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Council tax bands in Ealing

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Ealing has the joint seventh-largest share of homes in band D (32.5%) of the 296 councils in England. It also has the tenth-smallest share of homes built from 1945 to 1964 (7.5%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales.

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA3B10C25D32E17F7G5H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedColour shows the band, shape the typeA3B10C25D32E17F7G5H1FlatTerracedSemiDetached

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Ealing gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 74.1%, with band D the largest single band. The share in bands A and B, 13.6%, is 29.5 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across London it is 16.7%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run D, C, E, B, F, G, A and H. Band H, the top band, holds 1,050 homes, about one in every 144. Within London, the band mix closest to this one is that of Havering.

Share of homes in each bandA3.3%B10.3%C24.8%D32.5%E16.8%F7.0%G4.8%H0.7%EalingLondonEngland

The inter-war years built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: England12%Before190016%1900–191830%1919–19398%1945–196410%1965–19826%1983–19998%2000–201512%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England12%<190016%190030%19198%194510%19656%19838%200012%2016

The biggest building periods here were between the wars (29.8%), from 1900 to 1918 (15.5%) and before 1900 (12.5%). Some 17,610 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. Bands A and B take 20.4% of these newer homes and 12.6% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 1,350 homes (+0.90%). By build period, the middle home sits in band D for homes built between the wars, band E for homes built from 1900 to 1918 and band D for those built before 1900. The busiest single year was 2022, with 2,680 homes recorded as built.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026BCDEBuilt before 2016BCDEF

More than half are flats and maisonettes

Flats and maisonettes make up more than half of the homes in Ealing (54.4%); after them come terraced houses (27.8%), semi-detached houses (13.8%), detached houses (2.3%) and bungalows (1.0%). The typical home of each type sits in band G for detached houses, band E for semi-detached houses, band D for bungalows, band D for terraced houses and band C for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Greenwich, followed by Hounslow and Lewisham. It also counts 640 annexes, separate living quarters attached to another home. The widest gap to the rest of London is in terraced houses: 3.4 points above the share there (24.4%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes54.4%BCDETerraced houses27.8%CDEFSemi-detached houses13.8%DEFGDetached houses2.3%EFGHBungalows1.0%BCDEF

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (35.3%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (29.8%) and one-bedroom (25.1%). Homes here average 2.34 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band C with one bedroom, band D with two, band D with three, band F with four and band G with five. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 9.8%. A detached house here has 4.2 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom25.1%2 bedrooms29.8%3 bedrooms35.3%4 bedrooms6.6%5 bedrooms2.0%6+ bedrooms1.2%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Ealing are Merton (8.3), Enfield (8.5) and Broxbourne (9.3); the furthest within London is the City of London (92.3).

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Placed in London

On the share of homes in band F or above, Ealing comes 18th of the 33 councils in London, just behind Sutton and just ahead of Lambeth. All London councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveEaling 12%1%53%