Council tax bands in Luton

Luton has the largest share of its 2016 to 2026 homes placed in bands A and B (80.2%) and the ninth-largest share of homes in band B (32.9%) of the 295 councils in England. Among the 45 councils in the East of England, it has the smallest share of homes in band F or above (1.6%), the smallest share of homes with four or more bedrooms (8.2%) and the joint third-smallest share of homes in band E (4.1%).

Band B is the largest band

Band B is the most common band in Luton, and the middle home on the list is in that band too. The share in bands A and B, 58.1%, is 15.0 points above the figure for England as a whole. Across the East of England it is 34.9%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run B, C, A, D, E, F and G. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of Breckland. Band H, the top band, holds 30 homes.

Post-war building leads

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (22.8%), between the wars (19.6%) and from 1965 to 1982 (17.6%). Some 5,550 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band A, a lower band than the middle home built before 2016 (band B). Homes from before 1919 make up 13.0%, 6.9 points below the share for England. By build period, the middle home sits in band C for homes built from 1945 to 1964, band C for homes built between the wars and band B for those built from 1965 to 1982. The busiest single year was 2022, with 890 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 120 homes (+0.14%).

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (47.7%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (25.6%) and one-bedroom (18.4%). Band and size do not move in step here: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band B with two, band C with three, band E with four and band D with five. Homes here average 2.48 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. A detached house here has 3.6 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5.

Terraced houses and semis, almost level

Terraced houses (29.3%) only just outnumber the other types in Luton; in order they are followed by semi-detached houses (29.1%), flats and maisonettes (27.9%), detached houses (8.4%) and bungalows (4.8%). The widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in detached houses: 12.3 points below the share there (20.7%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band B for terraced houses and band A for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Sheffield, followed by Ipswich and Havering.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Luton are Portsmouth (11.3), Thanet (12.8) and Bristol (14.7); the furthest within the East of England is St Albans (123.6).

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Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in bands C to E, Luton comes 39th of the 45 councils in the East of England, just behind Breckland and just ahead of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. All East of England councils.