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Council tax bands in Monmouthshire

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Monmouthshire has the second-largest share of detached houses (36.5%), the joint fifth-highest average number of bedrooms per home (3.01 bedrooms) and the fifth-smallest share of two-bedroom homes (19.7%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the smallest share of homes in bands A and B (9.0%) and the largest share in band F or above (36.1%) of the 22 councils in Wales.

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA1B8C16D21E17F18G13H4I2FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA1B8C16D21E17F18G13H4I2FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Monmouthshire gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 54.9%, with band D the largest single band (21.4%). The middle home on the list is in band E. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run D, F, E, C, G, B, H, I and A. Band I, the top band, holds 670 homes. Within Wales, the band mix closest to this one is that of Ceredigion.

Share of homes in each bandA1.2%B7.8%C16.1%D21.4%E17.4%F18.2%G12.4%H4.0%I1.5%MonmouthshireWales

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (43.1%) are the most common size, then four-bedroom (23.1%) and two-bedroom. Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band D with two, band D with three, band F with four and band G with five. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. One-bedroom homes make up 8.0%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom8.0%2 bedrooms19.7%3 bedrooms43.1%4 bedrooms23.1%5 bedrooms4.6%6+ bedrooms1.5%

Detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Monmouthshire is detached houses, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (22.6%), terraced houses (18.9%), flats and maisonettes (10.9%) and bungalows (10.2%). 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 widest gap to the rest of Wales is in terraced houses: 10.1 points below the share there (29.0%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Rutland, followed by Uttlesford and Wychavon.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes10.9%ABCDTerraced houses18.9%CDESemi-detached houses22.6%CDEFDetached houses36.5%EFGHBungalows10.2%BCDEFGAnnexes0.5%ABCD

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales19%Before19003%1900–19186%1919–193916%1945–196420%1965–198217%1983–199911%2000–20157%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales19%<19003%19006%191916%194520%196517%198311%20007%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (20.2%), before 1900 (19.2%) and from 1983 to 1999 (17.1%). Some 3,400 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band E, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Bands A and B take 10.6% of these newer homes and 8.9% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band E for homes built from 1965 to 1982, band F for homes built before 1900 and band E for those built from 1983 to 1999. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 230 homes (+0.52%). The busiest single year was 2021, with 480 homes recorded as built.

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

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Monmouthshire are the Vale of Glamorgan (23.2), Cardiff (27.7) and Powys (39.4); the furthest within Wales is Blaenau Gwent (146.3).

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Placed in Wales

On the share of homes in bands C to E, Monmouthshire comes 11th of the 22 councils in Wales, just behind Newport and just ahead of Powys. All Wales councils.

Share of homes in bands C to EMonmouthshire 55%16%68%