Council tax bands in Stockton-on-Tees

Stockton-on-Tees has the smallest share of homes in bands A and B (57.4%), the largest share in the middle bands C, D and E (37.3%) and the largest share in band D (11.5%) of the 12 councils in the North East. It also has the largest share of detached houses (21.4%) and the highest average number of bedrooms per home (2.88 bedrooms).

Band A is the largest band

Band A is the most common band in Stockton-on-Tees (38.2%), though the middle home on the list is in band B. In band F or above the share is 5.3%, close to the 9.3% for England. Within the North East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Darlington. Band H, the top band, holds 130 homes. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (25.5%), from 1945 to 1964 (19.2%) and from 1983 to 1999 (14.2%). Some 7,080 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 B). Bands A and B take 25.6% of these newer homes and 60.0% of the older ones. Homes from before 1919 make up 8.4%, 11.5 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 C for those built from 1983 to 1999. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 480 homes (+0.53%). The busiest single year was 2017, with 880 homes recorded as built.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (50.4%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (21.9%) and four-bedroom (16.7%). 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 7.4%. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6.

Semi-detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Stockton-on-Tees is semi-detached houses at 31.6%, followed in turn by terraced houses (25.5%), detached houses, bungalows (10.7%) and flats and maisonettes (10.6%). 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 Warrington, followed by North Warwickshire and Wrexham. The widest gap to the rest of the North East is in flats and maisonettes: 5.6 points below the share there (16.2%).

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Stockton-on-Tees are North East Derbyshire (4.8), Amber Valley (5.9) and Leeds (6.7); the furthest within the North East is South Tyneside (48.7).

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Placed in the North East

On the share of homes in band F or above, Stockton-on-Tees comes 2nd of the 12 councils in the North East, just behind Northumberland and just ahead of Darlington. All North East councils.