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Council tax bands in Hartlepool
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Hartlepool has the largest share of terraced houses (38.0%), the smallest share of semi-detached houses (24.6%) and the smallest share of homes built between 1919 and 1939 (11.0%) of the 12 councils in the North East. It also has the joint largest share of homes built since 2000 (19.8%) and the fastest net growth in homes on the list over the year to March 2026 (+1.04%).
Post-war building leads
The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (23.4%), from 1965 to 1982 (18.1%) and from 1983 to 1999 (13.2%). Some 3,660 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band A). Bands A and B take 27.0% of these newer homes and 72.2% of the older ones. Homes from before 1919 make up 14.4%, 5.5 points below the share for England. By build period, the middle home sits in band A for homes built from 1945 to 1964, band A for homes built from 1965 to 1982 and band B for those built from 1983 to 1999. The busiest single year was 2024, with 540 homes recorded as built.
Terraced houses are the largest group
The largest group of homes in Hartlepool is terraced houses, followed in turn by semi-detached houses, detached houses (15.6%), flats and maisonettes (12.4%) and bungalows (9.0%). The typical home of each type sits in band D for detached houses, band B for bungalows, band B for semi-detached houses, band A for flats and maisonettes and band A for terraced houses. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Halton, followed by Kirklees and High Peak. The widest gap to the rest of the North East is in flats and maisonettes: 3.8 points below the share there (16.2%).
Most homes are in the two lowest bands
Bands A and B hold 68.6% of the homes in Hartlepool, and band A on its own accounts for 51.7%. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 27.4%, is 20.2 points below the figure for England as a whole. Within the North East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Newcastle upon Tyne. Band H, the top band, holds 120 homes. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.
Three bedrooms is the usual size
Three-bedroom homes (47.4%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (28.7%) and four-bedroom (12.6%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band A with two, band B with three, band D with four and band F with five. One-bedroom homes make up 8.1%. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5. Homes here average 2.75 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England.
Councils with a similar band mix
By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Hartlepool are Bolton (2.7), Rochdale (4.8) and Derby (5.4); the furthest within the North East is Stockton-on-Tees (27.5).
Compare side by sidePlaced in the North East
On the share of homes in band F or above, Hartlepool comes 4th of the 12 councils in the North East, just behind Darlington and just ahead of Newcastle upon Tyne. All North East councils.