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Council tax bands in Oadby and Wigston

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Oadby and Wigston has the fourth-smallest number of homes on the valuation list (24,710 homes), the eighth-largest share of homes built from 1945 to 1964 (30.9%) and the joint ninth-smallest share built from 2000 to 2015 (5.4%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the joint tenth-smallest number of homes built from 2016 to 2026 (1,530 homes). Among the 35 councils in the East Midlands, it has the largest share of homes in band C (29.8%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA17B26C30D13E9F3G2FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA17B26C30D13E9F3G2FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Post-war building leads

Share of homes by build period; red line: England4%Before19003%1900–191812%1919–193931%1945–196426%1965–198211%1983–19995%2000–20156%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England4%<19003%190012%191931%194526%196511%19835%20006%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964, from 1965 to 1982 (26.3%) and between the wars (12.3%). Homes from before 1919 make up 7.4%, 12.5 points below the share for England. 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 30.7% of these newer homes and 43.5% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band C for homes built from 1945 to 1964, band C for homes built from 1965 to 1982 and band B for those built between the wars. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 150 homes (+0.61%). The busiest single year was 2023, with 290 homes recorded as built.

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

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Oadby and Wigston gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 52.3%, with band C the largest single band. In band F or above the share is 5.0%, close to the 9.3% for England. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, B, A, D, E, F, G and H. Within the East Midlands, the band mix closest to this one is that of Hinckley and Bosworth. Band H, the top band, holds 100 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA16.9%B25.7%C29.8%D13.5%E9.0%F2.6%G2.0%H0.4%Oadby and WigstonEast MidlandsEngland

Semi-detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Oadby and Wigston is semi-detached houses at 37.4%, followed in turn by detached houses (24.2%), terraced houses (16.5%), bungalows (12.3%) and flats and maisonettes (9.5%). The widest gap to the rest of the East Midlands is in semi-detached houses: 9.6 points above the share there (27.8%). The typical home of each type sits in band D for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band B for terraced houses and band A for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Cannock Chase, followed by South Ribble and Bassetlaw.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes9.5%ABTerraced houses16.5%ABCSemi-detached houses37.4%BCDetached houses24.2%CDEFGBungalows12.3%ABCDE

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (51.1%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (23.7%) and four-bedroom (15.6%). 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 E with five. One-bedroom homes make up 5.5%. Homes here average 2.90 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.8.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom5.5%2 bedrooms23.7%3 bedrooms51.1%4 bedrooms15.6%5 bedrooms3.2%6+ bedrooms0.9%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Oadby and Wigston are York (8.5), Tendring (9.1) and Charnwood (11.5); the furthest within the East Midlands is Nottingham (90.9).

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Placed in the East Midlands

On the share of homes in band F or above, Oadby and Wigston comes 17th of the 35 councils in the East Midlands (joint), just behind Blaby and just ahead of West Lindsey. All East Midlands councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveOadby and Wigston 5%1%18%