Council tax bands in Ashfield

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Ashfield has the ninth-smallest share of homes in band F or above (1.2%) and the joint tenth-smallest share in band E (2.7%) of the 296 councils in England. Among the seven councils in Nottinghamshire, it has the smallest share of homes in band D (7.8%), the largest share of terraced houses (20.9%) and the largest share of semi-detached houses (36.0%).

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 72.5% of the homes in Ashfield, and band A on its own accounts for 51.9%. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 26.3%, is 21.3 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the East Midlands it is 36.3%. Within the East Midlands, the band mix closest to this one is that of Mansfield. Band H, the top band, holds 30 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 Ashfield is semi-detached houses, followed in turn by terraced houses, detached houses (19.7%), bungalows (14.4%) and flats and maisonettes (8.2%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Bolsover, followed by Mansfield and South Ribble. The typical home of each type sits in band C for detached houses, band B for bungalows, band A for flats and maisonettes, band A for semi-detached houses and band A for terraced houses. The widest gap to the rest of the East Midlands is in flats and maisonettes: 4.6 points below the share there (12.8%).

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (52.6%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (29.5%) and four-bedroom (10.4%). 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 E with five. One-bedroom homes make up 6.0%. A detached house here has 3.5 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5. Homes here average 2.72 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England.

Post-war building leads

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (17.1%), from 1965 to 1982 (17.1%) and between the wars (15.8%). Some 3,770 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band B, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band A). Bands A and B take 50.4% of these newer homes and 74.0% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 500 homes (+0.86%). By build period, the middle home sits in band A for homes built from 1945 to 1964, band B for homes built from 1965 to 1982 and band A for those built between the wars. The busiest single year was 2016, with 720 homes recorded as built.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Ashfield are Knowsley (4.3), Chesterfield (6.0) and Derby (6.1); the furthest within the East Midlands is Rutland (84.4).

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Placed in the East Midlands

On the share of homes in bands C to E, Ashfield comes 29th of the 35 councils in the East Midlands, just behind Derby and just ahead of Mansfield. All East Midlands councils.