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Council tax bands in Pendle

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Pendle has the largest share of terraced houses (54.7%), the second-largest share of two-bedroom homes (48.1%) and the fourth-largest share of homes built before 1919 (51.9%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the fifth-largest share of homes in band A (60.2%) and the sixth-smallest share in band C (11.1%) of the 296 councils in England.

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA60B12C11D8E5F3G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA60B12C11D8E5F3G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 71.8% of the homes in Pendle. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 24.2%, is 23.4 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the North West it is 34.6%. Within the North West, the band mix closest to this one is that of Blackburn with Darwen. Band H, the top band, holds 40 homes. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

Share of homes in each bandA60.2%B11.6%C11.1%D8.5%E4.6%F2.5%G1.3%H0.1%PendleNorth WestEngland

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: England37%Before190015%1900–191812%1919–19397%1945–196410%1965–19827%1983–19996%2000–20154%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England37%<190015%190012%19197%194510%19657%19836%20004%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (37.2%), from 1900 to 1918 (14.7%) and between the wars (12.0%). Some 1,930 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 38.3% of these newer homes and 74.1% of the older ones. 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 200 homes (+0.48%). The busiest single year was 2023, with 300 homes recorded as built.

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

More than half are terraced houses

Terraced houses make up more than half of the homes in Pendle; after them come semi-detached houses (18.7%), bungalows (8.6%), detached houses (8.6%) and flats and maisonettes (7.9%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band A for flats and maisonettes and band A for terraced houses. The widest gap to the rest of the North West is in flats and maisonettes: 10.6 points below the share there (18.5%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Hyndburn, followed by Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr Tydfil.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes7.9%ATerraced houses54.7%ABSemi-detached houses18.7%ABCDDetached houses8.6%CDEFGBungalows8.6%ABCDE

Two bedrooms is the usual size

Two-bedroom homes are the most common size, then three-bedroom (33.6%) and four-bedroom (8.8%). 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 E with five. One-bedroom homes make up 7.6%. Homes here average 2.50 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom7.6%2 bedrooms48.1%3 bedrooms33.6%4 bedrooms8.8%5 bedrooms1.4%6+ bedrooms0.4%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Pendle are County Durham (10.7), Sunderland (11.9) and Burnley (12.3); the furthest within the North West is Ribble Valley (94.5).

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Placed in the North West

On the share of homes in band F or above, Pendle comes 17th of the 35 councils in the North West (joint), just behind Bury and just ahead of Rossendale. All North West councils.

Share of homes in band F or abovePendle 4%1%17%