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Council tax bands in Cardiff

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Cardiff has the largest share of homes in band D (22.5%), the largest share of flats and maisonettes (32.3%) and the smallest share of bungalows (3.1%) of the 22 councils in Wales. It also has the lowest average number of bedrooms per home (2.67 bedrooms) and the smallest share of three-bedroom homes (40.6%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA3B12C21D23E19F13G6H2I1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA3B12C21D23E19F13G6H2I1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales18%Before19006%1900–191813%1919–193918%1945–196412%1965–198214%1983–199912%2000–20159%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales18%<19006%190013%191918%194512%196514%198312%20009%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (17.8%), from 1945 to 1964 (17.5%) and from 1983 to 1999 (14.0%). Some 14,700 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 22.1% of these newer homes and 14.7% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 1,410 homes (+0.85%). Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band D. The busiest single year was 2019, with 2,210 homes recorded as built.

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

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes are the most common size, then two-bedroom (23.9%) and one-bedroom (17.0%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band D 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 1.7. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 18.6%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom17.0%2 bedrooms23.9%3 bedrooms40.6%4 bedrooms14.0%5 bedrooms3.1%6+ bedrooms1.5%

Flats and terraced houses, almost level

Flats and maisonettes only just outnumber the other types in Cardiff; in order they are followed by terraced houses (32.1%), semi-detached houses (21.5%), detached houses (10.8%) and bungalows. The typical home of each type sits in band F 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 nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Exeter, followed by Nottingham and Broxbourne. The widest gap to the rest of Wales is in detached houses: 8.6 points below the share there (19.4%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes32.3%ABCDETerraced houses32.1%BCDEFSemi-detached houses21.5%BCDEFGDetached houses10.8%EFGHIBungalows3.1%BCDEFG

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Cardiff gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 62.4%, with band D the largest single band. The share in bands A and B, 15.4%, is 19.7 points below the figure for Wales as a whole. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run D, C, E, F, B, G, A, H and I. Band I, the top band, holds 1,490 homes, about one in every 113. Within Wales, the band mix closest to this one is that of Pembrokeshire.

Share of homes in each bandA3.2%B12.2%C20.9%D22.5%E19.0%F13.3%G6.4%H1.7%I0.9%CardiffWales

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Cardiff are the Vale of Glamorgan (16.5), Powys (18.3) and Ceredigion (20.1); the furthest within Wales is Blaenau Gwent (133.6).

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Placed in Wales

On the share of homes in band F or above, Cardiff comes 3rd of the 22 councils in Wales, just behind the Vale of Glamorgan and just ahead of Powys. All Wales councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveCardiff 22%1%36%