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Council tax bands in Reigate and Banstead

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Reigate and Banstead has the largest share of homes built from 2000 to 2015 (12.5%) and the largest number of homes on the valuation list (65,120 homes) of the eleven councils in Surrey.

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Post-war building leads

Share of homes by build period; red line: England11%Before19003%1900–191818%1919–193921%1945–196414%1965–198212%1983–199912%2000–20158%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England11%<19003%190018%191921%194514%196512%198312%20008%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (21.0%), between the wars (18.0%) and from 1965 to 1982 (13.6%). Homes from before 1919 make up 13.7%, 6.2 points below the share for England. Some 5,020 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 9.0% of these newer homes and 8.2% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band D for homes built from 1945 to 1964, band E for homes built between the wars and band D for those built from 1965 to 1982. The busiest single year was 2021, with 810 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 190 homes (+0.29%).

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026CDEFGBuilt before 2016BCDEFG

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Reigate and Banstead gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 66.2%, with band D the largest single band (28.1%). The share in bands A and B, 8.5%, is 34.6 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the South East it is 25.3%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run D, C, E, F, G, B, A and H. Band H, the top band, holds 1,150 homes, about one in every 57. Within the South East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Surrey Heath.

Share of homes in each bandA1.9%B6.6%C20.2%D28.1%E17.9%F11.8%G11.6%H1.8%Reigate and BansteadSouth EastEngland

Flats and semis, almost level

Flats and maisonettes (27.4%) only just outnumber the other types in Reigate and Banstead; in order they are followed by semi-detached houses (24.8%), detached houses (22.7%), terraced houses (17.4%) and bungalows (5.3%). The typical home of each type sits in band G for detached houses, band E for bungalows, band D for semi-detached houses, band D for terraced houses and band C for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Tunbridge Wells, followed by Windsor and Maidenhead and St Albans. The list also counts 490 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes. The widest gap to the rest of the South East is in terraced houses: 6.1 points below the share there (23.5%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes27.4%BCDTerraced houses17.4%CDESemi-detached houses24.8%CDEFDetached houses22.7%EFGHBungalows5.3%CDEFGCaravans and mobile homes0.8%A

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (39.2%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (27.7%) and four-bedroom (15.2%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band C with one bedroom, band D with two, band D with three, band F with four and band G with five. A detached house here has 3.9 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7. Homes here average 2.76 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. One-bedroom homes make up 12.1%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom12.1%2 bedrooms27.7%3 bedrooms39.2%4 bedrooms15.2%5 bedrooms4.3%6+ bedrooms1.5%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Reigate and Banstead are Guildford (7.3), Brentwood (7.4) and Epping Forest (10.1); the furthest within the South East is Portsmouth (115.9).

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Placed in the South East

On the share of homes in band F or above, Reigate and Banstead comes 13th of the 64 councils in the South East, just behind Guildford and just ahead of Wokingham. All South East councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveReigate and Banstead 25%2%40%