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Council tax bands in Ceredigion

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Ceredigion has the largest share of homes in the middle bands C, D and E (67.5%), the largest share in band E (25.3%) and the smallest share of homes built from 1945 to 1964 (9.0%) of the 22 councils in Wales. It also has the second-smallest share of semi-detached houses (16.3%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA5B14C21D21E25F11G3FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravanColour shows the band, shape the typeA5B14C21D21E25F11G3FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravan

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Ceredigion gather in the middle of the ladder, with band E the largest single band. The middle home on the list is in band D. The share in bands A and B, 18.7%, is 16.4 points below the figure for Wales as a whole. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run E, C, D, B, F, A, G, H and I. Within Wales, the band mix closest to this one is that of Flintshire. Band I, the top band, holds 20 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA4.9%B13.8%C21.3%D20.9%E25.3%F10.7%G2.7%H0.3%I0.1%CeredigionWales

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales36%Before19006%1900–19184%1919–19399%1945–196417%1965–198213%1983–199910%2000–20154%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales36%<19006%19004%19199%194517%196513%198310%20004%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (36.5%), from 1965 to 1982 (16.6%) and from 1983 to 1999 (12.9%). By build period, the middle home sits in band D for homes built before 1900, band D for homes built from 1965 to 1982 and band E for those built from 1983 to 1999. Some 1,550 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 17.4% of these newer homes and 18.8% of the older ones. The busiest single year was 2021, with 250 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 140 homes (+0.39%).

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

Detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Ceredigion is detached houses at 30.4%, followed in turn by bungalows (22.1%), semi-detached houses, terraced houses (16.1%) and flats and maisonettes (13.4%). The widest gap to the rest of Wales is in terraced houses: 12.9 points below the share there (29.0%). The list also counts 440 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes. The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band D for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band C for terraced houses and band B for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to the New Forest, followed by South Norfolk and West Lindsey.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes13.4%ABCDETerraced houses16.1%BCDEFSemi-detached houses16.3%BCDEDetached houses30.4%DEFGBungalows22.1%BCDEFCaravans and mobile homes1.2%AC

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (46.2%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (24.0%) and four-bedroom (15.8%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band D with three, band E with four and band F with five. A detached house here has 3.5 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.9. Homes here average 2.91 bedrooms, more than the 2.83 for Wales. One-bedroom homes make up 7.8%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom7.8%2 bedrooms24.0%3 bedrooms46.2%4 bedrooms15.8%5 bedrooms3.8%6+ bedrooms2.4%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Ceredigion are Pembrokeshire (18.4), Cardiff (20.1) and Conwy (23.4); the furthest within Wales is Blaenau Gwent (126.9).

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Placed in Wales

On the share of homes in band F or above, Ceredigion comes 8th of the 22 councils in Wales, just behind Denbighshire and just ahead of Pembrokeshire. All Wales councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveCeredigion 14%1%36%