Birmingham Factsheet

Area

• Area 800km²
  
• Local Authorities Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton
  

Business and innovation

• Business Churn Rate (%) 2016 7.09 (5/62)
  
• Business Closures (per 10,000 population) 2016 42.91 (29/63)
  
• Business Start-ups (per 10,000 population) 2016 65.05 (11/62)
  
• Business stock (per 10,000 population) 2016 311.98 (27/62)
  
• GVA per worker 2016 48,421.63 (30/62)
  
• Patent Applications (per 100,000 of population) 2015 8.21 (57/63)
  

Demographics

• People Born Outside the UK (%) 2011 15.99 (14/63)
  
• Population Aged 0-17 (%) 2016 24.09 (7/63)
  
• Population Aged 18-29 (%) 2016 17.45 (28/63)
  
• Population Aged 30-44 (%) 2016 19.43 (33/63)
  
• Population Aged 45-64 (%) 2016 23.28 (50/63)
  
• Population Aged 65+ (%) 2016 15.75 (35/63)
  

Exports

• Exports per job (£) 2014 14,090 (25/62)
  
• Goods exports per job (£) 2014 10,330 (17/62)
  
• Services exports per job (£) 2014 3,760 (44/62)
  

Housing

• Households in Social Rentership (%) 2011 23.61 (10/63)
  
• Households Renting Privately or Living Rent-Free (%) 2011 15.8 (47/63)
  
• Households that Own or Part-Own Their Home (%) 2011 60.59 (39/63)
  
• Housing Affordability Ratio 2017 7.46 (31/62)
  
• Housing stock 2016 1,013,140 (3/63)
  
• Mean house price (£) 2017 190,984.4 (33/62)
  

Industrial Structure

• Manufacturing (%) 2016 10.54 (19/62)
  
• Other Private Services (%) 2016 44.14 (33/62)
  
• Other Sectors (%) 2016 4.98 (41/62)
  
• Private Knowledge Intensive Business Services (%) 2016 11.96 (27/62)
  
• Public Services (%) 2016 28.37 (38/62)
  

Jobs and Employment

• Claimant Count (%) August 2018 4.41 (2/63)
  
• Employment Rate (%) 2017 66.69 (61/63)
  
• Private Sector Jobs 2016 782,000 (3/62)
  
• Publicly funded jobs 2016 309,500 (2/62)
  
• Ratio of Private to Public Sector Employment 2016 2.53 (24/62)
  
• Youth Claimant Count (%) August 2018 4.31 (6/63)
  

Size

• GVA 2016 52.83 (3/62)
  
• Population 2016 2,512,000 (2/63)
  
• Total Jobs 2016 1,091,500 (3/62)
  

Skills, Wages and Inequality

• Average Weekly Workplace Earnings (£) 2017 527.2 (18/63)
  
• Gini coefficient 2016 0.39 (33/58)
  
• Pupils Achieving 5A*-C GCSEs inc. Maths & Eng. (%) 2016 52.63 (42/59)
  
• Working Age Population with a Qualification at NVQ4 or Above (%) 2016 28.4 (49/63)
  
• Working Age Population with No Formal Qualifications (%) 2016 16.3 (1/63)
  

Travel and Environment

• CO2 Emissions per Capita (tons) 2015 4.42 (43/63)
  
• Commuting by Bicycle (%) 2011 1.53 (48/63)
  
• Commuting by Bus, Train or Metro (%) 2011 17.04 (12/63)
  
• Commuting by Other Methods (%) 2011 0.4 (45/63)
  
• Commuting by Private Vehicle (%) 2011 64.83 (35/63)
  
• Commuting on Foot (%) 2011 8.57 (53/63)
  
• People who Work from Home (%) 2011 7.63 (38/59)
  
• Ultrafast Broadband (%) 2017 85.95 (18/63)
  

Welfare

• Total welfare spend (£ million) 2014 9,038.97 (2/62)
  
• Welfare Spend Per Capita (£) 2014 3,658.02 (14/62)