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Council tax bands in the Forest of Dean

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The Forest of Dean has the smallest share of flats and maisonettes (7.4%), the largest share of detached houses (31.4%) and the largest share of annexes (1.0%) of the 27 councils in the South West. It also has the third-smallest share of terraced houses (15.7%) and the joint third-largest share of semi-detached houses (26.4%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA18B25C23D15E11F5G3FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravanAnnexeColour shows the band, shape the typeA18B25C23D15E11F5G3FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravanAnnexe

Detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in the Forest of Dean is detached houses, followed in turn by semi-detached houses, bungalows (16.0%), terraced houses and flats and maisonettes. The typical home of each type sits in band D for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band B for semi-detached houses, band B for terraced houses and band A for flats and maisonettes. The list also counts 450 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to South Cambridgeshire, followed by Maldon and Mid Suffolk. The widest gap to the rest of the South West is in bungalows: 3.7 points above the share there (12.3%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes7.4%ABTerraced houses15.7%ABCSemi-detached houses26.4%ABCDDetached houses31.4%CDEFGBungalows16.0%ABCDECaravans and mobile homes1.1%AAnnexes1.0%AB

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (45.3%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (26.7%) and four-bedroom (16.7%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band B with two, band C with three, band E with four and band F with five. One-bedroom homes make up 7.7%. Homes here average 2.83 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. A detached house here has 3.5 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom7.7%2 bedrooms26.7%3 bedrooms45.3%4 bedrooms16.7%5 bedrooms2.7%6+ bedrooms1.0%

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: England25%Before19002%1900–19186%1919–193913%1945–196420%1965–198214%1983–199911%2000–20159%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England25%<19002%19006%191913%194520%196514%198311%20009%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (25.3%), from 1965 to 1982 (19.5%) and from 1983 to 1999 (13.8%). Some 3,730 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 34.1% of these newer homes and 44.0% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 270 homes (+0.66%). Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band C. The busiest single year was 2022, with 610 homes recorded as built.

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

Band B is the largest band

Band B is the most common band in the Forest of Dean (25.4%), though the middle home on the list is in band C. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run B, C, A, D, E, F, G and H. Within the South West, the band mix closest to this one is that of Cheltenham. In the middle bands, C to E the share is 49.0%, close to the 47.6% for England. Band H, the top band, holds 80 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA17.6%B25.4%C22.5%D15.1%E11.4%F5.3%G2.5%H0.2%Forest of DeanSouth WestEngland

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to the Forest of Dean are Shropshire (4.4), Somerset (4.9) and Huntingdonshire (5.6); the furthest within the South West is the Isles of Scilly (104.5).

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Placed in the South West

On the share of homes in band F or above, the Forest of Dean comes 17th of the 27 councils in the South West, just behind Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and just ahead of South Gloucestershire. All South West councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveForest of Dean 8%2%35%