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Council tax bands in Powys

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Powys has the second-largest share of homes in band F (14.5%), the second-largest share of detached houses (32.7%) and the second-smallest share of homes built between 1919 and 1939 (4.3%) of the 22 councils in Wales.

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA9B14C20D16E19F15G6H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravanColour shows the band, shape the typeA9B14C20D16E19F15G6H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravan

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Powys gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 54.8%, with band C the largest single band (20.0%). The middle home on the list is in band D. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, E, D, F, B, A, G, H and I. The share in bands A and B, 23.3%, is 11.8 points below the figure for Wales as a whole. Within Wales, the band mix closest to this one is that of Flintshire. Band I, the top band, holds 210 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA9.2%B14.1%C20.0%D15.9%E18.9%F14.5%G6.2%H0.9%I0.3%PowysWales

Detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Powys is detached houses, followed in turn by terraced houses (19.7%), semi-detached houses (19.4%), bungalows (17.4%) and flats and maisonettes (9.3%). The typical home of each type sits in band F for detached houses, band E for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band C for terraced houses and band A for flats and maisonettes. The list also counts 810 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes. The widest gap to the rest of Wales is in terraced houses: 9.3 points below the share there (29.0%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to West Devon, followed by Babergh and East Cambridgeshire.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes9.3%ABCTerraced houses19.7%BCDSemi-detached houses19.4%BCDEDetached houses32.7%DEFGBungalows17.4%BCDEFCaravans and mobile homes1.2%ABC

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales34%Before19003%1900–19184%1919–193912%1945–196417%1965–198214%1983–199911%2000–20155%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales34%<19003%19004%191912%194517%196514%198311%20005%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (34.2%), from 1965 to 1982 (16.8%) and from 1983 to 1999 (14.1%). Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 560 homes (+0.84%). Some 3,650 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band D, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Bands A and B take 26.8% of these newer homes and 23.1% of the older ones. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band D. The busiest single year was 2021, with 460 homes recorded as built.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026ABCDEFBuilt before 2016ABCDEFG

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (46.5%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (23.3%) and four-bedroom (17.8%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band C with two, band D with three, band F with four and band F with five. A detached house here has 3.6 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. Homes here average 2.95 bedrooms, more than the 2.83 for Wales. One-bedroom homes make up 6.6%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom6.6%2 bedrooms23.3%3 bedrooms46.5%4 bedrooms17.8%5 bedrooms3.9%6+ bedrooms1.9%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Powys are Pembrokeshire (16.6), Cardiff (18.3) and Conwy (23.4); the furthest within Wales is Blaenau Gwent (117.7).

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Placed in Wales

On the share of homes in band F or above, Powys comes 4th of the 22 councils in Wales, just behind Cardiff and just ahead of Flintshire. All Wales councils.

Share of homes in band F or abovePowys 22%1%36%