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Council tax bands in Basildon

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Basildon has the smallest share of homes built before 1919 (1.1%), the fifth-largest share built from 1983 to 1999 (21.6%) and the ninth-smallest share built between 1919 and 1939 (3.6%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the ninth-largest share of homes built from 1965 to 1982 (30.1%). Among the 45 councils in the East of England, it has the third-smallest share of homes built from 2016 to 2026 (4.5%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA11B20C31D19E10F6G3FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravanColour shows the band, shape the typeA11B20C31D19E10F6G3FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravan

Post-war building leads

Share of homes by build period; red line: England1%Before19000%1900–19184%1919–193930%1945–196430%1965–198222%1983–19998%2000–20154%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England1%<19000%19004%191930%194530%196522%19838%20004%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (30.2%), from 1965 to 1982 and from 1983 to 1999. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band D, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band C). Bands A and B take 24.9% of these newer homes and 31.9% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 440 homes (+0.55%). Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band C. The busiest single year was 2016, with 780 homes recorded as built.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026ABCDEFBuilt before 2016ABCDEF

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Basildon gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 59.5%, with band C the largest single band (31.0%). The share in bands A and B, 31.6%, is 11.5 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the East of England it is 34.9%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, B, D, A, E, F, G and H. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of Cambridge. Band H, the top band, holds 200 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA11.3%B20.3%C31.0%D18.6%E9.9%F6.1%G2.6%H0.2%BasildonEast of EnglandEngland

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Basildon is terraced houses at 36.1%, followed in turn by flats and maisonettes (19.2%), semi-detached houses (16.8%), detached houses (16.7%) and bungalows (10.1%). The widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in terraced houses: 12.0 points above the share there (24.1%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band D for bungalows, band D for semi-detached houses, band C for terraced houses and band B for flats and maisonettes. The list also counts 460 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Swindon, followed by Dover and Welwyn Hatfield.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes19.2%ABCTerraced houses36.1%BCDSemi-detached houses16.8%CDEDetached houses16.7%DEFGBungalows10.1%ABCDECaravans and mobile homes0.6%A

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (41.2%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (25.8%) and four-bedroom (17.2%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band C with two, band C with three, band E with four and band F with five. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5. Homes here average 2.70 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. One-bedroom homes make up 13.1%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom13.1%2 bedrooms25.8%3 bedrooms41.2%4 bedrooms17.2%5 bedrooms2.3%6+ bedrooms0.3%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Basildon are Canterbury (6.2), Eastleigh (10.0) and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (11.4); the furthest within the East of England is Norwich (88.3).

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Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in band F or above, Basildon comes 23rd of the 45 councils in the East of England, just behind Watford and just ahead of Colchester. All East of England councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveBasildon 9%2%30%