Bordesley Green
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Bordesley Green is an inner-city area of Birmingham, England about two miles south-east from the city centre. It is also a ward in the formal district of Hodge Hill. Neighbouring areas include, Alum Rock, Saltley, Small Heath and Yardley.
Heartlands Hospital is located in the eastern part of Bordesley Green. The area is also served by Yardley Green Medical Centre.
Project Kingfisher maintains the River Cole recreation grounds which are partially covered by the area's boundaries.
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[edit] Population
There are 31,252 people living in the area in 9,319 households. The number of council housing in the area is low in comparison to other areas of the city. The households are mainly old terraced houses.
The area is an ethnically diverse community with ethnic minorities consisting of 66.5% of the population compared to the 29.6% for Birmingham. There is a wide variety of languages spoken within the area such as Punjabi, Urdu, Mirpuri, Bengali, Pushto and Arabic with English being the most widely spoken language.
[edit] Politics
The Bordesley Green Ward is represented at the Birmingham City Council by two Liberal Democrat councillors and one Labour councillor; Zaker Choudhry (Liberal Democrats), Shaukat Ali Khan (Liberal Democrats) and Shafique Shah (Labour).
Bordesley Green has adopted a Ward Support Officer with the current holder of the title being Tracey Arthurs.
[edit] Education
The area is served by the seven primary schools:
- Bordesley Green Junior and Infants Primary School
- Marlborough Infants Primary School
- Marlborough Junior Primary School
- Somerville Junior and Infants Primary School
- St Benedicts Junior and Infants Primary School
- Star Bank Junior and Infants Primary School
- Alston Junior and Infants Primary School
There are also two secondary schools serving Bordesley Green:
- Saltley Secondary School
- Waverley Secondary School
