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Council tax bands in Calderdale

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Calderdale has the largest share of two-bedroom homes (34.7%), the smallest share of three-bedroom homes (38.0%) and the largest share of homes built before 1919 (35.8%) of the 15 councils in Yorkshire and the Humber. It also has the smallest share of homes built from 1945 to 1964 (12.1%) and the smallest share built from 1965 to 1982 (14.0%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA46B19C17D8E6F3G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA46B19C17D8E6F3G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: England32%Before19004%1900–191815%1919–193912%1945–196414%1965–19827%1983–199911%2000–20154%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England32%<19004%190015%191912%194514%19657%198311%20004%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (31.9%), between the wars (14.9%) and from 1965 to 1982. Some 3,940 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band B). Bands A and B take 43.4% of these newer homes and 66.3% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band A for homes built before 1900, band B for homes built between the wars and band B for those built from 1965 to 1982. The busiest single year was 2018, with 570 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 390 homes (+0.40%).

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026ABCDEFBuilt before 2016ABCD

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes are the most common size, then two-bedroom and one-bedroom (12.9%). 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. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. Homes here average 2.58 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 14.4%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom12.9%2 bedrooms34.7%3 bedrooms38.0%4 bedrooms11.0%5 bedrooms2.5%6+ bedrooms0.9%

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Calderdale is terraced houses at 43.9%, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (21.8%), flats and maisonettes (15.8%), detached houses (10.3%) and bungalows (7.0%). The widest gap to the rest of Yorkshire and the Humber is in terraced houses: 15.6 points above the share there (28.3%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band A for flats and maisonettes and band A for terraced houses. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Medway, followed by Blackburn with Darwen and Oldham.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes15.8%ABCTerraced houses43.9%ABCSemi-detached houses21.8%ABCDDetached houses10.3%CDEFGBungalows7.0%ABCDE

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 65.0% of the homes in Calderdale, and band A on its own accounts for 46.0%. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 30.3%, is 17.3 points below the figure for England as a whole. Within Yorkshire and the Humber, the band mix closest to this one is that of North Lincolnshire. Band H, the top band, holds 60 homes. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

Share of homes in each bandA46.0%B19.0%C16.5%D8.0%E5.8%F3.2%G1.4%H0.1%CalderdaleYorkshire and the HumberEngland

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Calderdale are Kirklees (5.7), Preston (6.6) and Cumberland (7.2); the furthest within Yorkshire and the Humber is York (63.6).

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Placed in Yorkshire and the Humber

On the share of homes in band F or above, Calderdale comes 5th of the 15 councils in Yorkshire and the Humber, just behind Leeds and just ahead of Bradford. All Yorkshire and the Humber councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveCalderdale 5%0%12%