Council tax bands in Darlington

Darlington has the largest share of homes in band B (20.8%), the largest share of caravans, houseboats and mobile homes (0.6%) and the joint largest share of annexes (0.1%) of the 12 councils in the North East. It also has the largest share of homes built before 1919 (21.6%) and the smallest share built from 1945 to 1964 (12.0%).

Semis and terraced houses, almost level

Semi-detached houses (31.3%) only just outnumber the other types in Darlington; in order they are followed by terraced houses (30.6%), detached houses (16.0%), flats and maisonettes (13.8%) and bungalows (7.4%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Bury, followed by Middlesbrough and Derby. The typical home of each type sits in band D for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band B for semi-detached houses, band A for flats and maisonettes and band A for terraced houses. The widest gap to the rest of the North East is in bungalows: 3.7 points below the share there (11.1%).

The inter-war years built the most

The biggest building periods here were between the wars (18.2%), from 1965 to 1982 (17.4%) and from 1945 to 1964. Some 4,650 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band B). Bands A and B take 38.1% of these newer homes and 65.9% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band B for homes built between the wars, band B for homes built from 1965 to 1982 and band A for those built from 1945 to 1964. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 350 homes (+0.65%). The busiest single year was 2020, with 620 homes recorded as built.

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 63.6% of the homes in Darlington, and band A on its own accounts for 42.8%. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 32.5%, is 15.1 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the North East it is 29.0%. Within the North East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Northumberland. Band H, the top band, holds 50 homes. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (40.8%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (34.4%) and four-bedroom (13.1%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band A with two, band B with three, band D with four and band F with five. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5. One-bedroom homes make up 9.1%. The average, 2.66 bedrooms, matches England.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Darlington are Preston (6.1), North Lincolnshire (7.3) and Cumberland (7.5); the furthest within the North East is South Tyneside (39.6).

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Placed in the North East

On the share of homes in band F or above, Darlington comes 3rd of the 12 councils in the North East, just behind Stockton-on-Tees and just ahead of Hartlepool. All North East councils.