Sparkbrook 2.4.7

• Sparkbrook Location & Historical Background:

  • South of Birmingham
  • in 1846 - secluded neighbourhood
  • rapid rise in population by 1901 - slum housing
  • by 1906 Stratford and Ladypool road were busy shopping streets
  • 1950s and 1960s Irish migrants settled in Sparkbrook as it offered cheap housing
  • 1960s and 1970s migrants from India and Pakistan created the multicultural communities seen today
  • famous for the Balti Triangle
• Sparkbrook Health:

  Life Expectancy = 80 in Sparkbrook

  = 83 in the UK

  Infant Mortality = 6.6/1000 in Sparkbrook

  = 3.9/1000 in UK

  30.7% of children in central Birmingham live in absoloute poverty

  National average is 17%
• Sparkbrook Age:

  • 1/3 under the age of 18
  • less need for care for older people
  • POSITIVE impact on health
• Sparkbrook Ethnicity:

  • 15% can't speak English well or at all
  • less likely to seek medical help because it is difficult meaning health issues get worse
  • NEGATIVE impact on health
• Sparkbrook Education:

  • only 20.3% reached highest level of education
  • people won't be getting the highest paid jobs which means they won't have the money to access healthcare
  • NEGATIVE impact on health
• Sparkbrook Level of Deprivation:

  • no.1 most deprived ward in the city
  • health services will be deprived such as doctors will have less resources
  • won't have as many options for different health services
  • NEGATIVE impact on health
• Sparkbrook Employment:

  • 49% of adults are economically inactive
  • this could impact their physical and mental health
  • lower income reduces access to healthier food and sports facilities
  • NEGATIVE impact on health
• Sparkbrook Topography:

  • air pollution sits in valleys
  • fairly low lying land affects air quality which can worsen conditions like asthma
  • NEGATIVE impact on health
• Sparkbrook Green space:

  • Limited/mostly built up areas
  • need to make the effort to go to green spaces/less likely
  • e.g. Spark Green Park