Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 50 min4:44 am – 9:34 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 39 min8:16 am – 3:55 pm
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People7,059 residentsin the Greets Green East census areaMedian age 34.52,424 households41% of homes owner-occupied23% owned outright27% social rented, 30% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting11.7% unemployment rate52% of adults are economically active, 2,523 in work, 14% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 17%, health and social work 15%, manufacturing 12%Getting to work: 14% work from home, 54% go by car, 17% take public transport, 14% walk or cycle81% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages20% of adults hold a degree or higher35% have no qualifications, 4% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 67%12% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C738 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October37 days of air frost, 12 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksBromford Stopisland · under a mileSwan Poollake · 1.4 miSmethwick Hall Poollake · 1.9 miBromford Junctionwater · under a milePudding Green Junctionwater · 1.0 miPriory Woodswoodland · 1.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesDartmouth Parkpark · under a mile · 27 haSandwell Valley Country Parkpark · under a mile · 139 haMarl Hole Parkpark · under a mile · 4 haSandwell Park Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 59 haKing George Playing Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 26 haWest Bromwich Leisure Centresports ground · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes120 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197015 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199044 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 2 Jul 202548 mi away, Knucklas, PowysSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 17 · PM2.5 8.5 · PM10 14 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband96% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,601 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation162 m531 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 140 to 173 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSkin Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryLinkway Medical Practice55 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacySama Pharmacy30 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistAsden House Dental Clinicright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi41 schools27 primary, 9 secondary, 3 independent, 1 special, 1 otherIndependentThe British Muslim Schoolages 11-16, 74 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryShireland Biomedical Utcages 11-19, 520 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryShireland CBSO Academyages 11-19, 457 pupilsunder a mileCollegeSandwell Collegeunder a mileUniversityUniversity College Birmingham4.5 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX11 miRailway stationSandwell & DudleyOldburyunder a mileMetroWest Bromwich Central (West Midlands Metro)under a mileBus stationWest Bromwich Bus Stationunder a mileBus stops124 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the B70 postcode district.
