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Council tax bands in Buckinghamshire

South East

Buckinghamshire has the eighth-largest number of homes built from 2016 to 2026 (24,110 homes) and the tenth-largest number of homes on the valuation list (240,030 homes) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 64 councils in the South East, it has the second-largest net number of homes added to the list over the year to March 2026 (1,450 homes).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA3B11C23D20E15F12G13H3FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravanColour shows the band, shape the typeA3B11C23D20E15F12G13H3FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravan

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: England9%Before19003%1900–191811%1919–193920%1945–196421%1965–198213%1983–199912%2000–201510%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England9%<19003%190011%191920%194521%196513%198312%200010%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (21.3%), from 1945 to 1964 (20.4%) and from 1983 to 1999 (13.4%). Homes from before 1919 make up 11.6%, 8.3 points below the share for England. 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 16.2% of these newer homes and 13.7% of the older ones. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band D. The busiest single year was 2019, with 3,040 homes recorded as built.

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

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Buckinghamshire gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 58.0%, with band C the largest single band (22.8%). The middle home on the list is in band D. The share in bands A and B, 14.0%, is 29.1 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, G, F, B, A and H. Band H, the top band, holds 6,190 homes, about one in every 39. Within the South East, the band mix closest to this one is that of East Hampshire.

Share of homes in each bandA2.9%B11.1%C22.8%D19.8%E15.4%F12.2%G13.2%H2.6%BuckinghamshireSouth EastEngland

Detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Buckinghamshire is detached houses at 27.4%, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (24.0%), terraced houses (20.1%), flats and maisonettes (18.8%) and bungalows (8.5%). The typical home of each type sits in band F for detached houses, band E for bungalows, band D for semi-detached houses, band C for flats and maisonettes and band C for terraced houses. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Winchester, followed by West Berkshire and Horsham. The widest gap to the rest of the South East is in detached houses: 7.0 points above the share there (20.4%). The list also counts 1,460 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes18.8%ABCDTerraced houses20.1%BCDESemi-detached houses24.0%CDEFDetached houses27.4%EFGHBungalows8.5%BCDEFGCaravans and mobile homes0.6%A

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (40.2%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (24.4%) and four-bedroom (18.2%). 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. Homes here average 2.87 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. A detached house here has 3.9 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. One-bedroom homes make up 10.6%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom10.6%2 bedrooms24.4%3 bedrooms40.2%4 bedrooms18.2%5 bedrooms5.2%6+ bedrooms1.4%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Buckinghamshire are Winchester (9.5), Uttlesford (9.9) and Horsham (10.3); the furthest within the South East is Southampton (102.7).

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Placed in the South East

On the share of homes in band F or above, Buckinghamshire comes 8th of the 64 councils in the South East, just behind Sevenoaks and just ahead of Epsom and Ewell. All South East councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveBuckinghamshire 28%2%40%