Council tax bands in Boston

Boston has the sixth-smallest share of homes in band F or above (1.0%), the joint tenth-smallest share in band E (2.7%) and the sixth-largest share of its 2016 to 2026 homes placed in bands A and B (72.6%) of the 296 councils in England. Among the seven councils in Lincolnshire, it has the smallest share of homes built from 1983 to 1999 (11.9%) and the smallest number of homes on the valuation list (32,420 homes).

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 69.3% of the homes in Boston, and band A on its own accounts for 48.5%. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 29.6%, is 18.0 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 Derby. Band H, the top band, holds 20 homes. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (17.0%), from 1945 to 1964 (16.1%) and before 1900 (15.0%). Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 430 homes (+1.34%). Some 3,430 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band B, the same as the middle home built before 2016. By build period, the middle home sits in band B for homes built from 1965 to 1982, band A for homes built from 1945 to 1964 and band A for those built before 1900. The busiest single year was 2018, with 480 homes recorded as built.

Semis and detached houses, almost level

Semi-detached houses (24.1%) only just outnumber the other types in Boston; in order they are followed by detached houses (22.9%), bungalows (21.7%), terraced houses (18.1%) and flats and maisonettes (10.5%). The widest gap to the rest of the East Midlands is in bungalows: 9.6 points above the share there (12.1%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Wyre, followed by East Riding of Yorkshire and Fenland. 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.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (48.1%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (30.1%) and four-bedroom (11.1%). 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 E with five. One-bedroom homes make up 8.5%. A detached house here has 3.5 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. Homes here average 2.69 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 Boston are Tameside (6.3), Ashfield (7.7) and Wolverhampton (10.0); the furthest within the East Midlands is Rutland (79.9).

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Placed in the East Midlands

On the share of homes in bands C to E, Boston comes 26th of the 35 councils in the East Midlands, just behind Bassetlaw and just ahead of Erewash. All East Midlands councils.