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Council tax bands in Dacorum

68,490 homesEast of EnglandHertfordshire

Dacorum has the second-smallest share of its 2016 to 2026 homes placed in bands A and B (6.4%) of the 45 councils in the East of England. Among the ten councils in Hertfordshire, it has the smallest share of homes built from 1983 to 1999 (11.3%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA2B12C31D24E14F8G8H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravanColour shows the band, shape the typeA2B12C31D24E14F8G8H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravan

Post-war building leads

Share of homes by build period; red line: England8%Before19002%1900–19188%1919–193929%1945–196424%1965–198211%1983–19999%2000–20158%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England8%<19002%19008%191929%194524%196511%19839%20008%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (29.3%), from 1965 to 1982 (23.6%) and from 1983 to 1999. Homes from before 1919 make up 9.7%, 10.2 points below the share for England. Some 5,590 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. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 560 homes (+0.82%). By build period, the middle home sits in band C for homes built from 1945 to 1964, band C for homes built from 1965 to 1982 and band D for those built from 1983 to 1999. The busiest single year was 2021, with 750 homes recorded as built.

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

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Dacorum gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 68.4%, with band C the largest single band (30.6%). The middle home on the list is in band D. The share in bands A and B, 14.0%, is 29.1 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the East of England it is 34.9%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, D, E, B, F, G, A and H. Band H, the top band, holds 860 homes. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of Chelmsford.

Share of homes in each bandA1.8%B12.2%C30.6%D23.9%E13.9%F8.6%G7.7%H1.3%DacorumEast of EnglandEngland

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Dacorum is terraced houses at 33.2%, followed in turn by flats and maisonettes (25.5%), semi-detached houses (18.7%), detached houses (17.2%) and bungalows (4.5%). The widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in terraced houses: 9.1 points above the share there (24.1%). The typical home of each type sits in band F for detached houses, band E for bungalows, band D for semi-detached houses, band C for flats and maisonettes and band C for terraced houses. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Broxbourne, followed by Welwyn Hatfield and Swindon. The list also counts 310 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes25.5%BCDTerraced houses33.2%CDESemi-detached houses18.7%CDEFDetached houses17.2%EFGHBungalows4.5%BCDEFGCaravans and mobile homes0.5%A

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (40.5%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (25.8%) and four-bedroom (15.3%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C 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 1.6. Homes here average 2.72 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. One-bedroom homes make up 13.8%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom13.8%2 bedrooms25.8%3 bedrooms40.5%4 bedrooms15.3%5 bedrooms3.6%6+ bedrooms0.9%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Dacorum are Welwyn Hatfield (7.3), the Vale of White Horse (9.8) and West Oxfordshire (10.1); the furthest within the East of England is Norwich (123.5).

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Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in band F or above, Dacorum comes 10th of the 45 councils in the East of England, just behind Welwyn Hatfield and just ahead of Maldon. All East of England councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveDacorum 18%2%30%