B21 0TU Birmingham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Soho & Jewellery Quarter. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Nineveh Road, Birmingham: 26 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 A (90% of about 770 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
- Al Noor Shopping Centre, 263-265 Soho Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9RY: up to 8 homes, permissioned (130 m)
- 10 Dawson Road: up to 14 homes, permissioned (240 m)
- 52A BOULTON ROAD: up to 2 homes, permissioned (260 m)
- SITE OF 1,3 AND 5 WAVERHILL ROAD: up to 12 homes, permissioned (270 m)
- 72A Soho Road, Handsworth, Birmingham: up to 8 homes, permissioned (570 m)
- WESTERN BUSINESS PARK: up to 310 homes, permissioned (590 m)
- 15 BOOTH STREET: up to 8 homes, permissioned (610 m)
- 75-77 Lansdowne Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9AU: up to 2 homes, permissioned (730 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 14 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 | Jewellery Quarter 446,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.0 km |
| The Hawthorns 334,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km | |
| Smethwick Rolfe Street 404,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Winson Green Outer Circle (West Midlands Metro) | 540 m |
| Soho Benson Road (West Midlands Metro) | 590 m | |
| Handsworth Booth Street (West Midlands Metro) | 1.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m, 43 within 800 m; nearest Grove Lane Handsworth | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Birmingham Coach Station Digbeth | 4.2 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Baker Street Car Park | 160 m |
| EV charging points | 16 within 1.6 km; nearest ubitricity | 390 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 13.7 km |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 22% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 14% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 43% | 17% |
| Private rented | 35% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 39% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 25% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 8% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 13% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 24% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 60% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 18% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 45% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 61% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 19% | 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 Nineveh Road.