Great Barr area guide
Postcode district: B43
Location
The B43 postcode district lies within or includes part of the following towns, counties, localities,
electoral wards and stations: Birmingham, Charlemont with Grove Vale, Great Barr, Great Barr with
Yew Tree, Hamstead, Newton, Oscott, Paddock, Perry Barr, Pheasey Park Farm.
History
Great Barr was a largely rural area in south Staffordshire, on its
border with Warwickshire, as recently as the First World War, but
during the 1920s development for private and council housing
began. The urban district of Perry Barr was ceded to
Birmingham, then in Warwickshire, in 1928.
By the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 it was a very
busy residential area with good road connections to West Bromwich, Walsall and Birmingham.
Present day
The traditional centre of Great Barr is focussed on the busy junction of the A34 and A4041 roads, at
the Scott Arms public house and shopping centre. This is named after the Scott family of Great Barr
Hall, which was once home of Samuel Galton and a meeting place of the Lunar Society.
Great Barr Hall is a Grade II* listed building, and due its current state of
disrepair is not open to the public. Red House Park is open to the public
and provides important amenities for the local community. It is owned by
the Sandwell Council. In the grounds are both the Red House itself and
an obelisk erected in memory of Princess Charlotte who died in childbirth
in November 1817. The Red House is Grade II listed building, but is not
currently open to the public and its future is uncertain.
Birmingham Canal Navigations' Tame Valley Canal runs through Great
Barr, from Piercy Aqueduct at Hamstead, along a cutting in 200-million
year old sandstone, under Freeth bridge at Tower Hill, under the A34
and into Perry Barr Locks at Perry Barr.
Amenities
Great Barr is well served with a
number of primary and secondary schools. Great Barr School
is the largest single-site school in the country with over 2,400
pupils on roll.
The Perry Beeches Campus is the largest school campus in Birmingham and houses 5 schools:
Perry Beeches Nursery School, Perry Beeches Infant School,Perry Beeches Junior School, Perry
Beeches The Academy and Priestley Smith School for the Visually Impaired.
Who lives here
The average age in this area is 41.
This area has a high percentage of married people at 24.1%.
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Average working hours in this area for men are 42 and for women are 31.
This area has 31.2 people per square kilometre.
The largest source of work in this area is Health & Social Work (21.2% of workers), followed by
Wholesale & Retail (18.3%).
Average current values
1 Bedroom properties
B43
£96,800
B
£92,700
National
£154,100
2 Bedroom properties
£117,000
£120,800
£162,400
3 Bedroom properties
£153,700
£146,200
£189,000
4 Bedroom properties
£232,900
£283,000
£342,600
5+ Bedroom properties
£260,300
£409,600
£582,400
Total Detached
B43
1,583
B
122,914
National
6,377,240
% Detached
12.74%
15.309%
23.03%
Semi-Detached
6,731
282,766
7,904,201
% Semi-Detached
54.17%
35.21%
28.55%
Terrace
2,698
289,465
8,669,481
% Terrace
21.71%
36.04%
31.31%
Flat
1,414
107,980
4,736,208
% Flat
11.38%
13.44%
17.11%
Owner Occupied
B43
9,817
B
471,993
National
14,911,858
% Owner Occupied
85.52%
58.77%
66.19%
Socially Rented
1,006
170,127
4,155,391
% Socially Rented
8.76%
21.18%
18.44%
Housing stock
Home ownership
House prices last updated 1st December 2012. Housing stock notes: The data above illustrates the
relative proportions of the differing types of property. Based on information collected in the 2001
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census, the percentages provide an indication of how common particular
types of housing are within the postcode district. It is important to note that as homes are demolished
and built these percentages will fluctuate accordingly.
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