Council tax bands in Blackpool

Blackpool has the smallest share of homes built since 2000 (6.0%), the fourth-slowest net growth in homes on the list over the year to March 2026 (-0.04%) and the eighth-largest share of homes built between 1919 and 1939 (35.7%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the joint seventh-smallest share of homes in band F or above (1.1%) and the joint tenth-smallest share in band E (2.7%) of the 296 councils in England.

The inter-war years built the most

The biggest building periods here were between the wars, before 1900 (15.0%) and from 1945 to 1964 (14.6%). Some 1,610 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 49.1% of these newer homes and 73.9% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band B for homes built between the wars, band A for homes built before 1900 and band B for those built from 1945 to 1964. The busiest single year was 2019, with 230 homes recorded as built.

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 73.5% of the homes in Blackpool, and band A on its own accounts for 44.2%. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 25.3%, is 22.3 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the North West it is 34.6%. Within the North West, the band mix closest to this one is that of Salford. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Band H, the top band, holds 30 homes.

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Blackpool is terraced houses at 32.6%, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (28.4%), flats and maisonettes (24.6%), bungalows (7.5%) and detached houses (5.5%). The typical home of each type sits in band E 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 widest gap to the rest of the North West is in detached houses: 8.2 points below the share there (13.7%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Havering, followed by South Tyneside and Thurrock.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (49.1%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (24.6%) and one-bedroom (16.3%). Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 10.0%. A detached house here has 3.5 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.4. Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band A with two, band B with three, band C with four and band C with five. Homes here average 2.56 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Blackpool are Sandwell (6.5), Coventry (7.0) and Walsall (12.0); the furthest within the North West is Ribble Valley (83.5).

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Placed in the North West

On the share of homes in bands C to E, Blackpool comes 32nd of the 35 councils in the North West, just behind Hyndburn and just ahead of Knowsley. All North West councils.