Property market
The five-year median is £179,000 from 2 recorded sales in B31 3HN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Birmingham is £234,150 in June 2026, up 2.2% year on year.
B31 3HN
Longbridge & West Heath · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birmingham
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Northfield
- Postcode district
- B31
- Postcode sector
- B31 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B31 3HN
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B31
- Postcode sector
- B31 3
- Latitude
- 52.402395
- Longitude
- -1.959308
- British National Grid easting
- 402,865
- British National Grid northing
- 278,264
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Longbridge & West Heath · E05011152
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Northfield · E14001097
- Output area
- E00046694
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 126D · E01009214
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 126 · E02001952
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore B31
Property
13 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 39, Houldey Road, Birmingham, B31 3HN | 20 July 2023 | £188,000 |
| 71, Houldey Road, Birmingham, B31 3HN | 14 January 2022 | £170,000 |
| 43, Houldey Road, Birmingham, B31 3HN | 3 July 2020 | £137,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 95
- Primary
- 59
- Secondary
- 13
- 240 m
West Heath Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 414 m
West Heath Primary School
Community school
- 621 m
King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,120
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,769
- Shoplifting 448
- Criminal damage and arson 360
- Vehicle crime 331
- Public order 226
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 53
- Postcode households
- 20
- Residents per household
- 2.6
- B31 3 residents
- 11,370
27 female, 26 male
Age bands in B31 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.4%
2,215 residents
1,387 residents
2,938 residents
3,077 residents
1,890 residents
This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B31 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
23
within 5 km
WEST HEATH SURGERY
196 WEST HEATH ROAD, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 3HB
ODS code M85007
195 m
WOODLAND ROAD SURGERY
57 WOODLAND ROAD, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 2HZ
ODS code M85047
894 m
COFTON MEDICAL CENTRE
2 ROBINSFIELD DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, B31 4TU
ODS code M85086
1.2 km
ST HELIERS MEDICAL PRACTICE
15 ST. HELIERS ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 1QT
ODS code M85030
1.6 km
HAWKESLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
375 SHANNON ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 9TJ
ODS code M85043
1.7 km
WYCHALL LANE SURGERY
11 WYCHALL LANE, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 8TE
ODS code M85071
1.8 km
REA VALLEY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
66 REDDITCH ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 8QS
ODS code M85600
2.0 km
NORTHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
10-12 MIDDLETON HALL ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B30 1BY
ODS code M85077
2.3 km
DOSKI MEDICAL PRACTICE
101 HOLLOWAY, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 1TR
ODS code M85730
2.7 km
GREAT PARK MEDICAL GROUP
MANOR PARK GROVE, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 5ER
ODS code M85076
2.7 km
SHENLEY GREEN SURGERY
22 SHENLEY GREEN, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 4HH
ODS code M85062
2.9 km
COLLEGE GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, 1 BRISTOL ROAD SOUTH, BIRMINGHAM, B31 2GH
ODS code M85029
3.1 km
LEACH HEATH MEDICAL CENTRE
32 LEACH HEATH LANE, RUBERY, REDNAL, BIRMINGHAM, B45 9BU
ODS code M85027
3.8 km
MILLENNIUM MEDICAL CENTRE
121 WEOLEY CASTLE ROAD, WEOLEY CASTLE, BIRMINGHAM, B29 5QD
ODS code M85023
4.0 km
WEOLEY PARK SURGERY
112 WEOLEY PARK ROAD, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 5HA
ODS code M85056
4.0 km
DRUIDS HEATH SURGERY
27 POUND ROAD, DRUIDS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 5SB
ODS code M85136
4.1 km
SELLY OAK HEALTH CENTRE
15 KATIE ROAD, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 6JG
ODS code M85055
4.2 km
NEW ROAD SURGERY
104-106 NEW ROAD, RUBERY, RUBERY, REDNAL, BIRMINGHAM, B45 9HY
ODS code M81025
4.4 km
CORNHILL SURGERY
65 NEW ROAD, RUBERY, REDNAL, BIRMINGHAM, B45 9JT
ODS code M81055
4.5 km
JIGGINS LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
17 JIGGINS LANE, BARTLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B32 3LE
ODS code M85143
4.5 km
Showing 20 of 23 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
West Heath Nursery School
BCT · Turves Green
- 0.1 miles
West Heath Nursery School
BCT · Turves Green
- 0.2 miles
West Heath Road
BCT · Turves Green
- 0.2 miles
Staple Lodge Road
BCT · Turves Green
- 0.2 miles
West Heath Road
BCT · Turves Green
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 126D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
1 of 10
Overall England rank
1,420 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 9
- Medium risk addresses
- 1
- Low risk addresses
- 7
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Schools
95 open schools are in scope, including 59 primary and 13 secondary schools. West Heath Nursery School is the nearest published school at 240 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
4,120 published events cover 12 months, averaging 343.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,769 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.