B30 2YA Birmingham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Stirchley. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Pershore Road, Birmingham: 32 addresses
- Church Drive, Birmingham: 1 address
- Pershore Road, 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 (54% of about 1,060 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
- 1257-1259 Pershore Road - Flat over, Stirchley, Birmingham, B30 2YT: up to 1 home, permissioned (80 m)
- 1256-1258 Pershore Road: up to 31 homes, permissioned (120 m)
- 1124 Pershore Road: up to 1 home, permissioned (340 m)
- 1386-1392 Pershore Road: up to 39 homes, permissioned (410 m)
- Land Incorporating 1048 - 1052 Pershore Road & 1-3 Dogpool Lane: up to 127 homes, permissioned (590 m)
- LAND FRONTING HAZELWELL ROAD REAR OF 3 TO 11 IVY ROAD: up to 1 home, permissioned (610 m)
- 83 Cartland Road, Stirchley, Birmingham, B30 2SD: up to 1 home, permissioned (620 m)
- Station Fields Car Park, Bournville: up to 71 homes, not permissioned (680 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 6 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 23 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 8 low and 1 very low.
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 34 addresses are between 124 m and 125 m above sea level (124 m on average).
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 | Bournville 996,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 660 m |
| Selly Oak 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km | |
| Kings Norton 934,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km | |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m, 31 within 800 m; nearest Ripple Road Stirchley | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Birmingham Coach Station Digbeth | 5.3 km |
| Car parks | Q-Park Qemc | 2.6 km |
| EV charging points | 24 within 1.6 km; nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 100 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 11.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest River Brook Medical Centre | 440 m |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Ashtree Pharmacy | 780 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 620 m |
| Hospital | Selly Oak Hospital (Acute) | 1.4 km |
| Police station | West Midlands Police | 1.9 km |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest Daaru Junction, Stirchley Cashzone | 60 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 13 ha | 150 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 810 m² | 260 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5,190 m² | 240 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Hazelwell Allotments 3.2 ha | 580 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 16 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 4 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 30 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 34 |
34 of the postcode's 34 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 67% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 19% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 30% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 67% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 10% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 49% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 30% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 10% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 76% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 50% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 4 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 Pershore Road.