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Council tax bands in Kirklees

193,930 homesYorkshire and the HumberWest Yorkshire

Kirklees has the slowest net growth in homes on the list over the year to March 2026 (+0.21%) of the 15 councils in Yorkshire and the Humber. Among the five councils in West Yorkshire, it has the smallest share of homes in band B (18.2%), the largest share in band E (6.6%) and the smallest share of homes built between 1919 and 1939 (14.7%). It also has the smallest share of homes built from 2000 to 2015 (9.5%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA45B18C17D9E7F3G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowNot recordedColour shows the band, shape the typeA45B18C17D9E7F3G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowNot recorded

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: England23%Before19004%1900–191815%1919–193916%1945–196417%1965–19829%1983–199910%2000–20156%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England23%<19004%190015%191916%194517%19659%198310%20006%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (22.6%), from 1965 to 1982 (17.3%) and from 1945 to 1964 (15.9%). Some 10,640 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 B). Bands A and B take 36.5% of these newer homes and 64.1% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band A for homes built before 1900, band C for homes built from 1965 to 1982 and band A for those built from 1945 to 1964. The busiest single year was 2018, with 1,600 homes recorded as built.

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

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 62.6% of the homes in Kirklees, and band A on its own accounts for 44.4%. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 33.2%, is 14.4 points below the figure for England as a whole. Within Yorkshire and the Humber, the band mix closest to this one is that of Bradford. Band H, the top band, holds 170 homes. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

Share of homes in each bandA44.4%B18.2%C17.3%D9.3%E6.6%F3.0%G1.2%H0.1%KirkleesYorkshire and the HumberEngland

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Kirklees is terraced houses at 34.6%, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (25.4%), detached houses (15.3%), flats and maisonettes (13.9%) and bungalows (9.5%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band C 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 Hartlepool and High Peak. The widest gap to the rest of Yorkshire and the Humber is in terraced houses: 6.3 points above the share there (28.3%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes13.9%ABTerraced houses34.6%ABCSemi-detached houses25.4%ABCDDetached houses15.3%CDEFGBungalows9.5%ABCDE

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (39.7%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (30.9%) and one-bedroom (13.9%). 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 E with five. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5. Homes here average 2.61 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 15.5%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom13.9%2 bedrooms30.9%3 bedrooms39.7%4 bedrooms12.4%5 bedrooms2.4%6+ bedrooms0.7%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Kirklees are Calderdale (5.7), Preston (6.3) and Newcastle-under-Lyme (8.2); the furthest within Yorkshire and the Humber is York (60.3).

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Placed in Yorkshire and the Humber

On the share of homes in band F or above, Kirklees comes 7th of the 15 councils in Yorkshire and the Humber, just behind Bradford and just ahead of North Lincolnshire. All Yorkshire and the Humber councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveKirklees 4%0%12%