Housing in B47 5EA
What the homes in B47 5EA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Hollywood & Drakes Cross
- Council
- Bromsgrove
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,587 (2024)
B47 5EABirmingham
What homes look like here
Most homes here are detached (26.8%). Flats make up 25.6%, above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
Across England, 61.3% of households own their home; the B47 5EA area is broadly in line with that, at 57.4%. The private rented sector is less than half the national picture, at 9.1% of households against 20.5%. 34.7% own outright and 22.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned57.4%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.4%1%
- Private rented9.1%20.5%
- Social rented33.1%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
Who owns, who rents from whom
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 35.4% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is living alone, 66 and over, at 22.7%. 27.7% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Bromsgrove
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Bromsgrove, August 2026, +2% on a year earlier. Published by council, not by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren't published for single postcodes, so everything on this tab describes the neighbourhood B47 5EA sits in (Hollywood & Drakes Cross): about 1,587 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.