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Council tax bands in Bromley

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Bromley has the joint tenth-largest share of homes in band E (20.6%) of the 296 councils in England. Among the 33 councils in London, it has the largest share of detached houses (14.4%), the highest average number of bedrooms per home (2.68 bedrooms) and the third-smallest share of flats and maisonettes (32.8%). It also has the third-largest share of bungalows (5.3%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA1B8C21D25E21F13G10H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA1B8C21D25E21F13G10H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Flats and maisonettes are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Bromley is flats and maisonettes, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (23.7%), terraced houses (23.2%), detached houses and bungalows. The typical home of each type sits in band G for detached houses, band E for bungalows, band E for semi-detached houses, band D for terraced houses and band C for flats and maisonettes. The widest gap to the rest of London is in semi-detached houses: 11.6 points above the share there (12.1%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Hertsmere, followed by Cheltenham and Rushmoor.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes32.8%BCDETerraced houses23.2%CDESemi-detached houses23.7%DEFDetached houses14.4%EFGHBungalows5.3%DEFG

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (39.1%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (28.2%) and one-bedroom (14.1%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band C with one bedroom, band D with two, band E with three, band F with four and band G with five. A detached house here has 3.9 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 18.6%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom14.1%2 bedrooms28.2%3 bedrooms39.1%4 bedrooms13.8%5 bedrooms3.7%6+ bedrooms1.1%

The inter-war years built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: England12%Before19005%1900–191830%1919–193918%1945–196417%1965–19828%1983–19997%2000–20153%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England12%<19005%190030%191918%194517%19658%19837%20003%2016

The biggest building periods here were between the wars (29.8%), from 1945 to 1964 (17.5%) and from 1965 to 1982 (16.9%). By build period, the middle home sits in band E for homes built between the wars, band D for homes built from 1945 to 1964 and band D for those built from 1965 to 1982. Homes from before 1919 make up 17.0%, 2.9 points below the share for England. Some 4,970 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band D, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Bands A and B take 7.8% of these newer homes and 8.8% of the older ones. The busiest single year was 2018, with 780 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 260 homes (+0.18%).

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026BCDEFGBuilt before 2016BCDEFG

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Bromley gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 67.2%, with band D the largest single band (25.4%). The share in bands A and B, 8.7%, is 34.4 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across London it is 16.7%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run D, C, E, F, G, B, A and H. Band H, the top band, holds 1,760 homes, about one in every 82. Within London, the band mix closest to this one is that of Wandsworth.

Share of homes in each bandA1.3%B7.4%C21.2%D25.4%E20.6%F13.0%G9.8%H1.2%BromleyLondonEngland

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Bromley are Barnet (6.5), Brentwood (8.4) and East Hertfordshire (10.5); the furthest within London is Barking and Dagenham (108.2).

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Placed in London

On the share of homes in band F or above, Bromley comes 9th of the 33 councils in London, just behind Wandsworth and just ahead of Kingston upon Thames. All London councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveBromley 24%1%53%