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Council tax bands in Rother

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Rother has the largest share of homes in band E (16.4%), the largest share of homes built between 1919 and 1939 (14.0%) and the smallest share built from 1983 to 1999 (11.0%) of the five councils in East Sussex.

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA11B16C22D20E16F9G6FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowAnnexeColour shows the band, shape the typeA11B16C22D20E16F9G6FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowAnnexe

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: England22%Before19004%1900–191814%1919–193915%1945–196420%1965–198211%1983–19998%2000–20156%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England22%<19004%190014%191915%194520%196511%19838%20006%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (21.8%), from 1965 to 1982 (20.1%) and from 1945 to 1964 (15.1%). By build period, the middle home sits in band C for homes built before 1900, band D for homes built from 1965 to 1982 and band D for those built from 1945 to 1964. Some 2,620 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 22.9% of these newer homes and 26.7% of the older ones. The busiest single year was 2021, with 360 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 180 homes (+0.38%).

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

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Rother gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 58.3%, with band C the largest single band (21.8%). The middle home on the list is in band D. The share in bands A and B, 26.5%, is 16.6 points below the figure for England as a whole. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, D, E, B, A, F, G and H. Band H, the top band, holds 280 homes. Within the South East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Arun.

Share of homes in each bandA10.7%B15.8%C21.8%D20.1%E16.4%F8.7%G5.9%H0.6%RotherSouth EastEngland

Detached houses and flats, almost level

Detached houses (25.2%) only just outnumber the other types in Rother; in order they are followed by flats and maisonettes (22.8%), bungalows (18.2%), semi-detached houses (17.4%) and terraced houses (14.7%). It also counts 360 annexes, separate living quarters attached to another home. The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band D for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band C for terraced houses and band B for flats and maisonettes. The widest gap to the rest of the South East is in terraced houses: 8.8 points below the share there (23.5%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to the New Forest, followed by Dorset and the Isle of Wight.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes22.8%ABCTerraced houses14.7%BCDESemi-detached houses17.4%BCDEDetached houses25.2%DEFGBungalows18.2%CDEFAnnexes0.8%AB

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (37.1%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (33.5%) and four-bedroom (13.9%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band C with two, band D with three, band E with four and band F with five. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7. One-bedroom homes make up 10.0%. Homes here average 2.73 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom10.0%2 bedrooms33.5%3 bedrooms37.1%4 bedrooms13.9%5 bedrooms3.9%6+ bedrooms1.6%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Rother are Dorset (5.9), Bromsgrove (6.2) and the New Forest (6.9); the furthest within the South East is Southampton (77.7).

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Placed in the South East

On the share of homes in band F or above, Rother comes 31st of the 64 councils in the South East, just behind Bracknell Forest and just ahead of West Oxfordshire. All South East councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveRother 15%2%40%