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Council tax bands in Trafford

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Trafford has the eighth-largest share of semi-detached houses (38.6%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 35 councils in the North West, it has the joint largest share of homes in band H (1.0%), the largest share in band C (26.5%) and the second-largest share of homes built between 1919 and 1939 (28.9%). It also has the third-smallest share of homes built from 1983 to 1999 (7.3%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA19B22C27D15E8F4G4H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA19B22C27D15E8F4G4H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Trafford gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 49.0%, with band C the largest single band. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, B, A, D, E, F, G and H. Within the North West, the band mix closest to this one is that of Wyre. In bands A and B the share is 41.4%, close to the 43.1% for England. Across the North West it is 60.3%.

Share of homes in each bandA19.2%B22.2%C26.5%D14.9%E7.6%F4.5%G4.0%H1.0%TraffordNorth WestEngland

Semi-detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Trafford is semi-detached houses, followed in turn by flats and maisonettes (23.3%), terraced houses (21.8%), detached houses (12.6%) and bungalows (3.4%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Wolverhampton, followed by Sefton and North Tyneside. The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band B for flats and maisonettes and band B for terraced houses. The widest gap to the rest of the North West is in terraced houses: 8.8 points below the share there (30.6%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes23.3%ABCDTerraced houses21.8%ABCDSemi-detached houses38.6%BCDEDetached houses12.6%DEFGHBungalows3.4%ABCDEF

The inter-war years built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: England12%Before19008%1900–191829%1919–193917%1945–196414%1965–19827%1983–19997%2000–20156%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England12%<19008%190029%191917%194514%19657%19837%20006%2016

The biggest building periods here were between the wars, from 1945 to 1964 (16.6%) and from 1965 to 1982 (13.8%). Some 5,910 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band B, a lower band than the middle home built before 2016 (band C). Bands A and B take 50.1% of these newer homes and 40.8% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band C for homes built between the wars, band B for homes built from 1945 to 1964 and band B for those built from 1965 to 1982. The busiest single year was 2021, with 980 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 390 homes (+0.37%).

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

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (51.7%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (22.7%) and four-bedroom (11.1%). 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 G with five. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. Homes here average 2.75 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. One-bedroom homes make up 10.9%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom10.9%2 bedrooms22.7%3 bedrooms51.7%4 bedrooms11.1%5 bedrooms2.6%6+ bedrooms0.9%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Trafford are Brighton and Hove (8.4), Cheltenham (9.5) and West Northamptonshire (9.6); the furthest within the North West is Pendle (82.0).

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Placed in the North West

On the share of homes in band F or above, Trafford comes 5th of the 35 councils in the North West, just behind Fylde and just ahead of Westmorland and Furness. All North West councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveTrafford 10%1%17%