Postcode District:
B30
Postcode District Name:
Birmingham
Location:
The B30 postcode district lies within or includes part of the following towns, counties, localities, electoral wards and stations: Birmingham, Bournville, Brandwood, Kings Norton, Selly Oak, Stirchley.
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Notes:
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Old area guide:
The commentary below was written for the mouseprice.com website in 2006, please be aware that the comments below might be out of date. We recommend disregarding these comments in favour of the data that can be found either above or in the other sections of this website.
Market trends:
 The size of the property market in B30 is 12196 homes.
Property in this postcode district (B30) has been growing at a nominal annual rate of 12.4% over the last 5 years. This rate can be indicative ofa dynamic local economy and housing market. Property price growth in this area has significantly exceeded growth in earnings and the national average house price growth, and so the likelihood of it continuing will be dependent upon price earnings ratio, as well as investment by developers and local authorities in continually upgrading local infrastructure, schools, in addition to the continued strength of the local and national economies and any other economies upon which the area depends.
Over the last 3 months, the average property value for this postcode district has been £150889.
When examining the ability of consumers to further extend themselves in the face of increasing property prices, many commentators pay close attention to the price earnings ratio. Price Earnings Ratio in this postcode district is 6.2.
New transactions as a percentage of overall sales are 5.4%.
Housing stock:
The most readily available type of property in the area are Terraced Houses, making up 38.9% of the total.
The least common type of property in this area is Detached Houses (6.8% of the total housing stock).
Socially rented accommodation represents a significant percentage of the total rented accommodation in the area at 23%.
The majority of property in this area is owner occupied.
The average price of a two bed property in this area is less that the national average of £187894 at £156688.
Who lives here:
The population of this postcode district is 27271.
The average age in this area is 37.
Single people make up 34.3% of the population in this postcode district.
Average working hours in this area for men are 41 and for women are 33.
This area has 36.2 people per square kilometre.
The largest source of work in this area is Health & Social Work (16.1% of workers), followed by Education (15%).
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