Council tax bands in Rochford

Rochford has the sixth-smallest share of terraced houses (9.3%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 45 councils in the East of England, it has the second-largest share of semi-detached houses (30.2%), the second-largest share of caravans, houseboats and mobile homes (1.7%) and the third-smallest number of homes on the valuation list (38,670 homes). Among the twelve councils in Essex, it has the largest share of homes in the middle bands C, D and E (73.8%).

Semi-detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Rochford is semi-detached houses, followed in turn by detached houses (25.1%), bungalows (21.1%), flats and maisonettes (12.1%) and terraced houses. The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band D for bungalows, band D for semi-detached houses, band C for terraced houses and band B for flats and maisonettes. The widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in bungalows: 8.4 points above the share there (12.7%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Flintshire, followed by Castle Point and Boston.

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Rochford gather in the middle of the ladder, with band C the largest single band (31.4%). The middle home on the list is in band D. The share in bands A and B, 14.8%, is 28.3 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the East of England it is 34.9%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, D, E, B, F, A, G and H. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of Dacorum. Band H, the top band, holds 80 homes.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (40.0%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (26.4%) and four-bedroom (20.3%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band D with three, band E with four and band F with five. Homes here average 2.85 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5. One-bedroom homes make up 9.0%.

Post-war building leads

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (30.4%), from 1965 to 1982 (23.0%) and from 1983 to 1999 (15.3%). Homes from before 1919 make up 4.7%, 15.2 points below the share for England. Some 3,480 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 21.2% of these newer homes and 14.3% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 330 homes (+0.86%). Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band D. The busiest single year was 2022, with 490 homes recorded as built.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Rochford are Sutton (8.7), Brent (9.1) and Dartford (9.9); the furthest within the East of England is Norwich (121.8).

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Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in band F or above, Rochford comes 18th of the 45 councils in the East of England, just behind Bedford and just ahead of Braintree. All East of England councils.