Longbridge demographics

Over 30,000 people live in Longbridge, of whom 18,490 are of working age (Source: Nomis 2007), and within 30 minutes drive time there is a working population of 1.44 million.

The level of skills within the Longbridge area is higher than for Birmingham and the West Midlands region with, for example over 24% of the working population qualified to NVQ Level 4 or above (Source: ONS Annual Population Survey, 2005).

Looking to the future, 29.6% of the population in the Longbridge area is under 20 years old, compared with an average of 25.1% for England as a whole (Source: Nomis, 2007).