Council tax bands in Amber Valley

Amber Valley has the third-largest share of homes built before 1919 (26.4%) of the 35 councils in the East Midlands. Among the eight councils in Derbyshire, it has the largest number of homes on the valuation list (61,930 homes).

Homes from before 1900 lead

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (20.3%), from 1965 to 1982 (15.8%) and from 1945 to 1964 (13.9%). Some 5,830 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band B). Bands A and B take 40.5% of these newer homes and 60.3% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band A for homes built before 1900, band C for homes built from 1965 to 1982 and band B for those built from 1945 to 1964. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 660 homes (+1.08%). The busiest single year was 2024, with 840 homes recorded as built.

Band A is the largest band

Band A is the most common band in Amber Valley (37.2%), though the middle home on the list is in band B. The share in bands A and B, 58.4%, is 15.3 points above the figure for England as a whole. Within the East Midlands, the band mix closest to this one is that of West Lindsey. Band H, the top band, holds 150 homes. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

Semi-detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Amber Valley is semi-detached houses at 30.8%, followed in turn by detached houses (27.7%), terraced houses (22.6%), bungalows (11.3%) and flats and maisonettes (6.9%). The typical home of each type sits in band D for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band B for semi-detached houses, band A for flats and maisonettes and band A for terraced houses. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Melton, followed by Telford and Wrekin and Wrexham. The widest gap to the rest of the East Midlands is in flats and maisonettes: 5.9 points below the share there (12.8%).

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (45.9%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (32.2%) and four-bedroom (13.1%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band A with two, band B with three, band D with four and band F with five. One-bedroom homes make up 6.2%. A detached house here has 3.5 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5. Homes here average 2.74 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Amber Valley are Leeds (4.6), North East Derbyshire (5.5) and Stockton-on-Tees (5.9); the furthest within the East Midlands is Rutland (55.1).

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Placed in the East Midlands

On the share of homes in band F or above, Amber Valley comes 14th of the 35 councils in the East Midlands, just behind North West Leicestershire and just ahead of North Northamptonshire. All East Midlands councils.