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Council tax bands in Guildford

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Guildford has the largest number of homes built from 2016 to 2026 (5,890 homes), the largest share of its 2016 to 2026 homes placed in bands A and B (28.0%) and the largest net number of homes added to the list over the year to March 2026 (610 homes) of the eleven councils in Surrey.

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Post-war building leads

Share of homes by build period; red line: England12%Before19004%1900–191817%1919–193920%1945–196416%1965–198212%1983–19999%2000–20159%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England12%<19004%190017%191920%194516%196512%19839%20009%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (20.2%), between the wars (17.2%) and from 1965 to 1982 (16.5%). The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band D, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Homes from before 1919 make up 15.7%, 4.2 points below the share for England. By build period, the middle home sits in band D for homes built from 1945 to 1964, band E for homes built between the wars and band D for those built from 1965 to 1982. The busiest single year was 2021, with 1,090 homes recorded as built.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026ABCDEFGBuilt before 2016BCDEFG

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Guildford gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 64.2%, with band D the largest single band (26.9%). The share in bands A and B, 9.7%, is 33.4 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the South East it is 25.3%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run D, C, E, G, F, B, A and H. Band H, the top band, holds 1,880 homes, about one in every 34. Within the South East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Runnymede.

Share of homes in each bandA3.7%B6.0%C20.4%D26.9%E16.9%F11.0%G12.1%H3.0%GuildfordSouth EastEngland

Semis and detached houses, almost level

Semi-detached houses (26.7%) only just outnumber the other types in Guildford; in order they are followed by detached houses (25.0%), flats and maisonettes (22.9%), terraced houses (14.8%) and bungalows (8.8%). The typical home of each type sits in band F for detached houses, band E for bungalows, band D for semi-detached houses, band D for terraced houses and band C for flats and maisonettes. The widest gap to the rest of the South East is in terraced houses: 8.7 points below the share there (23.5%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Tandridge, followed by Mid Sussex and North Somerset. The list also counts 530 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes22.9%ABCDETerraced houses14.8%CDESemi-detached houses26.7%CDEFDetached houses25.0%EFGHBungalows8.8%CDEFGCaravans and mobile homes0.8%A

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (40.4%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (24.5%) and one-bedroom (14.9%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band D with two, band D with three, band F with four and band G with five. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 20.2%. Homes here average 2.73 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom14.9%2 bedrooms24.5%3 bedrooms40.4%4 bedrooms14.6%5 bedrooms4.0%6+ bedrooms1.6%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Guildford are Reigate and Banstead (7.3), Epping Forest (9.8) and Hammersmith and Fulham (10.5); the furthest within the South East is Portsmouth (113.2).

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Placed in the South East

On the share of homes in band F or above, Guildford comes 12th of the 64 councils in the South East, just behind Horsham and just ahead of Reigate and Banstead. All South East councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveGuildford 26%2%40%