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Castle Vale population

10,000people · latest estimate

By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated · GeoNames

Castle Vale has a population of 10,000, making it the 8th largest place in City and Borough of Birmingham.

#8
of 8 in City and Borough of Birmingham

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Birmingham population trends, 2001–2025.

Castle Vale in context

3 km
south-west to Washwood Heath, the nearest larger town
1,418,342
people live within 10 km
#1,252
largest of 6,358 UK places
3,979
food businesses in Birmingham
Castle Vale in the UK

Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.

The centre of Castle Vale sits in postcode district B35.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Birmingham, the billing authority covering Castle Vale, is £2,363 for 2026–27.

From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.

Common questions

What is the population of Castle Vale?
The populated place itself holds 10,000 residents. The wider Birmingham council area recorded 1,176,960 in 2025. Each figure describes a different boundary and all are correct; the meanings table on this page says which is which, because a population without its boundary is not an answer.

Go deeper

Population since 2001
Birmingham, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district B35
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in City and Borough of Birmingham

#PlacePopulation
1Acocks Green26,635
2Bartley Green22,670
3Hockley13,919

All 8 places in City and Borough of Birmingham →