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B23 5SU lies on Somerton Drive in Birmingham. B23 5SU is located in the Erdington electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Birmingham and the English Parliamentary constituency of Birmingham, Erdington. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB - 15E and the police force is West Midlands. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is B23 5SU?

Street	Somerton Drive
Town/City	Birmingham
Country	England
Postcode District	B23

B23 5SU Elevation

Elevation or altitude of B23 5SU as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	120m	394ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	Erdington
Constituency	Birmingham, Erdington

Transport

Nearest bus stops to B23 5SU

Goosemoor Lane (Gravelly Lane)	Short Heath	109m
Goosemoor Lane (Gravelly Lane)	Short Heath	110m
Gravelly Lane (Goosemoor Lane)	Short Heath	138m
Gravelly Lane (Goosemoor Lane)	Short Heath	145m
Topcroft Rd (Goosemoor Lane)	Short Heath	260m

Nearest railway stations to B23 5SU

Chester Road Station	0.4km
Erdington Station	0.6km
Wylde Green Station	1.4km

Broadband

Broadband access in B23 5SU (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in B23 5SU (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	70.0Mbps
Average download speed	63.7Mbps
Maximum download speed	150.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.1Mbps
Average upload speed	6.7Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in B23 5SU (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

B23 5SU gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in B23 5SU by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	61,455
Meter count	7
Mean (kWh/meter)	8,779
Median (kWh/meter)	8,071

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	186,299
Meter count	28
Mean (kWh/meter)	6,654
Median (kWh/meter)	6,928

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in B23 5SU, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in B23 5SU.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

81.5% of English postcodes are less deprived than B23 5SU:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to B23 5SU (metres)

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Nearest post box to B23 5SU

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Goosemore Lane	17:30	12:30	149m
Opposite School Rowden Drive	17:30	12:15	288m
Chester Road Station	17:15	12:00	367m

B23 5SU ITL and B23 5SU LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for B23 5SU:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLG	West Midlands (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLG3	West Midlands
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLG31	Birmingham
LAU 1 Code	Name
E08000025	Birmingham

B23 5SU census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for B23 5SU:

	Code	Name
OA	E00045722
LSOA	E01009006	Birmingham 023C
MSOA	E02001849	Birmingham 023

Nearest postcodes to B23 5SU

B23 5SR	Gravelly Lane	37m
B23 5ST	Somerton Drive	73m
B23 5SS	Somerton Drive	101m
B23 5RF	Goosemoor Lane	126m
B23 5SX	Bonsall Road	145m
B23 5SB	Gravelly Lane	161m
B23 5SF	Gravelly Lane	168m
B23 5PW	Goosemoor Lane	173m
B23 5SD	Enstone Road	176m
B23 5SY	Bonsall Road	180m