B21 8AJ Birmingham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Holyhead. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Hamilton Road, Birmingham: 55 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 (71% of about 790 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
- 92 Hamilton Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 8AH, permissioned (160 m)
- 12 & 14a Holyhead Road, Handsworth: up to 18 homes, not permissioned (220 m)
- 10 Station Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 0EY: up to 1 home, permissioned (350 m)
- Handsworth Dental Care, 119 Holyhead Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, permissioned (350 m)
- 15 BOOTH STREET: up to 8 homes, permissioned (470 m)
- SITE OF 1 TO 12 WINCHESTER GROVE REAR OF 2 TO 24 WATTVILLE ROAD: up to 4 homes, permissioned (600 m)
- 10 Dawson Road: up to 14 homes, permissioned (720 m)
- 52A BOULTON ROAD: up to 2 homes, permissioned (740 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 15 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 | 1.4 km |
| Smethwick Rolfe Street 404,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km | |
| Smethwick Galton Bridge 698,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Handsworth Booth Street (West Midlands Metro) | 810 m |
| Winson Green Outer Circle (West Midlands Metro) | 1.0 km | |
| The Hawthorns (West Midlands Metro) | 1.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m, 34 within 800 m; nearest Holyhead Way Handsworth | 230 m |
| Bus or coach station | West Bromwich Bus Station | 3.6 km |
| Car parks | Baker Street Car Park | 820 m |
| EV charging points | 9 within 1.6 km; nearest ubitricity | 30 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 14.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Handsworth Medical Pract. | 270 m |
| Pharmacies | 8 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Click4Prescriptions | 270 m |
| NHS dentists | 8 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Handsworth Dental Care | 410 m |
| Hospital | Midland Metropolitan University Hospital | 1.8 km |
| Police station | Thornhill Road Police Station | 1.2 km |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest Bhurjee & Company, Handsworth Cashzone | 400 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,550 m² | 470 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 250 m² | 510 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 560 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Sandwell Road Allotments 1.5 ha | 250 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.3 hectares in all.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 25% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 23% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 12% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 38% | 17% |
| Private rented | 37% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 14% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 18% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 14% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 70% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 33% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 71% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 12% | 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 Hamilton Road.