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Council tax bands in Denbighshire

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Denbighshire has the largest share of homes in band C (32.1%), the smallest share of terraced houses (15.1%) and the largest share of homes built between 1919 and 1939 (15.8%) of the 22 councils in Wales. It also has the eighth-largest share of bungalows (26.1%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the second-largest share of two-bedroom homes (31.2%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA9B16C32D17E12F8G5H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA9B16C32D17E12F8G5H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Bungalows are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Denbighshire is bungalows, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (23.1%), detached houses (22.4%), terraced houses and flats and maisonettes (12.8%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band C for terraced houses and band A for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to King's Lynn and West Norfolk, followed by North Norfolk and Fenland. The widest gap to the rest of Wales is in detached houses: 3.0 points above the share there (19.4%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes12.8%ABCTerraced houses15.1%BCDSemi-detached houses23.1%BCDEDetached houses22.4%DEFGBungalows26.1%BCDE

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Denbighshire gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 61.5%, with band C the largest single band. The share in bands A and B, 24.8%, is 10.3 points below the figure for Wales as a whole. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, D, B, E, A, F, G, H and I. Within Wales, the band mix closest to this one is that of Conwy. Band I, the top band, holds 170 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA8.9%B15.9%C32.1%D17.3%E12.1%F8.4%G4.4%H0.7%I0.4%DenbighshireWales

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales19%Before19004%1900–191816%1919–193916%1945–196421%1965–198210%1983–19998%2000–20156%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales19%<19004%190016%191916%194521%196510%19838%20006%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (21.1%), before 1900 (19.4%) and from 1945 to 1964 (15.9%). Some 2,570 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Bands A and B take 22.5% of these newer homes and 24.8% of the older ones. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band C. The busiest single year was 2021, with 510 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 140 homes (+0.30%).

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

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (42.0%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom and four-bedroom (14.4%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band C with two, band C with three, band E with four and band F with five. A detached house here has 3.6 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. Homes here average 2.76 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.83 for Wales. One-bedroom homes make up 8.4%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom8.4%2 bedrooms31.2%3 bedrooms42.0%4 bedrooms14.4%5 bedrooms2.4%6+ bedrooms1.5%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Denbighshire are Wrexham (13.1), Newport (14.5) and Flintshire (15.5); the furthest within Wales is Blaenau Gwent (114.9).

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Placed in Wales

On the share of homes in band F or above, Denbighshire comes 7th of the 22 councils in Wales, just behind Wrexham and just ahead of Ceredigion. All Wales councils.

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