B9 4XD Birmingham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Bordesley & Highgate. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
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 (89% of about 880 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
- Land at Cherrywood Road, Bordesley Green: up to 66 homes, not permissioned (170 m)
- Cherrywood Road: up to 9 homes, not permissioned (270 m)
- Humpage Road/Cherrywood Road, Bordesley Green: up to 92 homes, not permissioned (290 m)
- Cherrywood Road: up to 2 homes, not permissioned (350 m)
- Parkfield/Anthony Road: up to 54 homes, not permissioned (560 m)
- 51 Bordesley Green, Bordesley Green: up to 35 homes, not permissioned (690 m)
- 427-431 Bordesley Green: up to 4 homes, permissioned (720 m)
- Land adjacent 65 Couchman Road: up to 1 home, permissioned (740 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 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.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 34 addresses are between 125 m and 127 m above sea level (126 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 | Adderley Park 147,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 370 m |
| Duddeston 341,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km | |
| Small Heath 224,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m, 31 within 800 m; nearest Burbidge Road Adderley Park | 260 m |
| Bus or coach station | Birmingham Coach Station Digbeth | 2.5 km |
| Car parks | Trinity Street Car Park | 2.1 km |
| EV charging points | 22 within 1.6 km; nearest ubitricity | 490 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 7.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 16 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Bordesley Green Surgery | 460 m |
| Pharmacies | 29 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Care Services Pharmacy | 390 m |
| NHS dentists | 8 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 710 m |
| Hospital | Heartlands Hospital | 1.5 km |
| Police station | Nechells Police Station | 1.9 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Payzone | 340 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Adderley Park 4.8 ha | 590 m |
| Play area | 9 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 330 m² | 140 m |
| Playing field | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4,330 m² | 330 m |
| Allotments | Bordesley Green Allotments and New Shoots 11 ha | 890 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 4.8 hectares in all.
Landmarks
8 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Brookvale Park | Lake or reservoir | 4.4 km north |
| Kent's Moat | Lake or reservoir | 4.4 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 16.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 30 | 34 |
4 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 | 23 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 33% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 4% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 47% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 31% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 43% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 39% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 13% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 4% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 11% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 15% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 79% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 15% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 37% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 71% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 13% | 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.