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Council tax bands in Lincoln

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Lincoln has the fourth-largest share of homes in bands A and B (79.7%), the third-smallest share in the middle bands C, D and E (18.9%) and the fourth-smallest share in band C (10.4%) of the 296 councils in England. It also has the joint fifth-smallest share of homes in band D (5.4%) and the second-largest share of its 2016 to 2026 homes placed in bands A and B (79.6%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA61B19C10D6E3F1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA61B19C10D6E3F1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Band A is the single largest band in Lincoln, with 60.6% of homes. The share in band F or above, 1.5%, is 7.8 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the East Midlands it is 5.3%. Within the East Midlands, the band mix closest to this one is that of Bolsover. Band H, the top band, holds 50 homes. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

Share of homes in each bandA60.6%B19.1%C10.4%D5.4%E3.1%F1.1%G0.3%H0.1%LincolnEast MidlandsEngland

Post-war building leads

Share of homes by build period; red line: England16%Before19007%1900–191811%1919–193916%1945–196416%1965–198213%1983–199914%2000–20156%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England16%<19007%190011%191916%194516%196513%198314%20006%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (16.4%), before 1900 (16.1%) and from 1965 to 1982 (15.8%). Some 2,790 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band A, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band A. The busiest single year was 2022, with 500 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 100 homes (+0.21%).

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026ABCEBuilt before 2016ABC

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Lincoln is terraced houses at 33.5%, followed in turn by flats and maisonettes (24.9%), semi-detached houses (21.5%), detached houses (10.7%) and bungalows (8.7%). The widest gap to the rest of the East Midlands is in detached houses: 12.6 points below the share there (23.3%). 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 Gravesham, followed by Thurrock and Broxbourne.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes24.9%ABTerraced houses33.5%ABSemi-detached houses21.5%ABCDetached houses10.7%BCDEFBungalows8.7%ABCD

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (39.9%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (31.7%) and one-bedroom (16.2%). 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 D with five. Homes here average 2.53 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 12.2%. A detached house here has 3.6 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom16.2%2 bedrooms31.7%3 bedrooms39.9%4 bedrooms9.0%5 bedrooms1.4%6+ bedrooms1.8%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Lincoln are Leicester (3.9), Liverpool (5.6) and Nottingham (6.7); the furthest within the East Midlands is Rutland (101.7).

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Placed in the East Midlands

On the share of homes in band F or above, Lincoln comes 28th of the 35 councils in the East Midlands (joint), just behind Leicester and just ahead of Bolsover. All East Midlands councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveLincoln 2%1%18%