Homes rented privately
9.5% to 54.2%
Homes rented privately ranged from 9.5% in Castle Vale to 54.2% in Bournbrook & Selly Park — a gap of 44.6 percentage points.
21 March 2021 · 69 of 69 current wards with comparable figures.
A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.
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These are separate ward percentages, not an average of them. Boundaries: May 2026. Missing or differently defined figures are excluded from this range and stay visible on the ward pages.
| Ward | Share | Count | Population or households covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Vale | 9.5% | 402 | 4,212 |
| Sutton Roughley | 10.3% | 486 | 4,728 |
| Sutton Wylde Green | 11.2% | 426 | 3,790 |
| Sutton Mere Green | 11.5% | 487 | 4,247 |
| Sutton Walmley & Minworth | 11.6% | 818 | 7,034 |
| Bartley Green | 12.1% | 1,165 | 9,668 |
| Sutton Four Oaks | 12.3% | 473 | 3,858 |
| Druids Heath & Monyhull | 12.5% | 620 | 4,955 |
| King's Norton South | 12.5% | 615 | 4,902 |
| Shard End | 12.8% | 674 | 5,266 |
| King's Norton North | 12.9% | 630 | 4,889 |
| Sutton Vesey | 13.1% | 1,085 | 8,296 |
| Garretts Green | 13.9% | 571 | 4,119 |
| Longbridge & West Heath | 14.2% | 1,378 | 9,692 |
| Sutton Reddicap | 14.3% | 609 | 4,245 |
| Perry Common | 14.9% | 734 | 4,934 |
| Frankley Great Park | 15% | 776 | 5,170 |
| Northfield | 15.3% | 681 | 4,445 |
| Yardley East | 15.4% | 650 | 4,209 |
| Bromford & Hodge Hill | 15.5% | 1,099 | 7,087 |
| Highter's Heath | 15.5% | 680 | 4,382 |
| Allens Cross | 16% | 707 | 4,423 |
| Newtown | 16% | 715 | 4,471 |
| Billesley | 16% | 1,311 | 8,169 |
| Rubery & Rednal | 16.3% | 723 | 4,441 |
| Pype Hayes | 16.3% | 748 | 4,585 |
| Bournville & Cotteridge | 16.4% | 1,363 | 8,291 |
| Quinton | 16.8% | 1,470 | 8,768 |
| Hall Green South | 16.8% | 673 | 3,997 |
| Sheldon | 16.9% | 1,376 | 8,166 |
| Brandwood & King's Heath | 18.4% | 1,437 | 7,805 |
| Glebe Farm & Tile Cross | 18.5% | 1,673 | 9,033 |
| Kingstanding | 19.4% | 1,579 | 8,126 |
| Hall Green North | 19.6% | 1,542 | 7,886 |
| Oscott | 19.8% | 1,696 | 8,587 |
| Lozells | 19.9% | 682 | 3,425 |
| Weoley & Selly Oak | 20.4% | 1,972 | 9,652 |
| Birchfield | 21.3% | 848 | 3,986 |
| Sutton Trinity | 21.6% | 898 | 4,159 |
| South Yardley | 21.6% | 919 | 4,248 |
| Balsall Heath West | 21.9% | 849 | 3,881 |
| Yardley West & Stechford | 22% | 945 | 4,290 |
| Perry Barr | 22.7% | 1,765 | 7,784 |
| Alum Rock | 23.3% | 1,656 | 7,100 |
| Handsworth | 23.8% | 846 | 3,555 |
| Nechells | 24% | 1,178 | 4,913 |
| Ward End | 24.2% | 893 | 3,693 |
| Heartlands | 24.5% | 868 | 3,544 |
| Acocks Green | 24.6% | 2,231 | 9,057 |
| Stirchley | 24.8% | 1,081 | 4,364 |
| Erdington | 25.5% | 2,346 | 9,183 |
| Harborne | 25.8% | 2,564 | 9,949 |
| Aston | 25.9% | 1,753 | 6,773 |
| Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East | 26% | 2,013 | 7,742 |
| Handsworth Wood | 26% | 1,760 | 6,766 |
| Tyseley & Hay Mills | 27.4% | 1,109 | 4,050 |
| Bordesley Green | 28% | 1,035 | 3,696 |
| Gravelly Hill | 28.2% | 1,145 | 4,062 |
| Moseley | 28.3% | 2,593 | 9,160 |
| Small Heath | 28.7% | 1,537 | 5,354 |
| Sparkhill | 29.8% | 1,618 | 5,427 |
| Stockland Green | 29.8% | 2,747 | 9,211 |
| Holyhead | 32.1% | 1,170 | 3,641 |
| Edgbaston | 32.5% | 2,052 | 6,315 |
| North Edgbaston | 40.4% | 3,388 | 8,380 |
| Bordesley & Highgate | 41.3% | 2,279 | 5,523 |
| Soho & Jewellery Quarter | 45.8% | 4,911 | 10,720 |
| Ladywood | 52% | 6,782 | 13,034 |
| Bournbrook & Selly Park | 54.2% | 3,213 | 5,931 |