Council tax bands in Maldon

Maldon has the tenth-largest share of homes with four or more bedrooms (28.2%) and the eighth-largest share of homes built from 1983 to 1999 (21.0%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 45 councils in the East of England, it has the smallest number of homes on the valuation list (30,880 homes) and the third-largest share of detached houses (33.2%). Among the twelve councils in Essex, it has the smallest share of flats and maisonettes (9.7%).

Detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Maldon is detached houses, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (24.1%), terraced houses (15.8%), bungalows (15.3%) and flats and maisonettes. The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band D for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band C for terraced houses and band A for flats and maisonettes. The list also counts 350 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes. The widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in terraced houses: 8.3 points below the share there (24.1%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Mid Suffolk, followed by South Cambridgeshire and the Forest of Dean.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (38.7%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (24.8%) and four-bedroom (21.9%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band C with two, band C with three, band E with four and band F with five. Homes here average 2.94 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. One-bedroom homes make up 8.4%. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5.

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (23.6%), from 1983 to 1999 and before 1900 (12.0%). Some 3,500 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band D, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band C). Bands A and B take 16.3% of these newer homes and 21.5% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 320 homes (+1.05%). By build period, the middle home sits in band C for homes built from 1965 to 1982, band D for homes built from 1983 to 1999 and band C for those built before 1900. The busiest single year was 2022, with 480 homes recorded as built.

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Maldon gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 62.3%, with band C the largest single band (28.3%). The middle home on the list is in band D. The share in bands A and B, 21.0%, is 22.1 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the East of England it is 34.9%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, D, E, B, F, A, G and H. Band H, the top band, holds 190 homes. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of Central Bedfordshire.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Maldon are Stratford-on-Avon (9.4), Chelmsford (10.7) and South Cambridgeshire (10.9); the furthest within the East of England is Norwich (109.5).

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Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in band F or above, Maldon comes 11th of the 45 councils in the East of England, just behind Dacorum and just ahead of North Hertfordshire. All East of England councils.