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Council tax bands in Sefton

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Sefton has the third-largest share of semi-detached houses (39.9%) and the seventh-smallest share of homes built from 2000 to 2015 (5.1%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 35 councils in the North West, it has the second-smallest share of two-bedroom homes (21.6%). Among the five councils in Merseyside, it has the smallest share of homes in bands A and B (51.8%) and the largest share in the middle bands C, D and E (42.8%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA30B22C24D12E7F3G2FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA30B22C24D12E7F3G2FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Band A is the largest band

Band A is the most common band in Sefton (30.3%), though the middle home on the list is in band B. In band F or above the share is 5.3%, close to the 9.3% for England. Within the North West, the band mix closest to this one is that of Chorley. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, C, B, D, E, F, G and H. Band H, the top band, holds 290 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA30.3%B21.5%C23.9%D12.1%E6.8%F3.0%G2.1%H0.2%SeftonNorth WestEngland

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: England21%Before19006%1900–191820%1919–193918%1945–196417%1965–19828%1983–19995%2000–20154%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England21%<19006%190020%191918%194517%19658%19835%20004%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (21.4%), between the wars (19.9%) and from 1945 to 1964 (17.7%). Some 5,950 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band B). Bands A and B take 35.8% of these newer homes and 52.5% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band B for homes built before 1900, band C for homes built between the wars and band B for those built from 1945 to 1964. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 870 homes (+0.66%). The busiest single year was 2024, with 770 homes recorded as built.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026ABCDEBuilt before 2016ABCDE

Semi-detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Sefton is semi-detached houses, followed in turn by flats and maisonettes (20.8%), terraced houses (20.3%), detached houses (12.1%) and bungalows (6.8%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band A for flats and maisonettes and band A for terraced houses. The widest gap to the rest of the North West is in terraced houses: 10.3 points below the share there (30.6%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Wolverhampton, followed by Trafford and Wirral.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes20.8%ABCTerraced houses20.3%ABCSemi-detached houses39.9%ABCDDetached houses12.1%DEFGBungalows6.8%ABCDE

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (52.3%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom and four-bedroom (12.3%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band B with two, band C with three, band D with four and band E with five. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. Homes here average 2.79 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. One-bedroom homes make up 10.0%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom10.0%2 bedrooms21.6%3 bedrooms52.3%4 bedrooms12.3%5 bedrooms2.4%6+ bedrooms1.3%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Sefton are Nuneaton and Bedworth (10.0), Warrington (10.4) and Bury (11.9); the furthest within the North West is Pendle (59.8).

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Placed in the North West

On the share of homes in band F or above, Sefton comes 12th of the 35 councils in the North West, just behind Chorley and just ahead of Wirral. All North West councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveSefton 5%1%17%