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Council tax bands in Greenwich

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Greenwich has the ninth-smallest share of homes with four or more bedrooms (7.7%) and the tenth-largest net number of homes added to the list over the year to March 2026 (1,940 homes) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 33 councils in London, it has the second-largest share of homes in band A (8.5%), the third-largest share in band C (36.4%) and the third-largest share of homes built since 2000 (27.6%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA9B18C36D22E10F3G2FlatTerracedSemiDetachedColour shows the band, shape the typeA9B18C36D22E10F3G2FlatTerracedSemiDetached

The inter-war years built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: England15%Before19007%1900–191817%1919–193914%1945–196412%1965–19826%1983–199916%2000–201512%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England15%<19007%190017%191914%194512%19656%198316%200012%2016

The biggest building periods here were between the wars (16.9%), from 2000 to 2015 (15.7%) and before 1900 (15.1%). Some 15,110 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 9.1% of these newer homes and 28.4% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band D for homes built between the wars, band C for homes built from 2000 to 2015 and band C for those built before 1900. The busiest single year was 2018, with 2,340 homes recorded as built.

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

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Greenwich gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 68.5%, with band C the largest single band. The share in bands A and B, 26.2%, is 16.9 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across London it is 16.7%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, D, B, E, A, F, G and H. Within London, the band mix closest to this one is that of Haringey. Band H, the top band, holds 350 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA8.5%B17.7%C36.4%D21.8%E10.3%F3.2%G1.8%H0.3%GreenwichLondonEngland

Two bedrooms is the usual size

Two-bedroom homes (35.8%) are the most common size, then three-bedroom (33.9%) and one-bedroom (22.6%). Homes here average 2.29 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band D with three, band E with four and band F with five. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom22.6%2 bedrooms35.8%3 bedrooms33.9%4 bedrooms6.0%5 bedrooms1.1%6+ bedrooms0.6%

More than half are flats and maisonettes

Flats and maisonettes make up more than half of the homes in Greenwich (55.2%); after them come terraced houses (30.7%), semi-detached houses (11.1%), detached houses (1.9%) and bungalows (0.7%). The typical home of each type sits in band F for detached houses, band E for semi-detached houses, band D for bungalows, band C for flats and maisonettes and band C for terraced houses. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Ealing, followed by Lewisham and Haringey. The widest gap to the rest of London is in terraced houses: 6.3 points above the share there (24.4%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes55.2%ABCDTerraced houses30.7%CDESemi-detached houses11.1%CDEFDetached houses1.9%DEFGHBungalows0.7%BCDE

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Greenwich are Castle Point (6.2), Adur (9.2) and Gravesham (10.1); the furthest within London is the City of London (119.5).

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Placed in London

On the share of homes in band F or above, Greenwich comes 28th of the 33 councils in London, just behind Bexley and just ahead of Hackney. All London councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveGreenwich 5%1%53%