Selly Oak

Selly Oak is a suburb of south-west Birmingham, England. The area includes the neighbourhoods of Bournbrook, Selly Park and Ten Acres. The adjoining wards of Edgbaston and Harborne are to the north of the Bourn Brook, which was the former county boundary, and to the south are Weoley Castle and Bournville.

Formerly in Worcestershire, Selly Oak became part of Birmingham, and Warwickshire, in 1911. In 1974, Birmingham became part of the new West Midlands county.

A district committee serves the four wards of Selly Oak, Billesley, Bournville and Brandwood. The same wards form the Birmingham Selly Oak constituency, represented since 2024 by Alistair Carns (Labour). Selly Oak is connected to Birmingham by the Pershore Road (A441) and the Bristol Road (A38). The Worcester and Birmingham Canal and the Birmingham Cross-City Railway Line run across the Local District Centre.

The 2001 population census recorded 25,792 people living in Selly Oak, with a population density of 4,236 people per square kilometre, as compared with 3,649 per square kilometre for the entirety Birmingham. It had 15.9% of the population consisting of ethnic minorities compared with 29.6% for Birmingham in general. As the University of Birmingham is nearby, there are many students in the area.