Council tax bands in Solihull

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Solihull has the seventh-smallest share of homes built before 1919 (3.2%) and the eighth-largest share built from 1965 to 1982 (30.4%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 30 councils in the West Midlands, it has the second-smallest share of homes in band B (13.0%), the third-largest share in band D (18.4%) and the second-smallest share of two-bedroom homes (21.0%).

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Solihull gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 55.4%, with band C the largest single band (24.3%). The share in bands A and B, 28.2%, is 14.9 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the West Midlands it is 54.5%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, D, A, B, E, F, G and H. Band H, the top band, holds 500 homes. Within the West Midlands, the band mix closest to this one is that of the Malvern Hills.

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982, from 1945 to 1964 (21.9%) and between the wars (16.0%). Some 5,870 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. 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 22.1% of these newer homes and 28.5% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band B for homes built from 1965 to 1982, band D for homes built from 1945 to 1964 and band D for those built between the wars. The busiest single year was 2021, with 900 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 240 homes (+0.25%).

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (48.6%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom and four-bedroom (17.4%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band C with two, band C with three, band F with four and band G with five. Homes here average 2.87 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7. One-bedroom homes make up 9.0%.

Semi-detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Solihull is semi-detached houses at 32.1%, followed in turn by detached houses (24.4%), flats and maisonettes (19.9%), terraced houses (17.0%) and bungalows (5.6%). The typical home of each type sits in band F for detached houses, band D for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band B for flats and maisonettes and band B for terraced houses. The widest gap to the rest of the West Midlands is in terraced houses: 8.1 points below the share there (25.1%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to West Berkshire, followed by Mid Sussex and Guildford.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Solihull are Fylde (12.3), Tewkesbury (13.6) and Wiltshire (14.4); the furthest within the West Midlands is Stoke-on-Trent (103.6).

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Placed in the West Midlands

On the share of homes in band F or above, Solihull comes 5th of the 30 councils in the West Midlands, just behind Bromsgrove and just ahead of Warwick. All West Midlands councils.