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Council tax bands in Harlow

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Harlow has the smallest share of homes built between 1919 and 1939 (0.9%), the largest share built from 1945 to 1964 (43.2%) and the second-smallest share built before 1919 (1.4%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the third-largest share of homes in band C (48.3%) of the 296 councils in England. It also has the ninth-largest share of terraced houses (49.9%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA6B21C48D13E8F3G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA6B21C48D13E8F3G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Harlow is terraced houses, followed in turn by flats and maisonettes (28.7%), semi-detached houses (10.5%), detached houses (8.3%) and bungalows (2.5%). The widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in detached houses: 12.4 points below the share there (20.7%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band D for semi-detached houses, band C for terraced houses, band B for bungalows and band B for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Stevenage, followed by Crawley and Portsmouth.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes28.7%ABCTerraced houses49.9%CDSemi-detached houses10.5%CDEDetached houses8.3%DEFGBungalows2.5%ABCDEF

Post-war building leads

Share of homes by build period; red line: England1%Before19000%1900–19181%1919–193943%1945–196423%1965–198214%1983–19997%2000–201510%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England1%<19000%19001%191943%194523%196514%19837%200010%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964, from 1965 to 1982 (23.2%) and from 1983 to 1999 (14.1%). Some 4,200 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 28.8% of these newer homes and 26.9% of the older ones. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band C. The busiest single year was 2017, with 640 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 90 homes (+0.22%).

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

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Harlow gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 68.8%, with band C the largest single band. The share in bands A and B, 27.0%, is 16.1 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the East of England it is 34.9%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, B, D, E, A, F and G. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of Thurrock. Band H, the top band, holds 20 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA6.4%B20.6%C48.3%D12.9%E7.6%F3.0%G1.1%H0.0%HarlowEast of EnglandEngland

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (37.9%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (34.5%) and one-bedroom (16.9%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band C with three, band E with four and band F with five. Homes here average 2.44 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 10.6%. A detached house here has 3.6 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom16.9%2 bedrooms34.5%3 bedrooms37.9%4 bedrooms9.3%5 bedrooms1.1%6+ bedrooms0.2%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Harlow are Crawley (17.6), Reading (17.8) and Stevenage (18.5); the furthest within the East of England is St Albans (104.6).

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Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in band F or above, Harlow comes 38th of the 45 councils in the East of England, just behind Breckland and just ahead of Stevenage. All East of England councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveHarlow 4%2%30%