Council tax bands in Peterborough

Peterborough has the third-largest share of homes in band A (38.9%), the third-largest net number of homes added to the list over the year to March 2026 (1,390 homes) and the third-largest number of homes on the valuation list (92,630 homes) of the 45 councils in the East of England.

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 63.8% of the homes in Peterborough. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 32.7%, is 14.9 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the East of England it is 54.5%. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of Fenland. Band H, the top band, holds 80 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 (26.4%), from 1983 to 1999 (16.9%) and from 2000 to 2015 (14.8%). Some 10,140 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 45.3% of these newer homes and 66.1% of the older ones. Homes from before 1919 make up 10.5%, 9.4 points below the share for England. By build period, the middle home sits in band A for homes built from 1965 to 1982, band B for homes built from 1983 to 1999 and band C for those built from 2000 to 2015. The busiest single year was 2019, with 1,340 homes recorded as built.

Terraced houses and semis, almost level

Terraced houses (26.7%) only just outnumber the other types in Peterborough; in order they are followed by semi-detached houses (25.1%), detached houses (20.0%), flats and maisonettes (18.1%) and bungalows (9.0%). 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 Maidstone, followed by North Hertfordshire and the Vale of Glamorgan. The list also counts 670 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes. The widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in bungalows: 3.7 points below the share there (12.7%).

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (45.4%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (24.6%) and four-bedroom (15.3%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band B with two, band B with three, band D with four and band E with five. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5. Homes here average 2.73 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. One-bedroom homes make up 11.8%.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Peterborough are Lancaster (7.8), Great Yarmouth (8.3) and Wirral (8.4); the furthest within the East of England is St Albans (115.9).

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Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in band F or above, Peterborough comes 40th of the 45 councils in the East of England, just behind Stevenage and just ahead of Norwich. All East of England councils.