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Council tax bands in Tewkesbury

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Tewkesbury has the fourth-largest share of homes built from 2016 to 2026 (17.9%), the second-fastest net growth in homes on the list over the year to March 2026 (+2.42%) and the joint eighth-largest share of caravans, houseboats and mobile homes (2.1%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 27 councils in the South West, it has the smallest share of two-bedroom homes (22.5%) and the largest share of homes built from 1945 to 1964 (19.7%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA15B15C28D15E13F8G5H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravanColour shows the band, shape the typeA15B15C28D15E13F8G5H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravan

Post-war building leads

Share of homes by build period; red line: England9%Before19001%1900–19184%1919–193920%1945–196417%1965–198217%1983–199913%2000–201518%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England9%<19001%19004%191920%194517%196517%198313%200018%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964, from 2016 to 2026 and from 1983 to 1999 (17.4%). Homes from before 1919 make up 10.2%, 9.7 points below the share for England. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Bands A and B take 24.3% of these newer homes and 31.9% of the older ones. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band C. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,060 homes recorded as built.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026ABCDEFBuilt before 2016ABCDEF

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (44.1%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom and four-bedroom (20.6%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band B with two, band C with three, band E with four and band F with five. Homes here average 2.93 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. One-bedroom homes make up 7.9%. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom7.9%2 bedrooms22.5%3 bedrooms44.1%4 bedrooms20.6%5 bedrooms3.9%6+ bedrooms1.0%

Detached houses and semis, almost level

Detached houses (28.8%) only just outnumber the other types in Tewkesbury; in order they are followed by semi-detached houses (26.4%), terraced houses (20.5%), flats and maisonettes (10.9%) and bungalows (10.8%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band D for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band B for terraced houses and band A for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Stroud, followed by Cheshire East and South Oxfordshire. The widest gap to the rest of the South West is in flats and maisonettes: 9.4 points below the share there (20.3%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes10.9%ABTerraced houses20.5%ABCDSemi-detached houses26.4%BCDDetached houses28.8%DEFGBungalows10.8%ABCDEFCaravans and mobile homes2.1%A

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Tewkesbury gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 56.3%, with band C the largest single band (28.3%). The share in bands A and B, 30.5%, is 12.6 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the South West it is 41.3%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, B, A, D, E, F, G and H. Within the South West, the band mix closest to this one is that of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Band H, the top band, holds 210 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA15.2%B15.3%C28.3%D14.7%E13.3%F8.2%G4.6%H0.4%TewkesburySouth WestEngland

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Tewkesbury are Solihull (13.6), Wiltshire (13.8) and Fylde (13.9); the furthest within the South West is the Isles of Scilly (91.1).

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Placed in the South West

On the share of homes in band F or above, Tewkesbury comes 8th of the 27 councils in the South West, just behind Dorset and just ahead of Stroud. All South West councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveTewkesbury 13%2%35%