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Council tax bands in Neath Port Talbot

67,350 homesWalesIn Welsh: Castell-nedd Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot has the third-largest share of three-bedroom homes (61.0%), the joint fifth-smallest share of homes built from 2016 to 2026 (2.6%) and the sixth-smallest share of two-bedroom homes (19.8%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the joint smallest share of homes in band I (0.0%) and the largest share in band B (40.8%) of the 22 councils in Wales.

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA21B41C17D11E7F2G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA21B41C17D11E7F2G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Post-war building leads

Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales12%Before190019%1900–191815%1919–193921%1945–196414%1965–19828%1983–19999%2000–20153%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales12%<190019%190015%191921%194514%19658%19839%20003%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (21.1%), from 1900 to 1918 (19.0%) and between the wars (14.8%). 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 39.4% of these newer homes and 62.0% of the older ones. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band B. The busiest single year was 2016, with 260 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 90 homes (+0.13%).

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

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes are the most common size, then two-bedroom and four-bedroom (11.4%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band B with two, band B with three, band D with four and band E with five. A detached house here has 3.6 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7. One-bedroom homes make up 5.9%. Homes here average 2.84 bedrooms, more than the 2.83 for Wales.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom5.9%2 bedrooms19.8%3 bedrooms61.0%4 bedrooms11.4%5 bedrooms1.1%6+ bedrooms0.7%

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 61.4% of the homes in Neath Port Talbot. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 35.3%, is 16.3 points below the figure for Wales as a whole. Within Wales, the band mix closest to this one is that of Swansea. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run B, A, C, D, E, F, G and H.

Share of homes in each bandA20.6%B40.8%C17.4%D11.1%E6.8%F2.3%G0.8%H0.2%I0.0%Neath Port TalbotWales

Semi-detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Neath Port Talbot is semi-detached houses at 37.6%, followed in turn by terraced houses (27.8%), detached houses (15.0%), flats and maisonettes (11.9%) and bungalows (7.4%). The widest gap to the rest of Wales is in semi-detached houses: 12.7 points above the share there (24.9%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band B for semi-detached houses, band B for terraced houses and band A for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Wigan, followed by St Helens and Darlington.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes11.9%ATerraced houses27.8%ABCSemi-detached houses37.6%ABCDDetached houses15.0%CDEFBungalows7.4%ABCDE

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Neath Port Talbot are Caerphilly (18.4), Torfaen (35.5) and Gwynedd (42.3); the furthest within Wales is Monmouthshire (107.4).

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Placed in Wales

On the share of homes in band F or above, Neath Port Talbot comes 20th of the 22 councils in Wales, just behind Caerphilly and just ahead of Merthyr Tydfil. All Wales councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveNeath Port Talbot 3%1%36%