Council tax bands in Tamworth

Tamworth has the joint largest share of homes built from 1965 to 1982 (42.2%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the joint third-largest share of homes in band B (35.3%) of the 296 councils in England. Among the 30 councils in the West Midlands, it has the second-smallest share of homes built between 1919 and 1939 (5.4%), the third-smallest share built from 1945 to 1964 (12.4%) and the second-smallest number of homes on the valuation list (35,230 homes).

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982, from 1983 to 1999 (15.4%) and from 1945 to 1964. Homes from before 1919 make up 7.6%, 12.3 points below the share for England. Some 3,190 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 B). Bands A and B take 32.3% of these newer homes and 65.4% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band B for homes built from 1965 to 1982, band D for homes built from 1983 to 1999 and band B for those built from 1945 to 1964. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 160 homes (+0.46%). The busiest single year was 2019, with 480 homes recorded as built.

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 62.4% of the homes in Tamworth. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 35.5%, is 12.1 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the West Midlands it is 38.9%. Within the West Midlands, the band mix closest to this one is that of Dudley. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run B, A, C, D, E, F and G. Band H, the top band, holds 10 homes.

Semi-detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Tamworth is semi-detached houses at 32.9%, followed in turn by terraced houses (25.5%), detached houses (23.8%), flats and maisonettes (13.2%) and bungalows (4.1%). 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 Nuneaton and Bedworth, followed by North Warwickshire and Central Bedfordshire. The widest gap to the rest of the West Midlands is in detached houses: 5.2 points above the share there (18.6%).

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (53.1%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (22.7%) and four-bedroom (14.8%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band B with two, band B with three, band D with four and band E with five. One-bedroom homes make up 8.0%. A detached house here has 3.6 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5. Homes here average 2.79 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Tamworth are Bristol (7.6), Cannock Chase (12.3) and Ipswich (13.8); the furthest within the West Midlands is Stratford-on-Avon (87.8).

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Placed in the West Midlands

On the share of homes in band F or above, Tamworth comes 26th of the 30 councils in the West Midlands, just behind Wolverhampton and just ahead of Cannock Chase. All West Midlands councils.