Council tax bands in Bracknell Forest

Bracknell Forest has the fifth-smallest share of homes built between 1919 and 1939 (2.0%), the second-largest share built from 1983 to 1999 (22.6%) and the tenth-smallest share built before 1919 (4.1%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the tenth-largest share of homes built from 1965 to 1982 (29.9%). Among the 64 councils in the South East, it has the third-largest share of caravans, houseboats and mobile homes (2.0%).

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982, from 1983 to 1999 and from 1945 to 1964 (17.7%). Some 6,670 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, a lower band than the middle home built before 2016 (band D). Bands A and B take 19.8% of these newer homes and 12.3% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band C for homes built from 1965 to 1982, band D for homes built from 1983 to 1999 and band C for those built from 1945 to 1964. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 370 homes (+0.67%). The busiest single year was 2019, with 1,530 homes recorded as built.

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Bracknell Forest is terraced houses at 31.2%, followed in turn by detached houses (23.6%), flats and maisonettes (22.9%), semi-detached houses (15.0%) and bungalows (4.7%). The typical home of each type sits in band F for detached houses, band D for bungalows, band D for semi-detached houses, band C for flats and maisonettes and band C for terraced houses. The widest gap to the rest of the South East is in terraced houses: 7.7 points above the share there (23.5%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Milton Keynes, followed by Dacorum and Basingstoke and Deane.

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Bracknell Forest gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 71.3%, with band C the largest single band (36.2%). The middle home on the list is in band D. The share in bands A and B, 13.3%, is 29.8 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the South East it is 25.3%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, D, E, B, F, G, A and H. Band H, the top band, holds 310 homes. Within the South East, the band mix closest to this one is that of West Berkshire.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (38.9%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (24.6%) and four-bedroom (19.3%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band D with three, band F with four and band G with five. A detached house here has 3.9 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5. Homes here average 2.76 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. One-bedroom homes make up 13.4%.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Bracknell Forest are West Oxfordshire (10.6), Basingstoke and Deane (12.5) and the Vale of White Horse (12.5); the furthest within the South East is Southampton (104.2).

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Placed in the South East

On the share of homes in band F or above, Bracknell Forest comes 30th of the 64 councils in the South East, just behind Spelthorne and just ahead of Rother. All South East councils.