Council tax bands in Stevenage

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Stevenage has the second-largest share of homes in band C (56.3%) of the 296 councils in England. It also has the fourth-smallest share of homes built before 1919 (1.9%), the joint second-smallest share built between 1919 and 1939 (1.1%) and the second-largest share built from 1945 to 1964 (37.8%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the joint seventh-largest share of terraced houses (50.7%).

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Stevenage gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 73.9%, with band C the largest single band. The share in bands A and B, 22.2%, is 20.9 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the East of England it is 34.9%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, B, D, E, A, F, G and H. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of Thurrock. Band H, the top band, holds 20 homes.

Post-war building leads

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964, from 1965 to 1982 (27.9%) and from 1983 to 1999 (15.5%). Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 570 homes (+1.48%). Some 2,550 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 40.4% of these newer homes and 20.8% of the older ones. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band C. The busiest single year was 2016, with 550 homes recorded as built.

More than half are terraced houses

Terraced houses make up more than half of the homes in Stevenage; after them come flats and maisonettes (24.1%), semi-detached houses (12.3%), detached houses (10.3%) and bungalows (2.1%). The widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in bungalows: 10.6 points below the share there (12.7%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band D for semi-detached houses, band C for bungalows, band C for terraced houses and band B for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Harlow, followed by Crawley and Coventry.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (47.2%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (23.1%) and one-bedroom (17.0%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band C with three, band E with four and band F with five. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.4. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 12.8%. Homes here average 2.58 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Stevenage are Harlow (18.5), Barking and Dagenham (24.9) and Crawley (25.5); the furthest within the East of England is St Albans (110.9).

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Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in band F or above, Stevenage comes 39th of the 45 councils in the East of England, just behind Harlow and just ahead of Peterborough. All East of England councils.