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Council tax bands in Broxbourne

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Broxbourne has the third-largest share of homes in band D (34.2%) and the tenth-largest share in the middle bands C, D and E (76.4%) of the 296 councils in England. Among the 45 councils in the East of England, it has the second-smallest share of homes in band A (1.3%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA1B9C23D34E19F7G6H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA1B9C23D34E19F7G6H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Broxbourne gather in the middle of the ladder, with band D the largest single band. The share in bands A and B, 10.3%, is 32.8 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the East of England it is 34.9%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run D, C, E, B, F, G, A and H. Band H, the top band, holds 240 homes. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of East Hertfordshire.

Share of homes in each bandA1.3%B9.0%C23.5%D34.2%E18.7%F7.1%G5.7%H0.6%BroxbourneEast of EnglandEngland

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Broxbourne is terraced houses at 33.5%, followed in turn by flats and maisonettes (26.7%), semi-detached houses (21.6%), detached houses (13.0%) and bungalows (4.1%). The widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in terraced houses: 9.4 points above the share there (24.1%). The typical home of each type sits in band F for detached houses, band E for semi-detached houses, band D for bungalows, band D for terraced houses and band C for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Lincoln, followed by Dacorum and Dartford.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes26.7%BCDTerraced houses33.5%CDESemi-detached houses21.6%DEDetached houses13.0%EFGBungalows4.1%BCDEFG

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (44.7%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (27.7%) and one-bedroom (12.6%). 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 1.6. The average, 2.66 bedrooms, matches England. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 15.0%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom12.6%2 bedrooms27.7%3 bedrooms44.7%4 bedrooms12.0%5 bedrooms2.6%6+ bedrooms0.4%

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: England5%Before19002%1900–191810%1919–193924%1945–196426%1965–198216%1983–199911%2000–20156%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England5%<19002%190010%191924%194526%196516%198311%20006%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (25.7%), from 1945 to 1964 (23.6%) and from 1983 to 1999 (15.8%). Homes from before 1919 make up 7.0%, 12.9 points below the share for England. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 450 homes (+1.06%). Some 2,690 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 8.2% of these newer homes and 10.2% of the older ones. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band D. The busiest single year was 2023, with 510 homes recorded as built.

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

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Broxbourne are Ealing (9.3), Merton (12.8) and Spelthorne (14.5); the furthest within the East of England is Norwich (131.0).

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Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in band F or above, Broxbourne comes 14th of the 45 councils in the East of England, just behind Chelmsford and just ahead of Cambridge. All East of England councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveBroxbourne 13%2%30%