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Council tax bands in Southampton

111,740 homesSouth East

Southampton has the joint tenth-smallest share of homes with four or more bedrooms (7.9%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the ninth-largest share of its 2016 to 2026 homes placed in bands A and B (69.7%) of the 295 councils in England. Among the 64 councils in the South East, it has the largest share of homes in bands A and B (65.4%), the smallest share in the middle bands C, D and E (33.0%) and the smallest share in band F or above (1.7%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA33B32C21D9E3F1G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA33B32C21D9E3F1G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Band A is the single largest band in Southampton, with 33.2% of homes. Within the South East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Hastings. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Band H, the top band, holds 30 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA33.2%B32.2%C21.3%D8.8%E2.9%F1.3%G0.4%H0.0%SouthamptonSouth EastEngland

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (38.4%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (30.3%) and one-bedroom (23.4%). Homes here average 2.33 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. 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 3.4 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom23.4%2 bedrooms30.3%3 bedrooms38.4%4 bedrooms6.2%5 bedrooms1.0%6+ bedrooms0.7%

Post-war building leads

Share of homes by build period; red line: England12%Before19007%1900–191818%1919–193920%1945–196416%1965–198210%1983–199911%2000–20155%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England12%<19007%190018%191920%194516%196510%198311%20005%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (20.3%), between the wars (18.4%) and from 1965 to 1982 (16.1%). By build period, the middle home sits in band B for homes built from 1945 to 1964, band C for homes built between the wars and band B for those built from 1965 to 1982. Some 5,480 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band B, the same as the middle home built before 2016. The busiest single year was 2016, with 1,060 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 290 homes (+0.26%). Homes from before 1919 make up 18.9%, 1.0 points below the share for England.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026ABCDBuilt before 2016ABCD

Flats and maisonettes are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Southampton is flats and maisonettes at 44.6%, followed in turn by terraced houses (22.4%), semi-detached houses (20.5%), detached houses (8.5%) and bungalows (3.8%). The widest gap to the rest of the South East is in flats and maisonettes: 21.0 points above the share there (23.6%). The typical home of each type sits in band D 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 Croydon, followed by Watford and Richmond upon Thames.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes44.6%ABCTerraced houses22.4%ABCSemi-detached houses20.5%BCDDetached houses8.5%CDEFBungalows3.8%BCD

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Southampton are Cannock Chase (10.6), Portsmouth (12.5) and Ipswich (12.7); the furthest within the South East is Elmbridge (138.1).

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Placed in the South East

On the share of detached houses, Southampton comes 58th of the 64 councils in the South East, just behind Dartford and just ahead of Reading. All South East councils.

Share of detached housesSouthampton 8%3%36%