Council tax bands in Ribble Valley

Ribble Valley has the ninth-smallest number of homes on the valuation list (30,060 homes) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 35 councils in the North West, it has the smallest share of homes in bands A and B (31.8%), the largest share in band F or above (16.7%) and the largest share in band E (14.6%). It also has the smallest share of flats and maisonettes (7.4%).

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Ribble Valley gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 51.5%, with band C the largest single band (19.7%). Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, B, D, E, A, F, G and H. Band H, the top band, holds 240 homes. Within the North West, the band mix closest to this one is that of Cheshire East.

Terraced houses and detached houses, almost level

Terraced houses (28.5%) only just outnumber the other types in Ribble Valley; in order they are followed by detached houses (26.1%), semi-detached houses (20.8%), bungalows (14.4%) and flats and maisonettes. The widest gap to the rest of the North West is in detached houses: 12.4 points above the share there (13.7%). 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 list also counts 340 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Mid Devon, followed by Chorley and West Devon.

Homes from before 1900 lead

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (27.7%), from 2016 to 2026 (14.6%) and from 1965 to 1982 (14.3%). The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band D, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band C). Bands A and B take 24.1% of these newer homes and 32.9% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 360 homes (+1.21%). By build period, the middle home sits in band C for homes built before 1900, band D for homes built from 2016 to 2026 and band D for those built from 1965 to 1982. The busiest single year was 2021, with 560 homes recorded as built.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (38.6%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (30.5%) and four-bedroom (19.9%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band B with two, band D with three, band E with four and band F with five. One-bedroom homes make up 6.0%. Homes here average 2.88 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Ribble Valley are South Hams (5.2), the Derbyshire Dales (9.7) and Harborough (9.9); the furthest within the North West is Pendle (94.5).

Compare side by side

Placed in the North West

On the share of homes in bands C to E, Ribble Valley comes 2nd of the 35 councils in the North West, just behind Fylde and just ahead of South Ribble. All North West councils.