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Council tax bands in Harrow

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Harrow has the largest share of homes built between 1919 and 1939 (51.4%) and the joint fifth-smallest share built from 1983 to 1999 (5.5%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the fifth-largest share of homes in the middle bands C, D and E (78.0%), the fourth-largest share in band E (23.2%) and the eighth-smallest share in bands A and B (5.5%) of the 296 councils in England.

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA1B5C24D31E23F9G6H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA1B5C24D31E23F9G6H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Harrow gather in the middle of the ladder, with band D the largest single band (31.0%). Ranked by number of homes, the bands run D, C, E, F, G, B, H and A. Band H, the top band, holds 1,320 homes, about one in every 74. The share in band F or above, 16.6%, is 7.3 points above the figure for England as a whole. Within London, the band mix closest to this one is that of Ealing.

Share of homes in each bandA0.9%B4.6%C23.8%D31.0%E23.2%F8.8%G6.4%H1.4%HarrowLondonEngland

The inter-war years built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: England3%Before19008%1900–191851%1919–19399%1945–19648%1965–19826%1983–19998%2000–20158%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England3%<19008%190051%19199%19458%19656%19838%20008%2016

The biggest building periods here were between the wars, from 1945 to 1964 (8.9%) and from 1965 to 1982 (8.3%). Homes from before 1919 make up 10.2%, 9.7 points below the share for England. Some 7,490 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band D, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Bands A and B take 13.1% of these newer homes and 4.9% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 770 homes (+0.79%). Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band D. The busiest single year was 2019, with 1,030 homes recorded as built.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026BCDEFBuilt before 2016CDEFG

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (46.3%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (24.7%) and one-bedroom (16.7%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band C with one bedroom, band D with two, band E with three, band F with four and band G with five. A detached house here has 3.9 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 12.3%. Homes here average 2.58 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom16.7%2 bedrooms24.7%3 bedrooms46.3%4 bedrooms9.1%5 bedrooms2.5%6+ bedrooms0.7%

Flats and maisonettes are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Harrow is flats and maisonettes at 38.6%, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (30.4%), terraced houses (20.6%), detached houses (7.9%) and bungalows (2.2%). The widest gap to the rest of London is in flats and maisonettes: 18.9 points below the share there (57.5%). The typical home of each type sits in band G for detached houses, band E for bungalows, band E for semi-detached houses, band D for terraced houses and band C for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Kingston upon Thames, followed by Newcastle upon Tyne and Salford.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes38.6%BCDETerraced houses20.6%CDESemi-detached houses30.4%DEFDetached houses7.9%FGHBungalows2.2%DEFG

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Harrow are Kingston upon Thames (8.4), Spelthorne (9.7) and Islington (14.7); the furthest within London is Barking and Dagenham (109.6).

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Placed in London

On the share of homes in band F or above, Harrow comes 12th of the 33 councils in London, just behind Islington and just ahead of Tower Hamlets. All London councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveHarrow 17%1%53%