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Council tax bands in Portsmouth

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Portsmouth has the eighth-largest share of homes in band B (33.8%) of the 296 councils in England. Among the 64 councils in the South East, it has the smallest share of homes in band D (6.7%), the largest share of terraced houses (46.1%) and the smallest share of semi-detached houses (10.7%). It also has the smallest share of detached houses (2.6%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA29B34C24D6E4F2G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedColour shows the band, shape the typeA29B34C24D6E4F2G1FlatTerracedSemiDetached

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 62.8% of the homes in Portsmouth. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 34.6%, is 13.0 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the South East it is 59.3%. Within the South East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Thanet. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run B, A, C, D, E, F, G and H. Band H, the top band, holds 60 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA29.0%B33.8%C23.9%D6.7%E4.0%F1.8%G0.7%H0.1%PortsmouthSouth EastEngland

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Portsmouth is terraced houses, followed in turn by flats and maisonettes (39.0%), semi-detached houses, detached houses and bungalows (1.3%). The widest gap to the rest of the South East is in flats and maisonettes: 15.4 points above the share there (23.6%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band D 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 Merton, followed by Redbridge and Barking and Dagenham.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes39.0%ABCTerraced houses46.1%BCSemi-detached houses10.7%ABCDEDetached houses2.6%CDEFGBungalows1.3%ABCDE

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: England27%Before190013%1900–191816%1919–193913%1945–196410%1965–19828%1983–19998%2000–20154%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England27%<190013%190016%191913%194510%19658%19838%20004%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (27.0%), between the wars (16.4%) and from 1945 to 1964 (13.1%). By build period, the middle home sits in band B for homes built before 1900, band C for homes built between the wars and band A for those built from 1945 to 1964. Some 3,590 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 61.0% of these newer homes and 62.8% of the older ones. The busiest single year was 2018, with 740 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 100 homes (+0.11%).

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

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (43.9%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (29.1%) and one-bedroom (18.3%). Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 8.7%. Homes here average 2.46 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band B with two, band C with three, band D with four and band D with five. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom18.3%2 bedrooms29.1%3 bedrooms43.9%4 bedrooms6.3%5 bedrooms1.3%6+ bedrooms1.1%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Portsmouth are Luton (11.3), Ipswich (11.8) and Southampton (12.5); the furthest within the South East is Elmbridge (138.2).

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Placed in the South East

On the share of homes in band F or above, Portsmouth comes 62nd of the 64 councils in the South East, just behind Slough and just ahead of Hastings. All South East councils.

Share of homes in band F or abovePortsmouth 3%2%40%