Bordesley Green

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Bordesley Green
latitude= 52.476
longitude= -1.844
map_type= West Midlands
population = 31,343 (2001 Population Census)
population_density = 74.81 per ha
metropolitan_borough= Birmingham
metropolitan_county= West Midlands
region= West Midlands
constituency_westminster= Birmingham Hodge Hill
post_town= BIRMINGHAM
postcode_district = B9
postcode_area= B
dial_code= 0121
os_grid_reference= SP105865
Ambulance= West Midlands Ambulance Service

Bordesley Green is an inner-city area of Birmingham, England about two miles south-east from the city centre. It is also a ward in the formal district of Hodge Hill. Neighbouring areas include, Alum Rock, Saltley, Small Heath and Yardley.

Heartlands Hospital is located in the eastern part of Bordesley Green. The area is also served by Yardley Green Medical Centre.

Kingfisher Country Park covers the River Cole recreation grounds which are partially covered by the area's boundaries.

Demography

The 2001 Population Census found that there were 31,343 people living in the ward. This makes it the second most populous ward, behind Sparkbrook. [ [http://www.birminghameconomy.org.uk/download/profiles/wards/wardpopcomp.pdf Birmingham Economy: Population] ] The ward has an area of 417.7 hectares resulting in a population density of 74.81 people per hectare. This makes the ward the third densest ward, behind Sparkbrook and Lozells and East Handsworth. [ [http://www.birminghameconomy.org.uk/download/profiles/wards/warddencomp.pdf Birmingham Economy: Population Density] ] Females represent 51.2% of the population, below the city average of 51.6% and the national average of 51.3%.

99.7% of residents lived in households, above the city average of 98.3%. The other 0.3% lived in communal establishments. The total number of occupied households in the ward was 9,350. This results in an average of number of people per household of 3.3, higher than the city of 2.5 and national average of 2.4. The majority of households are owner occupied (58%). 20.6% of occupied households are rented from Birmingham City Council, above the city average of 19.4%. 337 houses were identified as being vacant. Terraced houses were the most common form of housing in the area at 54.4%, compared with the city average of 31.3% and the national average of 25.8%. At 25.4%, semi-detached houses were the second most common form of housing.

The area is an ethnically diverse community with ethnic minorities consisting of 71.1% of the population compared to the 29.6% for Birmingham. 33.5% of the population was born outside of the United Kingdom, much higher than the city average of 16.5% and the national average of 9.3%. 62.2% of the population was of the Asian ethnic group, more specifically, the British Pakistani ethnic group (50.5%). The proportion of Asian people in Birmingham is much lower at 19.5% and the proportion of Pakistani people is 10.6%. White British people represented 25.7% of the ward's population. There is a wide variety of languages spoken within the area such as Punjabi, Urdu, Mirpuri, Bengali, Pushto and Arabic with English being the most widely spoken language. The most dominant religion in the ward was Islam with 59.4% of the population stating themselves as Muslims, above the average for Birmingham of 14.3% and the national average of 3.1%. Christianity was the second largest religion in the ward with 27.1% of the ward's population stating themselves as Christians.

The 25-44 age group represented the greatest portion of all age groups at 27.3%. At 22.2%, the 5-15 age group was the second largest. The proportion of the population that was of a pensionable age was 11.7%, below the city average of 16.7% and the national average of 18.4%. The proportion of people of a working age was 54.9%, below the city average of 59.8% and national average of 61.5%. The unemployment rate is 15.5%, higher than the city average of 9.5% and national average of 5%. 47.1% of the residents were identified as being economically active. Of the unemployed, 34.1% were in long term unemployment and 23.6% had never worked. 19.5% of the working population worked in the Wholesale & Retail Trade, Vehicle Repairs sector, followed by 19.3% of the working population working in the Manufacturing sector. The Birmingham Heartlands & Solihull Trust is the largest employer in the area, employing approximately 5,000 people. South Birmingham College is the second largest employer, employing around 850 people. [ [http://www.birminghameconomy.org.uk/download/profiles/wards/wardbor.pdf Birmingham Economy: Bordesley Green] ]

Several hundred terraced houses around Bordesley Green dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries were demolished in the early 1990s and new houses built on their site as part of a "New homes for old" initiative which allowed people to remain living in areas that their families had lived in for generations.

Politics

The Bordesley Green Ward was created in June 2004 out of the Small Heath and Sparkbrook wards. It is represented at the Birmingham City Council by two Liberal Democrat councillors and one Labour councillor; Zaker Choudhry (Liberal Democrats), Shaukat Ali Khan (Liberal Democrats) and Shafique Shah (Labour).

Bordesley Green has adopted a Ward Support Officer with the current holder of the title being Tracey Arthurs.

Education

The area is served by the seven primary schools:
*Bordesley Green Junior and Infants Primary School
*Marlborough Infants Primary School
*Marlborough Junior Primary School
*Somerville Junior and Infants Primary School
*St Benedicts Junior and Infants Primary School
*Star Bank Junior and Infants Primary School
*Alston Junior and Infants Primary School

There are also three secondary schools serving Bordesley Green:
*Saltley Secondary School
*Waverley Secondary School
*Al-Hijrah Secondary school

References

* [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/Media?MEDIA_ID=157293 2001 Population census information: Ward profiles]

External links

* [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/bordesleygreen Birmingham City Council: Bordesley Green Ward]