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Council tax bands in Southwark

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Southwark has the eighth-largest share of flats and maisonettes (77.9%), the tenth-smallest share of semi-detached houses (2.6%) and the tenth-smallest share of detached houses (0.7%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the ninth-lowest average number of bedrooms per home (2.16 bedrooms) and the eighth-smallest share of three-bedroom homes (20.1%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA9B25C24D19E14F5G3H1FlatTerracedSemiNot recordedColour shows the band, shape the typeA9B25C24D19E14F5G3H1FlatTerracedSemiNot recorded

More than half are flats and maisonettes

Flats and maisonettes make up more than half of the homes in Southwark; after them come terraced houses (14.7%), semi-detached houses, detached houses and bungalows (0.3%). The typical home of each type sits in band G for detached houses, band E for semi-detached houses, band D for terraced houses, band C for bungalows and band C for flats and maisonettes. The widest gap to the rest of London is in terraced houses: 9.7 points below the share there (24.4%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Lambeth, followed by Hackney and Kensington and Chelsea.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes77.9%ABCDETerraced houses14.7%CDEFSemi-detached houses2.6%DEFGDetached houses0.7%DEFGHBungalows0.3%ABCDEG

Two bedrooms is the usual size

Two-bedroom homes (36.3%) are the most common size, then one-bedroom (32.4%) and three-bedroom. Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band D with three, band D with four and band E with five. A detached house here has 4.4 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.8. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 11.2%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom32.4%2 bedrooms36.3%3 bedrooms20.1%4 bedrooms7.0%5 bedrooms2.5%6+ bedrooms1.7%

Band B is the largest band

Band B is the most common band in Southwark (25.1%), though the middle home on the list is in band C. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 57.3%, is 9.7 points above the figure for England as a whole. Across London it is 67.9%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run B, C, D, E, A, F, G and H. Band H, the top band, holds 830 homes. Within London, the band mix closest to this one is that of Hackney.

Share of homes in each bandA8.7%B25.1%C23.7%D19.1%E14.5%F5.3%G3.0%H0.5%SouthwarkLondonEngland

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: England22%Before19002%1900–19187%1919–193913%1945–196414%1965–198210%1983–199916%2000–201512%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England22%<19002%19007%191913%194514%196510%198316%200012%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (22.0%), from 2000 to 2015 (15.8%) and from 1965 to 1982 (13.7%). Some 17,600 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 13.4% of these newer homes and 36.5% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band C for homes built before 1900, band D for homes built from 2000 to 2015 and band B for those built from 1965 to 1982. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 1,410 homes (+0.94%). The busiest single year was 2022, with 2,660 homes recorded as built.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026ACDEFBuilt before 2016ABCDE

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Southwark are Colchester (9.3), South Norfolk (10.8) and Cherwell (11.1); the furthest within London is the City of London (104.0).

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Placed in London

On the share of homes in band F or above, Southwark comes 25th of the 33 councils in London, just behind Havering and just ahead of Brent. All London councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveSouthwark 9%1%53%