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Council tax bands in County Durham

North East

County Durham has the eighth-largest number of homes on the valuation list (257,340 homes) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 12 councils in the North East, it has the smallest share of flats and maisonettes (6.7%), the smallest share of one-bedroom homes (6.6%) and the largest number of homes built from 2016 to 2026 (17,910 homes). It also has the largest net number of homes added to the list over the year to March 2026 (1,690 homes).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA56B14C13D9E5F2G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA56B14C13D9E5F2G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Post-war building leads

Share of homes by build period; red line: England14%Before19008%1900–191814%1919–193919%1945–196418%1965–198210%1983–199911%2000–20157%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England14%<19008%190014%191919%194518%196510%198311%20007%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (18.7%), from 1965 to 1982 (18.0%) and between the wars (13.9%). The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band A). Bands A and B take 44.2% of these newer homes and 72.6% of the older ones. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band A. Homes from before 1919 make up 21.5%, 1.6 points above the share for England. The busiest single year was 2019, with 2,280 homes recorded as built.

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

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in County Durham is terraced houses at 35.4%, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (28.4%), detached houses (15.7%), bungalows (13.3%) and flats and maisonettes. The typical home of each type sits in band D for detached houses, band A for bungalows, band A for flats and maisonettes, band A for semi-detached houses and band A for terraced houses. The widest gap to the rest of the North East is in terraced houses: 6.4 points above the share there (29.0%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Cumberland, followed by Halton and North East Lincolnshire. The list also counts 440 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes6.7%ABTerraced houses35.4%ABSemi-detached houses28.4%ABCDetached houses15.7%CDEFBungalows13.3%ABCD

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (44.3%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (35.0%) and four-bedroom (11.8%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band A with two, band A with three, band D with four and band E with five. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7. Homes here average 2.69 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom6.6%2 bedrooms35.0%3 bedrooms44.3%4 bedrooms11.8%5 bedrooms1.8%6+ bedrooms0.6%

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 70.5% of the homes in County Durham, and band A on its own accounts for 56.0%. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 26.7%, is 20.9 points below the figure for England as a whole. Within the North East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Sunderland. Band H, the top band, holds 280 homes. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

Share of homes in each bandA56.0%B14.5%C12.8%D9.3%E4.6%F1.8%G0.9%H0.1%County DurhamNorth EastEngland

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to County Durham are Blackburn with Darwen (5.1), Barnsley (5.2) and Newcastle upon Tyne (6.5); the furthest within the North East is Stockton-on-Tees (35.6).

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Placed in the North East

On the share of homes in band F or above, County Durham comes 6th of the 12 councils in the North East, just behind Newcastle upon Tyne and just ahead of Middlesbrough. All North East councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveCounty Durham 3%1%8%