Council tax bands in Stafford

Stafford has the largest share of homes in band D (15.7%) and the largest number of homes on the valuation list (64,730 homes) of the eight councils in Staffordshire.

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Stafford gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 49.6%, with band C the largest single band (22.9%). Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, B, A, D, E, F, G and H. Within the West Midlands, the band mix closest to this one is that of Shropshire. In bands A and B the share is 41.8%, close to the 43.1% for England. Across the West Midlands it is 54.5%. Band H, the top band, holds 100 homes.

Detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Stafford is detached houses at 30.4%, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (26.9%), terraced houses (18.3%), flats and maisonettes (12.1%) and bungalows (10.0%). The widest gap to the rest of the West Midlands is in detached houses: 11.8 points above the share there (18.6%). 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 Lichfield, followed by South Oxfordshire and Stratford-on-Avon. The list also counts 360 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (47.1%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (23.2%) and four-bedroom (17.9%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band B with two, band C with three, band E with four and band F with five. Homes here average 2.88 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. One-bedroom homes make up 7.7%. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5.

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (21.4%), from 1945 to 1964 (20.4%) and from 2000 to 2015 (11.7%). Homes from before 1919 make up 13.1%, 6.8 points below the share for England. Some 6,520 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Bands A and B take 29.4% of these newer homes and 43.4% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 560 homes (+0.87%). By build period, the middle home sits in band C for homes built from 1965 to 1982, band B for homes built from 1945 to 1964 and band C for those built from 2000 to 2015. The busiest single year was 2017, with 970 homes recorded as built.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Stafford are the Forest of Dean (6.5), Wyre (6.9) and Rugby (7.8); the furthest within the West Midlands is Stoke-on-Trent (79.3).

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Placed in the West Midlands

On the share of homes in band F or above, Stafford comes 12th of the 30 councils in the West Midlands, just behind Shropshire and just ahead of North Warwickshire. All West Midlands councils.