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Council tax bands in Conwy

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Conwy has the largest share of two-bedroom homes (31.6%), the second-largest share of flats and maisonettes (20.3%) and the second-smallest share of three-bedroom homes (40.8%) of the 22 councils in Wales. It also has the joint second-largest share of homes built between 1919 and 1939 (14.8%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA9B14C27D21E16F9G3H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA9B14C27D21E16F9G3H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes are the most common size, then two-bedroom and four-bedroom (13.3%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A 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 3.6 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7. Homes here average 2.73 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.83 for Wales. One-bedroom homes make up 9.6%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom9.6%2 bedrooms31.6%3 bedrooms40.8%4 bedrooms13.3%5 bedrooms2.8%6+ bedrooms1.8%

Semis and bungalows, almost level

Semi-detached houses (22.8%) only just outnumber the other types in Conwy; in order they are followed by bungalows (20.4%), detached houses (20.4%), flats and maisonettes and terraced houses (15.7%). The widest gap to the rest of Wales is in terraced houses: 13.3 points below the share there (29.0%). 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 Isle of Wight, followed by Fylde and Lewes.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes20.3%ABCDTerraced houses15.7%BCDSemi-detached houses22.8%BCDEDetached houses20.4%DEFGBungalows20.4%BCDEF

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales22%Before19007%1900–191815%1919–193914%1945–196418%1965–198213%1983–19998%2000–20154%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales22%<19007%190015%191914%194518%196513%19838%20004%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (21.6%), from 1965 to 1982 (18.1%) and between the wars. Some 2,210 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band D, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band C). Bands A and B take 21.8% of these newer homes and 23.8% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band C for homes built before 1900, band D for homes built from 1965 to 1982 and band D for those built between the wars. The busiest single year was 2017, with 380 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 200 homes (+0.34%).

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

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Conwy gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 63.1%, with band C the largest single band (26.7%). Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, D, E, B, A, F, G, H and I. The share in bands A and B, 23.7%, is 11.4 points below the figure for Wales as a whole. Within Wales, the band mix closest to this one is that of Denbighshire. Band I, the top band, holds 160 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA9.4%B14.3%C26.7%D20.5%E15.9%F8.8%G3.3%H0.8%I0.3%ConwyWales

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Conwy are Flintshire (12.1), Pembrokeshire (13.0) and Newport (15.3); the furthest within Wales is Blaenau Gwent (116.9).

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Placed in Wales

On the share of homes in band F or above, Conwy comes 11th of the 22 councils in Wales, just behind Newport and just ahead of Swansea. All Wales councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveConwy 13%1%36%