Housing in B36 8JU
What the homes in B36 8JU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Hodge Hill
- Council
- Birmingham
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,180 (2024)
B36 8JUBirmingham
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (90.1%). Flats make up 0.6%, less than half the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
86% of households in the B36 8JU area own their home, well above the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 13.2% of households, well below the England figure of 20.5%. 41.7% own outright and 44.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned86%61.3%
- Shared ownership0%1%
- Private rented13.2%20.5%
- Social rented0.6%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.2%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 4.0 people living in it. 13.7% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (27.7%). 32.2% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Birmingham
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Birmingham (August 2026, +3% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around B36 8JU (Hodge Hill) (about 2,180 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.