Presentation delivered to the Hodge Hill district convention on 11th September by Richard Browne Birmingham City Council. Contains data, statistics and other information to help inform the setting of priorities within Hodge Hill district. You can download the document itself at the link below. For more information get in contact with Richard Browne - richard.browne@birmingham.gov.uk Twitter: @richardbrowne80 http://fairbrum.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/hodge-hill-district-profile_nov-131.pdf

2. So what is the Strategic Assessment?
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3. People... Who lives here
Demographics
Health
Education
Their priorities

4. Place...
Locations of high deprivation/poverty
Locations of high crime
Mapping Physical Assets
Mapping neighbourhoods
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5. A confession…..

8. Place...
123,537 2nd highest in the city
Washwood Heath
Bordesley Green
2nd and 3rd highest wards in
the city
3rd and 5th highest in England
and Wales
High Density 2nd highest in the city
20% Of houses in Washwood Heath are classed as
overcrowded

10. Hodge Hill
is deprived

12. INDEX OF MULTIPLE
DEPRIVATION
CENSUS MEASURE OF
DEPRIVATION
Of residents in Washwood
Heath ward live in the 10%
most deprived
neighbourhoods in the
country
94% 78%
Bordesley Green – 90%
Shard End – 82%
Hodge Hill – 44%
Of households in Hodge Hill
district are classed as deprived
in at least 1 of 4 domains
Washwood Heath – 82%
Bordesley Green – 80%
Shard End – 76%
Hodge Hill – 74%

14. Youngest District in the city?
• 30.4% are aged 15 and under
• 52.1% are aged under 30
Bordesley
Green
Washwood
Heath
Hodge Hill Shard End
33.8% 8.5% 33.9% 7.4% 28.6% 12.5% 28.6% 12.5%

15. Superdiverse

16. Pakistan
18,779
Bangladeshi
2,453
People from around the world make
Hodge Hill their home
Somalia
1,711
Jamaica
966
India 927
29% of people in the district were born overseas

18. Implications
• Communities change all the time
• Hidden communities -hidden voices
• Language - 9% of people in Hodge Hill cannot
Speak English or cannot speak it well
• Multiple service impacts & questions?

20. Top 10 issues for
Hodge Hill Residents
Clean streets 42.4%
The level of crime 23.0%
Road and pavement repairs 22.8%
Job prospects 22.6%
Parking 21.6%
Activities for teenagers 20.8%
Police presence 17.6%
Parks and open spaces 13.7%
Refuse collection 13.3%
Play facilities for children 11.0%

25. Hodge Hill Health
Priorities
1. Childhood Obesity
2. Type 2 Diabetes
3. Homelessness

27. GCSE Results
IN 2013
60%
of school children across
Birmingham achieved 5 A* to C
GCSEs including English and Maths

28. GCSE Results
58%
Bordesley Green and Washwood Heath

29. GCSE Results
52%
Hodge Hill

30. GCSE Results
44%
Shard End

31. Significant
proportion of
adults have no
qualifications
Nearly quarter of 16
to 64 year olds have
no qualifications

32. Huge shortage of
highly skilled
residents
Only 8.8% have skills
NVQ level 4 and
above

33. In summary
• Hodge Hill has a young, large growing population
• Overcrowding is a significant issue for parts of
the district
• It is superdiverse
• Residents feel clean streets and level of crime are
the issues that need improving
• Significant health inequalities
• One of the biggest issues affecting the district is a
huge skills shortage
• Only a localised approach will work

34. Thank You
For more information contact:
Richard Browne
@richardbrowne80
richard.browne@birmingham.gov.uk