B21 0AS Birmingham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Holyhead. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Birmingham Road, Birmingham: 26 addresses
- Malvern Road, Birmingham: 1 address
- Winchester Grove, Birmingham: 1 address
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 A (92% of about 640 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- SITE OF 1 TO 12 WINCHESTER GROVE REAR OF 2 TO 24 WATTVILLE ROAD: up to 4 homes, permissioned (160 m)
- Handsworth Dental Care, 119 Holyhead Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, permissioned (430 m)
- 10 Station Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 0EY: up to 1 home, permissioned (440 m)
- 12 & 14a Holyhead Road, Handsworth: up to 18 homes, not permissioned (860 m)
- 92 Hamilton Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 8AH, permissioned (890 m)
- The Uplands, Oxhill Road, Handsworth, Birmingham: up to 39 homes, permissioned (930 m)
- St John Wall Roman Catholic School, Oxhill Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
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 | The Hawthorns 334,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 710 m |
| Smethwick Rolfe Street 404,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km | |
| Smethwick Galton Bridge 698,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | The Hawthorns (West Midlands Metro) | 730 m |
| Handsworth Booth Street (West Midlands Metro) | 730 m | |
| Winson Green Outer Circle (West Midlands Metro) | 1.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 10 stops within 400 m, 25 within 800 m; nearest Island Road Leveretts | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | West Bromwich Bus Station | 2.9 km |
| Car parks | Parking space on Beacon Close | 1.3 km |
| EV charging points | 9 within 1.6 km; nearest ubitricity | 710 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 15.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Holyhead Primary Health Care Centre | 530 m |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Handsworth Pharmacy | 500 m |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Handsworth Dental Care | 360 m |
| Hospital | Midland Metropolitan University Hospital | 1.9 km |
| Police station | West Midlands Police | 1.8 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Applegreen - Excelsior Service Station, Handsworth | 100 m |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 34 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 28% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 7% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 29% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 18% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 28% | 17% |
| Private rented | 43% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 41% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 19% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 8% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 15% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 26% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 70% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 22% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 38% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 59% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 15% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 1 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 Birmingham Road.