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Council tax bands in North Hertfordshire

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North Hertfordshire has the largest share of homes in band A (5.7%) and the smallest share of flats and maisonettes (20.7%) of the ten councils in Hertfordshire.

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA6B16C34D17E12F8G6H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravanColour shows the band, shape the typeA6B16C34D17E12F8G6H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravan

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in North Hertfordshire gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 63.7%, with band C the largest single band (33.8%). The share in bands A and B, 21.4%, is 21.7 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, B, E, F, G, A and H. Band H, the top band, holds 370 homes. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of Chelmsford.

Share of homes in each bandA5.7%B15.7%C33.8%D17.4%E12.5%F8.2%G6.1%H0.6%North HertfordshireEast of EnglandEngland

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in North Hertfordshire is terraced houses at 27.4%, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (23.9%), flats and maisonettes, detached houses (20.4%) and bungalows (6.3%). The typical home of each type sits in band F for detached houses, band D for bungalows, band D for semi-detached houses, band C for terraced houses and band B for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Peterborough, followed by Milton Keynes and East Hertfordshire. The widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in bungalows: 6.4 points below the share there (12.7%). The list also counts 440 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes20.7%ABCTerraced houses27.4%BCDSemi-detached houses23.9%CDEDetached houses20.4%DEFGBungalows6.3%BCDEFCaravans and mobile homes0.7%A

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (44.2%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (25.5%) and four-bedroom (14.7%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band D with three, band F with four and band G with five. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. Homes here average 2.74 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. One-bedroom homes make up 11.8%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom11.8%2 bedrooms25.5%3 bedrooms44.2%4 bedrooms14.7%5 bedrooms3.1%6+ bedrooms0.8%

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: England9%Before19006%1900–191814%1919–193916%1945–196422%1965–198214%1983–199913%2000–20156%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England9%<19006%190014%191916%194522%196514%198313%20006%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (21.7%), from 1945 to 1964 (16.4%) and from 1983 to 1999 (14.0%). Some 3,830 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 21.9% of these newer homes and 21.3% of the older ones. Homes from before 1919 make up 14.7%, 5.2 points below the share for England. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 480 homes (+0.80%). Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band C. The busiest single year was 2021, with 550 homes recorded as built.

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

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to North Hertfordshire are Basingstoke and Deane (8.4), Cambridge (9.7) and Warwick (14.0); the furthest within the East of England is Norwich (108.7).

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Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in band F or above, North Hertfordshire comes 12th of the 45 councils in the East of England, just behind Maldon and just ahead of Chelmsford. All East of England councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveNorth Hertfordshire 15%2%30%