Council tax bands in Harborough

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Harborough has the largest share of detached houses (39.8%), the joint highest average number of bedrooms per home (3.05 bedrooms) and the fourth-largest share of homes built since 2000 (32.3%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 35 councils in the East Midlands, it has the largest share of homes in band E (16.5%) and the third-smallest share in bands A and B (32.3%).

Band B is the largest band

Band B is the most common band in Harborough (21.7%), though the middle home on the list is in band C. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run B, C, E, D, A, F, G and H. The share in band F or above, 16.1%, is 6.8 points above the figure for England as a whole. Across the East Midlands it is 5.3%. Band H, the top band, holds 260 homes. Within the East Midlands, the band mix closest to this one is that of Rushcliffe.

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (18.6%), from 2016 to 2026 (17.0%) and from 1983 to 1999 (16.3%). 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 29.8% of these newer homes and 32.9% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 580 homes (+1.29%). Homes from before 1919 make up 14.8%, 5.1 points below the share for England. By build period, the middle home sits in band C for homes built from 1965 to 1982, band D for homes built from 2016 to 2026 and band D for those built from 1983 to 1999. The busiest single year was 2021, with 1,180 homes recorded as built.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (40.1%) are the most common size, then four-bedroom (25.0%) and two-bedroom (22.7%). 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 5.7%. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5.

Detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Harborough is detached houses, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (22.8%), terraced houses (16.3%), bungalows (11.7%) and flats and maisonettes (7.5%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band B for terraced houses and band A for flats and maisonettes. The widest gap to the rest of the East Midlands is in terraced houses: 5.9 points below the share there (22.2%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Rutland, followed by Monmouthshire and Rushcliffe.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Harborough are the Derbyshire Dales (5.6), South Hams (7.7) and Ribble Valley (9.9); the furthest within the East Midlands is Nottingham (103.7).

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Placed in the East Midlands

On the share of homes in band F or above, Harborough comes 2nd of the 35 councils in the East Midlands, just behind Rutland and just ahead of the Derbyshire Dales. All East Midlands councils.