54 pm
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People7,211 residentsin the Little Heath census areaMedian age 33.42,498 households58% of homes owner-occupied24% owned outright13% social rented, 29% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting8.3% unemployment rate64% of adults are economically active, 3,156 in work, 12% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 21%, health and social work 15%, manufacturing 12%Getting to work: 17% work from home, 62% go by car, 11% take public transport, 9% walk or cycle71% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages25% of adults hold a degree or higher25% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 70%8% 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°C721 mm of rain a year, 18 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November40 days of air frost, 15 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 spacesLongford Parkpark · under a mile · 27 haEdgwick Parkpark · under a mile · 3 haMoat House Parkpark · 1.3 mi · 10 haHolbrooks Parkplaying field · under a mile · 12 haCoventry Welsh Rugby Football Groundplaying field · under a mileCoventry Sports Foundation Centresports ground · under a mile · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes100 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197016 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200229 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202540 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 13 · PM2.5 7.8 · 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)2,745 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation94 m308 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 81 to 106 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWalsgrave Hospital2.6 miGP surgeryChildren's Ld Service43 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBoots32 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistWindmill Road Dental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi49 schools33 primary, 8 secondary, 2 independent, 4 special, 1 nursery, 1 otherPrimaryLongford Park Primary Schoolages 3-11, 224 pupilsunder a milePrimaryHolbrook Primary Schoolages 3-11, 608 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryFoxford Community Schoolages 11-18, 1,078 pupilsunder a mileCollegeCoventry College2.1 miUniversityCoventry University2.5 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX11 miRailway stationCoventry ArenaRowleys Greenunder a mileBus stationTesco ExtraLongfordunder a mileBus stops145 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CV6 postcode district.
