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Council tax bands in Richmond upon Thames

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Richmond upon Thames has the smallest share of homes in bands A and B (3.2%), the joint fourth-largest share in band H (4.3%) and the fifth-largest share in band E (23.0%) of the 296 councils in England. It also has the joint third-smallest share of homes built from 2016 to 2026 (2.2%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the third-smallest share of its 2016 to 2026 homes placed in bands A and B (1.6%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA1B3C16D24E23F14G15H4FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA1B3C16D24E23F14G15H4FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Richmond upon Thames gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 62.8%, with band D the largest single band (24.1%). The middle home on the list is in band E. The share in band F or above, 34.0%, is 24.7 points above the figure for England as a whole. Across London it is 15.4%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run D, E, C, G, F, H, B and A. Within London, the band mix closest to this one is that of Barnet.

Share of homes in each bandA0.7%B2.5%C15.7%D24.1%E23.0%F14.2%G15.5%H4.3%Richmond upon ThamesLondonEngland

The inter-war years built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: England20%Before190018%1900–191824%1919–19399%1945–196413%1965–19827%1983–19996%2000–20152%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England20%<190018%190024%19199%194513%19657%19836%20002%2016

The biggest building periods here were between the wars (24.1%), before 1900 (20.3%) and from 1900 to 1918 (17.5%). By build period, the middle home sits in band E for homes built between the wars, band E for homes built before 1900 and band F for those built from 1900 to 1918. The busiest single year was 2016, with 350 homes recorded as built. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band E, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 70 homes (+0.08%).

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

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (32.3%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (30.3%) and one-bedroom (17.7%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band C with one bedroom, band D with two, band E with three, band G with four and band G with five. A detached house here has 4.1 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 19.8%. Homes here average 2.63 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom17.7%2 bedrooms30.3%3 bedrooms32.3%4 bedrooms13.0%5 bedrooms4.7%6+ bedrooms2.1%

Flats and maisonettes are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Richmond upon Thames is flats and maisonettes at 41.7%, followed in turn by terraced houses (28.9%), semi-detached houses (19.5%), detached houses (6.6%) and bungalows (2.2%). The widest gap to the rest of London is in flats and maisonettes: 15.8 points below the share there (57.5%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Cambridge, followed by Watford and Croydon. The typical home of each type sits in band G for detached houses, band F for semi-detached houses, band E for bungalows, band E for terraced houses and band D for flats and maisonettes.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes41.7%CDETerraced houses28.9%DEFGSemi-detached houses19.5%DEFGHDetached houses6.6%EFGHBungalows2.2%DEFG

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Richmond upon Thames are Tandridge (12.5), Windsor and Maidenhead (13.4) and St Albans (13.7); the furthest within London is Barking and Dagenham (130.3).

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Placed in London

On the share of homes in band F or above, Richmond upon Thames comes 4th of the 33 councils in London, just behind the City of London and just ahead of Hammersmith and Fulham. All London councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveRichmond upon Thames 34%1%53%