Council tax bands in Northumberland

Northumberland has the largest share of homes in band F or above (7.9%), the largest share in band E (7.6%) and the joint largest share of annexes (0.1%) of the 12 councils in the North East. It also has the second-smallest share of homes in bands A and B (59.6%) and the second-largest share in band D (11.4%).

Band A is the largest band

Band A is the most common band in Northumberland (43.2%), though the middle home on the list is in band B. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 32.5%, is 15.1 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 Stockton-on-Tees. Band H, the top band, holds 590 homes. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (19.9%), from 1945 to 1964 (16.6%) and before 1900 (15.1%). Some 15,220 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 B). Bands A and B take 31.6% of these newer homes and 62.5% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 1,340 homes (+0.82%). By build period, the middle home sits in band B for homes built from 1965 to 1982, band A for homes built from 1945 to 1964 and band B for those built before 1900. The busiest single year was 2019, with 1,780 homes recorded as built.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (43.4%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (29.8%) and four-bedroom (15.2%). 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 F with five. One-bedroom homes make up 7.4%. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7. Homes here average 2.80 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England.

Semis and terraced houses, almost level

Semi-detached houses (27.6%) only just outnumber the other types in Northumberland; in order they are followed by terraced houses (25.9%), detached houses (20.1%), bungalows (14.8%) and flats and maisonettes (11.1%). The typical home of each type sits in band D for detached houses, band C 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 West Lancashire, followed by Stockton-on-Tees and Warrington. The widest gap to the rest of the North East is in detached houses: 6.7 points above the share there (13.4%). The list also counts 430 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Northumberland are Newark and Sherwood (6.8), Darlington (10.9) and Preston (11.8); the furthest within the North East is South Tyneside (38.7).

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Placed in the North East

On the share of homes in bands C to E, Northumberland comes 4th of the 12 councils in the North East (joint), just behind Darlington and just ahead of Middlesbrough. All North East councils.