Guides to the council tax bands
Seven longer pieces built on the same Valuation Office counts: how the bands are spread, where the lowest and highest bands gather, how new homes are banded, and how property type and bedrooms line up with band.
- How homes are spread across council tax bands
Band A holds 23.6% of English homes, yet the middle home is in band C. The spread by council and region.
- Where band A council tax homes are concentrated
In 34 councils more than half of all homes are in band A; Kingston upon Hull leads with 65.6%.
- Band H council tax homes: where they are
England has 155,210 homes in band H, 44.3% of them in London. Who has the most, and what they are.
- How new-build homes are banded for council tax
New homes sit higher on the ladder: 13.5% of them are in band A, against 24.5% of older homes.
- Council tax band by property type: flats to detached
The typical flat and terrace are band B, the semi band C, the detached house band E.
- Council tax band by number of bedrooms
One bedroom, band A; three bedrooms, band C; four bedrooms, band E. And the many exceptions.
- Council tax bands in Wales: the nine-band list
Nine bands, 2003 values: band C leads with 21.7%; band I holds 5,690 homes.