Council tax bands in South Norfolk

South Norfolk has the tenth-largest share of homes built since 2000 (30.4%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 45 councils in the East of England, it has the third-smallest share of flats and maisonettes (6.7%), the third-largest share of annexes (0.9%) and the second-smallest share of one-bedroom homes (6.1%). It also has the second-smallest share of homes built from 1945 to 1964 (10.4%).

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (22.2%), from 1983 to 1999 (16.0%) and from 2000 to 2015 (15.5%). Some 10,200 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 32.4% of these newer homes and 39.2% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 980 homes (+1.45%). Homes from before 1919 make up 14.3%, 5.6 points below the share for England. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band C. The busiest single year was 2017, with 1,390 homes recorded as built.

Band B is the largest band

Band B is the most common band in South Norfolk (27.2%), though the middle home on the list is in band C. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run B, C, D, E, A, F, G and H. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 54.5%, is 6.9 points above the figure for England as a whole. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of East Cambridgeshire. Band H, the top band, holds 120 homes.

Detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in South Norfolk is detached houses at 31.3%, followed in turn by bungalows (24.2%), semi-detached houses (21.2%), terraced houses (14.5%) and flats and maisonettes. The widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in bungalows: 11.5 points above the share there (12.7%). The typical home of each type sits in band D for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band B for semi-detached houses, band B for terraced houses and band A for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to West Lindsey, followed by North Kesteven and South Holland.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (43.6%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (26.1%) and four-bedroom (19.4%). 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 2.92 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to South Norfolk are Colchester (4.1), South Gloucestershire (5.8) and the Isle of Wight (8.6); the furthest within the East of England is St Albans (79.8).

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Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in band F or above, South Norfolk comes 27th of the 45 councils in the East of England, just behind Huntingdonshire and just ahead of East Suffolk. All East of England councils.