Balsall Heath West
Balsall Heath West is an electoral ward of Birmingham City Council covering an urban area to the south of Birmingham city centre in the West Midlands, England.
The ward was created in 2018 as a result of boundary changes that saw the number of wards in Birmingham increase from 40 to 69.
Boundaries
The ward was largely created from the former Sparkbrook ward. Following a review of Westminster parliamentary constituency boundaries, Balsall Heath West was moved from Birmingham Hall Green constituency to Birmingham Ladywood for the 2024 United Kingdom general election.Profile
The ward contains areas of Balsall Heath included in post-war slum clearance regeneration and late Victoria/Edwardian terraces. Whilst the ward does not include Edgbaston Cricket Ground it does include the areas immediately to its north and east, including Calthorpe Park.Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic groups (BAME) comprise 83.5% of the ward's total population. Pakistanis form the largest ethnic group in Balsall Heath West at 29.2%. Just over half of employed residents are in Lower Skilled Occupations, significantly higher than for Birmingham and England. As of 2019, Balsall Heath West was ranked in the 10% most deprived wards in England and was the 9th most deprived of Birmingham's 69 wards.