At the 2021 census, the ward profile population was 16,024 which includes the nearby suburb of Leamore.

Several tower blocks, built during the 1960s, are situated in the east of Birchills, near Walsall town centre.

Murderer Raymond Leslie Morris was living in one of these flats with his wife at the time of his arrest on 4 November 1967.

A power station was opened in the north of Birchills in 1949, just a few years before the Beechdale council estate was developed at the far side.

This power station served the Walsall area for 33 years until its closure in October 1982, although it was not demolished until March 1987.