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Council tax bands in Plymouth

123,450 homesSouth West

Plymouth has the joint sixth-slowest net growth in homes on the list over the year to March 2026 (+0.07%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 27 councils in the South West, it has the largest share of homes in bands A and B (66.1%), the smallest share in the middle bands C, D and E (31.9%) and the joint smallest share in band H (0.0%). It also has the smallest share of homes in band D (8.4%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA39B27C19D8E4F2G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA39B27C19D8E4F2G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Band A is the single largest band in Plymouth, with 39.0% of homes. The share in band F or above, 2.0%, is 7.3 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the South West it is 8.8%. Within the South West, the band mix closest to this one is that of Gloucester. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F and G.

Share of homes in each bandA39.0%B27.1%C19.2%D8.4%E4.3%F1.5%G0.5%H0.0%PlymouthSouth WestEngland

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: England18%Before19006%1900–191813%1919–193919%1945–196421%1965–198210%1983–19999%2000–20155%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England18%<19006%190013%191919%194521%196510%19839%20005%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (20.7%), from 1945 to 1964 (19.2%) and before 1900 (17.5%). 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 A for those built before 1900. Some 6,030 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band B, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Bands A and B take 53.1% of these newer homes and 66.7% of the older ones. The busiest single year was 2017, with 1,110 homes recorded as built.

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

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (39.4%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (32.8%) and one-bedroom (16.2%). 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 D with five. Homes here average 2.50 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 11.5%. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom16.2%2 bedrooms32.8%3 bedrooms39.4%4 bedrooms8.9%5 bedrooms1.5%6+ bedrooms1.1%

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Plymouth is terraced houses at 34.7%, followed in turn by flats and maisonettes (28.1%), semi-detached houses (23.0%), bungalows (7.1%) and detached houses (6.7%). The widest gap to the rest of the South West is in detached houses: 13.2 points below the share there (19.9%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band B for terraced houses and band A for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Leicester, followed by Dartford and Thurrock. The list also counts 340 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes28.1%ABTerraced houses34.7%ABCSemi-detached houses23.0%ABCDDetached houses6.7%CDEFBungalows7.1%ABCDE

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Plymouth are Great Yarmouth (6.1), Fenland (7.3) and Peterborough (8.6); the furthest within the South West is the Isles of Scilly (144.1).

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Placed in the South West

On the share of homes in band F or above, Plymouth comes 26th of the 27 councils in the South West, just behind Bristol and just ahead of Gloucester. All South West councils.

Share of homes in band F or abovePlymouth 2%2%35%