B2 5AF Birmingham
Live postcode, introduced June 2003. Ward: Ladywood. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Temple Row, Birmingham: 77 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Birmingham in 2026-27: Band D £2,363 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,575 | £1,838 | £2,100 | £2,363 | £2,888 | £3,413 | £3,938 | £4,726 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (47% of about 1,290 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, COLMORE ROW AND ENVIRONS CONSERVATION AREA (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 10.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): CITY WIDE HMO.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 1-7, CORPORATION STREET, grade II
- 10, CHERRY STREET (See details for further address information), grade II
- 39-42 Cannon Street, including 9-15 Needless Alley, grade II
- 9-13, CORPORATION STREET, grade II
- BURNABY OBELISK, grade II
- K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK, TEMPLE ROW WEST, grade II
- NEWTON CHAMBERS, grade II
- TEMPLE BUILDINGS, grade II
- Trocadero and Albert Chambers, grade II
- UNETT MONUMENT, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Aspect Court, Ladywood: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (190 m)
- Guildhall Buildings, Navigation Street: up to 32 homes, not permissioned (220 m)
- Martineau Galleries, between Priory Queensway and Moor Street, Ladywood: up to 340 homes, not permissioned (340 m)
- 65 Church Street, City Centre, Birmingham, B3 2DP: up to 2 homes, permissioned (350 m)
- 65 Church Street, Birmingham, B3 2DP: up to 13 homes, permissioned (350 m)
- Town Hall Car Park, Brunel Street: up to 120 homes, not permissioned (380 m)
- UPPER FLOORS 35 TO 37 CARRS LANE: up to 13 homes, permissioned (390 m)
- Richmond House, 84 Newhall Street, Birmingham, B3 1PB: up to 83 homes, permissioned (390 m)
Flood risk
No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Birmingham New Street 37 million journeys in 2024–25 | 290 m |
| Birmingham Snow Hill 3.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 370 m | |
| Birmingham Moor Street 7.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 400 m | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Corporation Street (West Midlands Metro) | 70 m |
| Grand Central (West Midlands Metro) | 180 m | |
| Bull Street (West Midlands Metro) | 240 m | |
| Bus stops | 51 stops within 400 m, 139 within 800 m; nearest Colmore Row Birmingham | 180 m |
| Bus or coach station | Birmingham Coach Station Digbeth | 810 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 10.6 km |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 28 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | under 1% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | under 1% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 17% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 6% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 81% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 72% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 15% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 1% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 61% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 7% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 7% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 10% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 20% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 75% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 63% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 4% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 72% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Temple Row.