Birmingham Factsheet
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Area
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Area
800km2
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Local Authorities
Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton
Business and innovation
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Business Churn Rate (%) 2019
3.2
(16/63)
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Business Closures (per 10,000 population) 2019
45.01
(22/63)
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Business Start-ups (per 10,000 population) 2019
56.82
(16/63)
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Business stock (per 10,000 population) 2019
369.45
(28/63)
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GDP per worker (£) 2018
60,695
(29/62)
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Patent Applications (per 100,000 of population) 2018
5.46
(52/63)
Demographics
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People Born Outside the UK (%) 2011
15.99
(14/63)
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Population Aged 0-17 (%) 2019
24.18
(8/63)
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Population Aged 18-29 (%) 2019
17.28
(25/63)
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Population Aged 30-44 (%) 2019
19.46
(29/63)
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Population Aged 45-66 (%) 2019
25.04
(50/63)
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Population Aged 67+ (%) 2019
14.05
(38/63)
Exports
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Exports per job (£) 2017
16,690
(19/62)
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Goods exports per job (£) 2017
12,310
(12/62)
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Services exports per job (£) 2017
4,380
(37/62)
Housing
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Households in Social Rentership (%) 2011
23.61
(10/63)
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Households Renting Privately or Living Rent-Free (%) 2011
15.8
(47/63)
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Households that Own or Part-Own Their Home (%) 2011
60.59
(39/63)
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Housing Affordability Ratio 2020
7.55
(33/62)
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Housing Stock 2019
1,032,795
(3/63)
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Mean house price (£) 2020
209,703.64
(32/62)
Industrial Structure
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Manufacturing (%) 2019
10.71
(19/62)
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Other Private Services (%) 2019
45.1
(23/62)
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Other Sectors (%) 2019
5.29
(48/62)
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Private Knowledge Intensive Business Services (%) 2019
11.45
(33/62)
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Public Services (%) 2019
27.44
(39/62)
Jobs and Employment
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Claimant Count (%) January 2021
9.62
(2/63)
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Employment Rate (%) 2018
68.3
(61/63)
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Private Sector Jobs 2019
813,500
(3/62)
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Publicly Funded Jobs 2019
306,500
(3/62)
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Ratio of Private to Public Sector Employment 2019
2.65
(26/62)
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Youth Claimant Count (%) November 2020
10.17
(6/63)
Size
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GDP (£ billion) 2018
67
(3/62)
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Population 2019
2,557,070
(2/63)
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Total Jobs 2019
1,120,505
(3/62)
Skills, Wages and Inequality
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Average Weekly Workplace Earnings (£) 2020
513.21
(22/63)
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Gini coefficient 2016
0.39
(33/58)
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Pupils achieving 9-4 grades in Maths & English at GCSE (%) 2019
60.64
(32/55)
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Working Age Population with a Qualification at NVQ4 or Above (%) 2019
30.2
(46/63)
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Working Age Population with No Formal Qualifications (%) 2019
14.1
(3/63)
Travel and Environment
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CO2 Emissions per Capita (tons) 2018
3.96
(43/63)
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Commuting by Bicycle (%) 2011
1.53
(48/63)
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Commuting by Bus, Train or Metro (%) 2011
17.04
(12/63)
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Commuting by Other Methods (%) 2011
0.4
(45/63)
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Commuting by Private Vehicle (%) 2011
64.83
(35/63)
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Commuting on Foot (%) 2011
8.57
(53/63)
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Number of days of poor air quality 2019
28
(21/63)
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People who Work from Home (%) 2011
7.63
(38/59)
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Ultrafast Broadband (%) 2019
89.01
(17/63)
Welfare
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Total welfare spend (£ million) 2014
9,038.97
(2/62)
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Welfare Spend Per Capita (£) 2014
3,658.02
(14/62)