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Council tax bands in Sunderland

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Sunderland has the eighth-largest share of homes in band A (59.4%) of the 296 councils in England. Among the 12 councils in the North East, it has the smallest share of homes in band F or above (1.4%), the joint largest share of semi-detached houses (33.5%) and the second-smallest share of homes in the middle bands C, D and E (24.2%). It also has the second-smallest share of homes in band E (2.9%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA59B15C14D8E3F1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA59B15C14D8E3F1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 74.4% of the homes in Sunderland. Within the North East, the band mix closest to this one is that of South Tyneside. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Band H, the top band, holds 60 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA59.4%B15.0%C13.7%D7.6%E2.9%F0.9%G0.5%H0.0%SunderlandNorth EastEngland

Post-war building leads

Share of homes by build period; red line: England14%Before19004%1900–191814%1919–193926%1945–196420%1965–19829%1983–19997%2000–20156%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England14%<19004%190014%191926%194520%19659%19837%20006%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (25.9%), from 1965 to 1982 (19.6%) and before 1900 (14.2%). Some 8,130 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band A). Bands A and B take 44.0% of these newer homes and 76.3% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 870 homes (+0.65%). Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band A. The busiest single year was 2022, with 1,050 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 Sunderland is semi-detached houses, followed in turn by terraced houses (26.6%), bungalows (15.0%), flats and maisonettes (14.7%) and detached houses (10.0%). The typical home of each type sits in band D for detached houses, band A for bungalows, band A for flats and maisonettes, band A for semi-detached houses and band A for terraced houses. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Redcar and Cleveland, followed by Gateshead and Stoke-on-Trent. The widest gap to the rest of the North East is in bungalows: 3.9 points above the share there (11.1%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes14.7%ABCTerraced houses26.6%ABSemi-detached houses33.5%ABCDetached houses10.0%CDEFBungalows15.0%ABC

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (42.9%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (33.8%) and one-bedroom (11.0%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band A with two, band A with three, band D with four and band E with five. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 12.3%. Homes here average 2.59 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom11.0%2 bedrooms33.8%3 bedrooms42.9%4 bedrooms10.2%5 bedrooms1.5%6+ bedrooms0.6%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Sunderland are Burnley (4.0), Hyndburn (5.0) and Gateshead (6.7); the furthest within the North East is Stockton-on-Tees (42.4).

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Placed in the North East

On the share of homes in bands A and B, Sunderland comes 2nd of the 12 councils in the North East, just behind South Tyneside and just ahead of Gateshead. All North East councils.

Share of homes in bands A and BSunderland 74%57%77%