Council tax bands in South Gloucestershire

South Gloucestershire has the largest share of three-bedroom homes (48.7%), the smallest share of homes built before 1919 (8.6%) and the largest share built from 1983 to 1999 (20.0%) of the 27 councils in the South West. It also has the second-largest share of homes in band B (28.7%) and the second-largest share of semi-detached houses (27.7%).

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (20.5%), from 1983 to 1999 and from 1945 to 1964 (17.0%). Some 16,030 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Bands A and B take 30.1% of these newer homes and 41.1% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 1,270 homes (+0.98%). Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band C. The busiest single year was 2019, with 1,900 homes recorded as built.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes are the most common size, then two-bedroom (22.8%) and four-bedroom (17.5%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band B with two, band C with three, band E with four and band F with five. Homes here average 2.85 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. One-bedroom homes make up 8.1%. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7.

Terraced houses and semis, almost level

Terraced houses (28.0%) only just outnumber the other types in South Gloucestershire; in order they are followed by semi-detached houses, detached houses (21.9%), flats and maisonettes (14.2%) and bungalows (6.1%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band B for terraced houses and band A for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Redditch, followed by Central Bedfordshire and Nuneaton and Bedworth. The widest gap to the rest of the South West is in bungalows: 6.2 points below the share there (12.3%). The list also counts 860 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes.

Band B is the largest band

Band B is the most common band in South Gloucestershire, though the middle home on the list is in band C. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run B, C, D, A, E, F, G and H. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 53.1%, is 5.5 points above the figure for England as a whole. Across the South West it is 49.9%. Within the South West, the band mix closest to this one is that of Swindon. Band H, the top band, holds 200 homes.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to South Gloucestershire are Colchester (4.5), South Norfolk (5.8) and East Cambridgeshire (7.6); the furthest within the South West is the Isles of Scilly (100.6).

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Placed in the South West

On the share of homes in band F or above, South Gloucestershire comes 18th of the 27 councils in the South West, just behind the Forest of Dean and just ahead of Torbay. All South West councils.