The Hodge Hill ward includes the area of Hodge Hill and parts of Bromford, Stechford, Ward End and Washwood Heath.

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There are approximately 26,000 people resident in the Hodge Hill ward.

The population density is roughly 42 persons per hectare compared to an average of 36.5 for Birmingham as a whole. The average age is 40 compared to 36 for the city as a whole.

The white British population accounts for around 73% of all residents.

Approximately 14% of the population are of Asian origin with roughly 11% from Pakistan, 1.5% from India and 0.5% from Bangladesh.

Around 4% of the population is black, including 3.5% of Afro-Caribbean descent.

5.5% of residents are white European (including Irish), 3% are of mixed race, and 0.5% are of Chinese origin or belong to some other ethnic group.

These estimates may differ from official census data which is now several years out of date and which was collated in respect of different ward boundaries.

The ward also contains several post-war social housing estates, including the high-density Firs and Overpool estates in Ward End and the Bromford Bridge Estate in Bromford.

There are five residential towers at Overpool and nine at Bromford Bridge.

The rate of owner occupation in Hodge Hill is roughly 66%. Around 4% of homes are rented from private landlords and 28% from the local authority or housing associations.

37% of the ward is amongst the 5% most deprived areas in England; 43% is amongst the 10% most deprived areas in England; and 57% is amongst the 20% most deprived areas in England (how is deprivation measured?). 

The major employers are Business Post (depot = roughly 1800 jobs), Hodge Hill Comprehensive (200), Cemex (concrete railway products = 100), Somerfield (100), West Midlands Police (100), Benefit Agency (90), Hodge Hill Girls School (90), LDV Group (maintenance of closed factory = 60).

These figures are estimates only.

Hodge Hill Common, Stechford Hall Park, Stechford Road Fairground Site, Stechford Road Playing Fields, Brockhurst Playing Fields, Buckland End Meadows, Glebe Meadows; and

Bromford Recreation Ground, Bromford Bridge Public Open Space, Saint Margaret's Recreation Ground, Blackpit Lane Allotments, Fairholme Road Allotments and Northleigh Road Allotments.

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 Green = green spaces; Brown = industrial/trading estates; Purple = Commercial/retail areas

The Hodge Hill Ward forms part of the Hodge Hill Council Constituency.

He sits on the Hodge Hill Ward Committee, the Hodge Hill Constituency Committee and the Vulnerable Children Committee.

He sits on the Hodge Hill Ward Committee, the Hodge Hill Constituency Committee, the Licensing Committee and the Housing and Urban Renewal Committee.

Labour Gain (from Liberal Democrats) with a majority of 2386 and 58.15% of votes cast; 17,891 voters were registered; the turnout was 38.04%.

She is the Lord Mayor of Birmingham 2011-12.

She also sits the Hodge Hill Ward Committee and the Hodge Hill Constituency Committee.