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Council tax bands in the Derbyshire Dales

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The Derbyshire Dales has the smallest share of homes in bands A and B (31.7%), the joint largest share of annexes (0.5%) and the largest share of homes built before 1919 (35.0%) of the 35 councils in the East Midlands. It also has the smallest share of homes built from 1965 to 1982 (14.1%) and the second-largest share of homes in the middle bands C, D and E (52.8%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA10B21C22D16E15F9G6H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowAnnexeColour shows the band, shape the typeA10B21C22D16E15F9G6H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowAnnexe

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in the Derbyshire Dales gather in the middle of the ladder, with band C the largest single band (21.6%). Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, B, D, E, A, F, G and H. The share in band F or above, 15.6%, is 6.3 points above the figure for England as a whole. Across the East Midlands it is 5.3%. Within the East Midlands, the band mix closest to this one is that of Rutland. Band H, the top band, holds 140 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA10.3%B21.4%C21.6%D16.4%E14.8%F9.2%G6.0%H0.4%Derbyshire DalesEast MidlandsEngland

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: England32%Before19003%1900–191810%1919–193913%1945–196414%1965–198210%1983–19998%2000–20158%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England32%<19003%190010%191913%194514%196510%19838%20008%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (32.2%), from 1965 to 1982 and from 1945 to 1964 (13.0%). Some 2,760 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 31.2% of these newer homes and 31.8% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band D for homes built before 1900, band D for homes built from 1965 to 1982 and band C for those built from 1945 to 1964. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 150 homes (+0.42%). The busiest single year was 2021, with 410 homes recorded as built.

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

Detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in the Derbyshire Dales is detached houses at 30.3%, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (25.1%), terraced houses (20.9%), bungalows (11.5%) and flats and maisonettes (9.8%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band D for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band B for terraced houses and band A for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Tewkesbury, followed by Stratford-on-Avon and Stroud. The widest gap to the rest of the East Midlands is in detached houses: 7.0 points above the share there (23.3%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes9.8%ABCDTerraced houses20.9%ABCDSemi-detached houses25.1%ABCDEDetached houses30.3%CDEFGBungalows11.5%ABCDEFAnnexes0.5%A

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (42.4%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (29.6%) and four-bedroom (14.8%). 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. One-bedroom homes make up 7.9%. Homes here average 2.81 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. A detached house here has 3.5 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom7.9%2 bedrooms29.6%3 bedrooms42.4%4 bedrooms14.8%5 bedrooms3.9%6+ bedrooms1.3%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to the Derbyshire Dales are Harborough (5.6), Rushcliffe (6.8) and the Malvern Hills (7.3); the furthest within the East Midlands is Nottingham (104.3).

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Placed in the East Midlands

On the share of homes in band F or above, the Derbyshire Dales comes 3rd of the 35 councils in the East Midlands, just behind Harborough and just ahead of Rushcliffe. All East Midlands councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveDerbyshire Dales 16%1%18%