Council tax bands in North Norfolk

North Norfolk has the joint fifth-largest share of bungalows (28.5%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 45 councils in the East of England, it has the second-largest share of annexes (1.0%), the third-largest share of two-bedroom homes (33.6%) and the second-largest share of homes built before 1919 (23.6%). Among the seven councils in Norfolk, it has the smallest share of three-bedroom homes (42.1%).

Bungalows are the largest group

The largest group of homes in North Norfolk is bungalows, followed in turn by detached houses (21.7%), semi-detached houses (20.0%), terraced houses (16.3%) and flats and maisonettes (10.4%). The typical home of each type sits in band D 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 widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in flats and maisonettes: 8.3 points below the share there (18.7%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to King's Lynn and West Norfolk, followed by Denbighshire and Pembrokeshire. The list also counts 310 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes are the most common size, then two-bedroom and four-bedroom (12.4%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band B with two, band C with three, band E with four and band F with five. One-bedroom homes make up 7.5%. A detached house here has 3.6 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. Homes here average 2.74 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England.

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (20.8%), before 1900 (20.6%) and from 1983 to 1999 (17.5%). Some 3,920 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Bands A and B take 40.8% of these newer homes and 47.8% of the older ones. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band C. The busiest single year was 2018, with 580 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 170 homes (+0.30%).

Band B is the largest band

Band B is the most common band in North Norfolk (25.8%), though the middle home on the list is in band C. In bands A and B the share is 47.3%, close to the 43.1% for England. Across the East of England it is 34.9%. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of Breckland. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run B, A, C, D, E, F, G and H. Band H, the top band, holds 90 homes.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to North Norfolk are Cornwall (4.3), East Suffolk (5.6) and North Devon (6.4); the furthest within the East of England is St Albans (90.5).

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Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in band F or above, North Norfolk comes 31st of the 45 councils in the East of England, just behind Southend-on-Sea and just ahead of West Suffolk. All East of England councils.