Council tax bands in Uttlesford

Uttlesford has the joint largest share of annexes (1.1%), the third-highest average number of bedrooms per home (3.03 bedrooms) and the eighth-largest share of detached houses (34.4%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the eighth-largest share of homes built since 2000 (30.9%) and the tenth-fastest net growth in homes on the list over the year to March 2026 (+1.91%).

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (17.8%), before 1900 (17.5%) and from 2000 to 2015 (15.5%). Some 6,430 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band E, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band D). Bands A and B take 9.8% of these newer homes and 14.3% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band D for homes built from 1965 to 1982, band E for homes built before 1900 and band D for those built from 2000 to 2015. The busiest single year was 2024, with 830 homes recorded as built.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (37.8%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (22.6%) and four-bedroom (22.4%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band D with three, band F with four and band G with five. One-bedroom homes make up 8.2%. A detached house here has 3.9 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6.

Detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Uttlesford is detached houses, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (24.2%), terraced houses (18.1%), flats and maisonettes (11.5%) and bungalows (9.1%). The typical home of each type sits in band F for detached houses, band D for bungalows, band D for semi-detached houses, band C for terraced houses and band B for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Wychavon, followed by Monmouthshire and Huntingdonshire. The widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in flats and maisonettes: 7.2 points below the share there (18.7%). The list also counts 300 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes.

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Uttlesford gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 60.0%, with band C the largest single band (21.3%). The middle home on the list is in band D. The share in bands A and B, 13.6%, is 29.5 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the East of England it is 34.9%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, D, E, F, G, B, A and H. Band H, the top band, holds 470 homes. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of Epping Forest.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Uttlesford are Horsham (4.0), Buckinghamshire (9.9) and Brentwood (11.0); the furthest within the East of England is Norwich (124.2).

Compare side by side

Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in band F or above, Uttlesford comes 4th of the 45 councils in the East of England, just behind Brentwood and just ahead of Epping Forest. All East of England councils.