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Council tax bands in Bath and North East Somerset

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Bath and North East Somerset has the third-smallest share of caravans, houseboats and mobile homes (0.2%), the second-smallest share of homes built from 1983 to 1999 (8.9%) and the second-smallest share built from 2000 to 2015 (8.3%) of the 27 councils in the South West.

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA11B22C25D17E12F7G6FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA11B22C25D17E12F7G6FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: England25%Before19004%1900–19189%1919–193918%1945–196417%1965–19829%1983–19998%2000–20159%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England25%<19004%19009%191918%194517%19659%19838%20009%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (24.9%), from 1945 to 1964 (17.6%) and from 1965 to 1982 (17.0%). Some 8,150 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Bands A and B take 32.4% of these newer homes and 33.3% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 610 homes (+0.70%). Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band C. The busiest single year was 2019, with 1,340 homes recorded as built.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026ABCDEFGBuilt before 2016ABCDEFG

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Bath and North East Somerset is terraced houses at 28.0%, followed in turn by flats and maisonettes (24.7%), semi-detached houses (22.0%), detached houses (15.7%) and bungalows (8.2%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band D for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band C for terraced houses and band B for flats and maisonettes. It also counts 330 annexes, separate living quarters attached to another home. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Epping Forest, followed by Lincoln and York. The widest gap to the rest of the South West is in flats and maisonettes: 4.4 points above the share there (20.3%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes24.7%ABCDTerraced houses28.0%BCDSemi-detached houses22.0%BCDEDetached houses15.7%DEFGBungalows8.2%BCDEF

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Bath and North East Somerset gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 53.2%, with band C the largest single band (24.5%). The share in bands A and B, 33.4%, is 9.7 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the South West it is 41.3%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, B, D, E, A, F, G and H. Band H, the top band, holds 460 homes. Within the South West, the band mix closest to this one is that of Stroud.

Share of homes in each bandA10.9%B22.5%C24.5%D16.7%E12.0%F6.9%G6.0%H0.5%Bath and North East SomersetSouth WestEngland

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (41.3%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (25.8%) and one-bedroom (14.4%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band C with three, band E with four and band G with five. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 18.5%. Homes here average 2.70 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom14.4%2 bedrooms25.8%3 bedrooms41.3%4 bedrooms13.8%5 bedrooms3.2%6+ bedrooms1.5%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Bath and North East Somerset are South Staffordshire (7.0), Lichfield (7.6) and Bedford (8.4); the furthest within the South West is the Isles of Scilly (89.3).

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Placed in the South West

On the share of homes in band F or above, Bath and North East Somerset comes 6th of the 27 councils in the South West (joint), just behind Wiltshire and just ahead of Dorset. All South West councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveBath and North East Somerset 13%2%35%