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Council tax bands in St Helens

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St Helens has the fourth-largest share of semi-detached houses (39.6%) and the seventh-largest share of three-bedroom homes (57.5%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the five councils in Merseyside, it has the largest share of homes in band B (22.4%), the smallest share of flats and maisonettes (9.8%) and the largest share of two-bedroom homes (25.7%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA44B22C18D8E5F2G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA44B22C18D8E5F2G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes are the most common size, then two-bedroom and four-bedroom (8.8%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band A with two, band B with three, band D with four and band F with five. One-bedroom homes make up 6.6%. A detached house here has 3.6 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5. Homes here average 2.73 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom6.6%2 bedrooms25.7%3 bedrooms57.5%4 bedrooms8.8%5 bedrooms1.1%6+ bedrooms0.2%

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: England11%Before19004%1900–191818%1919–193918%1945–196423%1965–198210%1983–19999%2000–20156%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England11%<19004%190018%191918%194523%196510%19839%20006%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (22.9%), from 1945 to 1964 (18.3%) and between the wars (17.9%). Homes from before 1919 make up 15.8%, 4.1 points below the share for England. By build period, the middle home sits in band B for homes built from 1965 to 1982, band A for homes built from 1945 to 1964 and band A for those built between the wars. Some 4,760 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. Bands A and B take 51.3% of these newer homes and 67.2% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 360 homes (+0.42%). The busiest single year was 2019, with 910 homes recorded as built.

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

Semi-detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in St Helens is semi-detached houses, followed in turn by terraced houses (31.2%), detached houses (12.5%), flats and maisonettes and bungalows (6.5%). The typical home of each type sits in band D for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band B for semi-detached houses, band A for flats and maisonettes and band A for terraced houses. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Neath Port Talbot, followed by Stoke-on-Trent and Knowsley.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes9.8%ABTerraced houses31.2%ABSemi-detached houses39.6%ABCDDetached houses12.5%CDEFBungalows6.5%ABCDE

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 66.2% of the homes in St Helens, and band A on its own accounts for 43.8%. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 31.1%, is 16.5 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the North West it is 34.6%. Within the North West, the band mix closest to this one is that of Wirral. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Band H, the top band, holds 40 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA43.8%B22.4%C18.4%D8.2%E4.5%F2.0%G0.7%H0.0%St HelensNorth WestEngland

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to St Helens are Walsall (4.9), Wigan (5.0) and Great Yarmouth (7.7); the furthest within the North West is Ribble Valley (68.8).

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Placed in the North West

On the share of homes in band F or above, St Helens comes 24th of the 35 councils in the North West (joint), just behind Oldham and just ahead of Blackburn with Darwen. All North West councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveSt Helens 3%1%17%