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Council tax bands in Stoke-on-Trent

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Stoke-on-Trent has the second-largest share of homes in bands A and B (80.1%), the fourth-smallest share in the middle bands C, D and E (19.2%) and the joint fourth-smallest share in band F or above (0.7%) of the 296 councils in England. It also has the second-smallest share of homes in band D (4.3%) and the second-smallest share in band E (1.7%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA59B21C13D4E2F1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA59B21C13D4E2F1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Band A is the single largest band in Stoke-on-Trent, with 58.8% of homes. Within the West Midlands, the band mix closest to this one is that of Wolverhampton. 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 bandA58.8%B21.3%C13.2%D4.3%E1.7%F0.5%G0.2%H0.0%Stoke-on-TrentWest MidlandsEngland

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (45.7%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (37.9%) and one-bedroom (9.8%). Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 6.6%. 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 E with five. Homes here average 2.50 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. A detached house here has 3.5 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom9.8%2 bedrooms37.9%3 bedrooms45.7%4 bedrooms5.7%5 bedrooms0.7%6+ bedrooms0.2%

Semi-detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Stoke-on-Trent is semi-detached houses at 36.1%, followed in turn by terraced houses (31.6%), flats and maisonettes (12.7%), bungalows (9.8%) and detached houses (9.4%). The widest gap to the rest of the West Midlands is in detached houses: 9.2 points below the share there (18.6%). The typical home of each type sits in band D for detached houses, band B 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 Middlesbrough, followed by St Helens and Wigan.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes12.7%ABTerraced houses31.6%ABSemi-detached houses36.1%ABCDetached houses9.4%CDEBungalows9.8%ABC

Post-war building leads

Share of homes by build period; red line: England17%Before19005%1900–191818%1919–193921%1945–196417%1965–19829%1983–19998%2000–20155%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England17%<19005%190018%191921%194517%19659%19838%20005%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (20.8%), between the wars (18.5%) and from 1965 to 1982 (17.1%). Some 5,980 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band B, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band A). Bands A and B take 65.9% of these newer homes and 80.9% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band A for homes built from 1945 to 1964, band A for homes built between the wars and band B for those built from 1965 to 1982. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 670 homes (+0.56%). Homes from before 1919 make up 21.7%, 1.8 points above the share for England. The busiest single year was 2019, with 800 homes recorded as built.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026ABCDBuilt before 2016ABC

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Stoke-on-Trent are Leicester (6.4), Liverpool (6.9) and Lincoln (10.1); the furthest within the West Midlands is Stratford-on-Avon (123.2).

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Placed in the West Midlands

On the share of detached houses, Stoke-on-Trent comes 27th of the 30 councils in the West Midlands, just behind Wolverhampton and just ahead of Sandwell. All West Midlands councils.

Share of detached housesStoke-on-Trent 9%7%33%