Area insights about Solihull, local authority district
Income
View »Includes low-income areas, areas of average wealth and wealthy areas 2/10 - 8/10
Deprivation
View »Composed of non-deprived areas by 62%
Professional occupations
View »Average % of managerial, administrative, and professional occupations 6/10
Residents with degrees
View »Average % of residents are degree-educated or similar 5/10
Crime
View »Low crime rate 4/10
Demographics
View »- Main ethnic group
- White British 78%
- Main religion
- Christian 51%
- Main age band
- Aged 40 to 59 27%
- Main household type
- One-person household 29%
Noise
View »- 46.3% of the area is affected by Traffic noise
- 11.6% of the area is affected by Aircraft noise
Transport
View »The area is served by the transport links:
- National Rail
- Avanti West Coast
- Chiltern Railways
- Cross Country
- Transport for Wales
- West Midlands Trains
Outside London, only National Rail stations are included
Schools
View »83 mainstream schools
- Outstanding: 6 schools or 7%
- Good: 53 schools or 64%
- Primary schools: 63 (4 Outstanding, 39 Good)
- Secondary schools: 17 (2 Outstanding, 11 Good)
- State-funded: 69 schools or 83%
- Private: 4 schools or 5%
Flood risk
View »Contains areas that are at risk of flood
Resident reviews
View »7.9Good area
- Local architecture / Beauty
- 10.0
- Green spaces
- 8.9
- Prosperity
- 7.8
- Safety
- 7.8
- High street / Retail amenities
- 6.6
- Transport links
- 7.8
- Local community
- 7.8
- Schools
- n/a
Local residents say
periodresidentialattractivediversepeacefulPedro, Jun 30 2025
Living in Shirley has been a really positive experience. It’s a quiet, friendly neighbourhood with great access to Solihull, Birmingham, and even London via Birmingham Interna...
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Nerfherder, Oct 19 2024
Lovely period homes and tree lined street, really close to Olton station for the train! The Mere is great to walk around with the dog and very quiet and tranquil but requires ...
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