Council tax bands in South Tyneside

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South Tyneside has the second-largest share of homes in band A (62.6%), the seventh-smallest share in the middle bands C, D and E (21.5%) and the joint eighth-smallest share in band E (2.5%) of the 296 councils in England. Among the 12 councils in the North East, it has the smallest share of homes in band C (12.2%) and the smallest share of detached houses (6.8%).

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 77.0% of the homes in South Tyneside. The share in band F or above, 1.6%, is 7.7 points below the figure for England as a whole. Within the North East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Gateshead. Band H, the top band, holds 50 homes. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

Post-war building leads

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (26.9%), between the wars (17.3%) and from 1965 to 1982 (17.1%). Some 2,850 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 A). Bands A and B take 46.3% of these newer homes and 78.3% of the older ones. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band A. The busiest single year was 2016, with 480 homes recorded as built. Homes from before 1919 make up 18.5%, 1.4 points below the share for England. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 210 homes (+0.29%).

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (46.6%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (33.1%) and one-bedroom (11.5%). Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 8.8%. Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band A with two, band A with three, band D with four and band D with five. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.8. Homes here average 2.55 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England.

Semis and terraced houses, almost level

Semi-detached houses (31.6%) only just outnumber the other types in South Tyneside; in order they are followed by terraced houses (30.1%), flats and maisonettes (22.5%), bungalows (9.0%) and detached houses. The typical home of each type sits in band D for detached houses, band A for bungalows, band A for flats and maisonettes, band A for semi-detached houses and band A for terraced houses. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Havering, followed by Gateshead and Blackpool. The widest gap to the rest of the North East is in flats and maisonettes: 6.3 points above the share there (16.2%).

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to South Tyneside are Nottingham (6.1), Sunderland (6.7) and Burnley (8.3); the furthest within the North East is Stockton-on-Tees (48.7).

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Placed in the North East

On the share of homes in band F or above, South Tyneside comes 10th of the 12 councils in the North East, just behind North Tyneside and just ahead of Gateshead. All North East councils.