Stechford and Yardley North contains the area of Stechford and parts of Yardley and Kitts Green.

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There are approximately 25,000 people resident in the Stechford & Yardley North ward.

The population density is roughly 52 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 76.5% of residents.

Approximately 7.5% of the population is of Asian origin with roughly 5% from Pakistan and 2% from India.

Around 4.5% of the population is black, including 3.5% of Afro-Caribbean descent.

8.5% of residents are white non-British (including Irish), 2.5% are of mixed background, 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These estimates may differ from official census data which is now several years out of date and which was collated in respect of different ward boundaries.

There is also a large proportion of detached housing, particularly in the area around Old Yardley Village which contains several rows of Edwardian villas.

Higher-density council estates were built between 1950 and 1975 at Stechford on the north-west side of the ward and at Poolway on the south-east side.

The ward contains eight tower blocks, three in Stechford and five, awaiting demolition, on the Meadway in the Garretts Green area of Yardley.

The rate of owner occupation is 63%. Roughly 5% of homes are rented from private landlords and 28% from the local authority or housing associations.

26% of the ward is amongst the 5% most deprived areas in England; 44% is amongst the 10% most deprived areas in England; and 77% is amongst the 20% most deprived areas in England (how is deprivation measured?). 

The major employers are City College (around 300 jobs), Cockshut Hill College (140), UK Assistance Accident Repair (100), Stechford Mouldings (100) and Stechford Police Station (100).

These figures are estimates only.

Yardley Old Park, Kents Moat Recreation Ground, Manor Road Recreation Ground, Sedgemere Road Recreation Ground, Stechford Recreation Ground,  the Co-operative Society Sports Ground, Flaxley Road Playing Fields; and

Cockshut Hill Playing Fields, Lea Public Open Space, Leafield Crescent Public Open Space, Garwood Road Public Open Space, Pool Lane Allotments, Station Road Allotments, Homecroft Road Allotments, Sedgemere Sports Club, Yardley Tennis Club and the Riddings.

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

The Stechford and Yardley North ward forms part of the Yardley constituency.

He is Chairman of the Public Protection Committee and also sits on the Yardley Constituency Committee and the Stechford and Yardley North Ward Committee.

She is the Chairman of the Licensing Committee and also sits on the Stechford and Yardley North Ward Committee and the Yardley Constituency Committee.

Liberal Democrat Hold with a majority of 394 and 42.25% of votes cast: 18,141 voters were registered; the turnout was 32.79%.

She sits on the Stechford and Yardley North Ward Committee, the Yardley Constituency Committee and the Planning Committee.