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Council tax bands in Spelthorne

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Spelthorne has the second-largest share of homes in the middle bands C, D and E (79.3%), the fourth-largest share in band D (34.0%) and the sixth-smallest share in bands A and B (5.0%) of the 296 councils in England. It also has the seventh-largest share of homes in band E (22.5%) and the eighth-smallest share of its 2016 to 2026 homes placed in bands A and B (3.7%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA1B4C23D34E22F11G5FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravanColour shows the band, shape the typeA1B4C23D34E22F11G5FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravan

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Spelthorne gather in the middle of the ladder, with band D the largest single band. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run D, C, E, F, G, B, A and H. The share in band F or above, 15.7%, is 6.4 points above the figure for England as a whole. Within the South East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Runnymede. Band H, the top band, holds 120 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA1.0%B4.0%C22.8%D34.0%E22.5%F10.5%G4.9%H0.3%SpelthorneSouth EastEngland

Post-war building leads

Share of homes by build period; red line: England5%Before19003%1900–191820%1919–193930%1945–196418%1965–19829%1983–19999%2000–20156%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England5%<19003%190020%191930%194518%19659%19839%20006%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (29.5%), between the wars (20.5%) and from 1965 to 1982 (17.6%). Homes from before 1919 make up 7.9%, 12.0 points below the share for England. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 370 homes (+0.83%). Some 2,650 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band D, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band D. The busiest single year was 2021, with 460 homes recorded as built.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026CDEBuilt before 2016CDEF

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (43.2%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (28.8%) and one-bedroom (15.2%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band C with one bedroom, band D with two, band E with three, band F with four and band F with five. A detached house here has 3.5 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 12.8%. Homes here average 2.56 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom15.2%2 bedrooms28.8%3 bedrooms43.2%4 bedrooms10.4%5 bedrooms2.0%6+ bedrooms0.4%

Flats and semis, almost level

Flats and maisonettes (29.3%) only just outnumber the other types in Spelthorne; in order they are followed by semi-detached houses (26.9%), terraced houses (21.4%), detached houses (11.6%) and bungalows (9.3%). The typical home of each type sits in band F for detached houses, band E for bungalows, band E for semi-detached houses, band D for terraced houses and band C for flats and maisonettes. The widest gap to the rest of the South East is in detached houses: 8.8 points below the share there (20.4%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Cheltenham, followed by Hertsmere and Rushmoor. The list also counts 300 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes29.3%BCDTerraced houses21.4%CDESemi-detached houses26.9%DEFDetached houses11.6%EFGBungalows9.3%CDEFCaravans and mobile homes0.7%A

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Spelthorne are Harrow (9.7), Kingston upon Thames (11.1) and Broxbourne (14.5); the furthest within the South East is Southampton (120.7).

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Placed in the South East

On the share of homes in band F or above, Spelthorne comes 29th of the 64 councils in the South East, just behind Test Valley and just ahead of Bracknell Forest. All South East councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveSpelthorne 16%2%40%