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Council tax bands in Horsham

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Horsham has the smallest share of homes in bands A and B (13.8%), the largest share in band F or above (26.2%) and the smallest share in band C (21.0%) of the seven councils in West Sussex. It also has the largest share of detached houses (27.8%) and the largest share of annexes (0.7%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA4B10C21D22E17F13G12H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravanAnnexeColour shows the band, shape the typeA4B10C21D22E17F13G12H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravanAnnexe

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Horsham gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 60.1%, with band D the largest single band (21.6%). Ranked by number of homes, the bands run D, C, E, F, G, B, A and H. Band H, the top band, holds 840 homes. Within the South East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Buckinghamshire.

Share of homes in each bandA3.6%B10.2%C21.0%D21.6%E17.5%F12.8%G12.1%H1.3%HorshamSouth EastEngland

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: England10%Before19003%1900–19188%1919–193914%1945–196422%1965–198218%1983–199912%2000–201511%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England10%<19003%19008%191914%194522%196518%198312%200011%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (22.4%), from 1983 to 1999 (18.0%) and from 1945 to 1964 (14.2%). Homes from before 1919 make up 12.9%, 7.0 points below the share for England. Some 7,300 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 15.8% of these newer homes and 13.5% of the older ones. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band D. The busiest single year was 2019, with 1,300 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 260 homes (+0.39%).

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

Detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Horsham is detached houses, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (21.3%), flats and maisonettes (18.8%), terraced houses (18.6%) and bungalows (10.7%). 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 B for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Winchester, followed by Buckinghamshire and Waverley. The list also counts 580 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes. The widest gap to the rest of the South East is in terraced houses: 4.9 points below the share there (23.5%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes18.8%ABCTerraced houses18.6%CDESemi-detached houses21.3%CDEDetached houses27.8%EFGBungalows10.7%CDEFGCaravans and mobile homes0.9%ABAnnexes0.7%A

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (39.7%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (26.0%) and four-bedroom (17.9%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band D with three, band F with four and band G with five. Homes here average 2.84 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. One-bedroom homes make up 10.6%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom10.6%2 bedrooms26.0%3 bedrooms39.7%4 bedrooms17.9%5 bedrooms4.7%6+ bedrooms1.1%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Horsham are Uttlesford (4.0), Epping Forest (7.3) and Wandsworth (9.2); the furthest within the South East is Portsmouth (103.9).

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Placed in the South East

On the share of homes in bands C to E, Horsham comes 39th of the 64 councils in the South East (joint), just behind Canterbury and just ahead of Waverley. All South East councils.

Share of homes in bands C to EHorsham 60%33%79%