Council tax bands in Telford and Wrekin

Telford and Wrekin has the seventh-fastest net growth in homes on the list over the year to March 2026 (+2.13%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 30 councils in the West Midlands, it has the smallest share of homes built between 1919 and 1939 (4.2%), the third-smallest share built before 1919 (7.3%) and the second-largest share built from 1983 to 1999 (19.3%). It also has the third-largest share of homes built from 2000 to 2015 (12.5%).

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (26.3%), from 1983 to 1999 and from 2016 to 2026 (15.2%). 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 36.8% of these newer homes and 62.5% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band A for homes built from 1965 to 1982, band C for homes built from 1983 to 1999 and band C for those built from 2016 to 2026. The busiest single year was 2025, with 1,680 homes recorded as built.

Band A is the largest band

Band A is the most common band in Telford and Wrekin (31.5%), though the middle home on the list is in band B. The share in bands A and B, 58.5%, is 15.4 points above the figure for England as a whole. Across the West Midlands it is 54.5%. Within the West Midlands, the band mix closest to this one is that of Dudley. Band H, the top band, holds 50 homes. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

Semi-detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Telford and Wrekin is semi-detached houses at 30.4%, followed in turn by detached houses (25.8%), terraced houses (23.8%), flats and maisonettes (10.3%) and bungalows (8.5%). 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 widest gap to the rest of the West Midlands is in flats and maisonettes: 7.3 points below the share there (17.6%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to North Warwickshire, followed by Wrexham and Cheshire West and Chester. The list also counts 430 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (48.3%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (24.6%) and four-bedroom (17.9%). 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 F with five. One-bedroom homes make up 6.8%. Homes here average 2.85 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. A detached house here has 3.6 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Telford and Wrekin are North Northamptonshire (5.0), King's Lynn and West Norfolk (6.5) and Hastings (8.4); the furthest within the West Midlands is Stratford-on-Avon (79.9).

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Placed in the West Midlands

On the share of homes in band F or above, Telford and Wrekin comes 19th of the 30 councils in the West Midlands, just behind Redditch and just ahead of Worcester. All West Midlands councils.