Council tax bands in North Tyneside

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North Tyneside has the joint smallest share of homes in band G (0.4%), the smallest share of homes built from 1965 to 1982 (15.7%) and the second-largest share of homes in band C (19.8%) of the 12 councils in the North East. It also has the second-largest share of flats and maisonettes (24.2%) and the second-smallest share of terraced houses (24.3%).

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 65.2% of the homes in North Tyneside, and band A on its own accounts for 49.3%. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 32.8%, is 14.8 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the North East it is 29.0%. Within the North East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Hartlepool. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, C, B, D, E, F and G. Band H, the top band, holds 40 homes.

Post-war building leads

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (21.8%), between the wars (19.6%) and from 1965 to 1982. Some 6,600 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band A). Bands A and B take 33.5% of these newer homes and 67.5% of the older ones. Homes from before 1919 make up 16.4%, 3.5 points below the share for England. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band A. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 420 homes (+0.41%). The busiest single year was 2018, with 970 homes recorded as built.

Semi-detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in North Tyneside is semi-detached houses at 33.1%, followed in turn by terraced houses, flats and maisonettes, detached houses (10.6%) and bungalows (7.7%). The typical home of each type sits in band D for detached houses, band B for bungalows, band B for semi-detached houses, band A for flats and maisonettes and band A for terraced houses. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Gateshead, followed by Leeds and Ipswich. The widest gap to the rest of the North East is in bungalows: 3.4 points below the share there (11.1%).

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (43.7%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (32.0%) and four-bedroom (11.7%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band A with two, band B with three, band D with four and band D with five. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.8. One-bedroom homes make up 10.0%. The average, 2.66 bedrooms, matches England.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to North Tyneside are Middlesbrough (5.2), Tameside (7.2) and Oldham (9.8); the furthest within the North East is South Tyneside (26.9).

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Placed in the North East

On the share of homes in band F or above, North Tyneside comes 9th of the 12 councils in the North East, just behind Redcar and Cleveland and just ahead of South Tyneside. All North East councils.