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Council tax bands in the Vale of Glamorgan

62,620 homesWalesIn Welsh: Bro Morgannwg

The Vale of Glamorgan has the largest share of homes in band I (1.7%), the second-smallest share in bands A and B (13.2%) and the second-largest share in band G (9.5%) of the 22 councils in Wales. It also has the largest share of homes built from 2016 to 2026 (9.3%) and the second-smallest share of its 2016 to 2026 homes placed in bands A and B (14.2%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA3B11C23D19E17F12G9H4I2FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravanColour shows the band, shape the typeA3B11C23D19E17F12G9H4I2FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravan

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in the Vale of Glamorgan gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 59.6%, with band C the largest single band (23.3%). The middle home on the list is in band D. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, D, E, F, B, G, H, A and I. The share in band F or above, 27.2%, is 13.9 points above the figure for Wales as a whole. Within Wales, the band mix closest to this one is that of Powys.

Share of homes in each bandA2.5%B10.7%C23.3%D19.1%E17.2%F12.4%G9.5%H3.6%I1.7%Vale of GlamorganWales

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales17%Before19005%1900–19188%1919–193916%1945–196421%1965–198214%1983–19999%2000–20159%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales17%<19005%19008%191916%194521%196514%19839%20009%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (21.3%), before 1900 (17.0%) and from 1945 to 1964 (16.3%). The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band D, the same as the middle home built before 2016. By build period, the middle home sits in band D for homes built from 1965 to 1982, band C for homes built before 1900 and band D for those built from 1945 to 1964. The busiest single year was 2019, with 890 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 220 homes (+0.35%).

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026BCDEFGBuilt before 2016BCDEFG

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (45.1%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (21.1%) and four-bedroom (20.1%). 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. A detached house here has 3.9 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7. Homes here average 2.96 bedrooms, more than the 2.83 for Wales. One-bedroom homes make up 7.9%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom7.9%2 bedrooms21.1%3 bedrooms45.1%4 bedrooms20.1%5 bedrooms4.4%6+ bedrooms1.3%

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in the Vale of Glamorgan is terraced houses at 28.7%, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (23.8%), detached houses (21.8%), flats and maisonettes (16.6%) and bungalows (7.9%). The typical home of each type sits in band F for detached houses, band E for bungalows, band D for semi-detached houses, band C for flats and maisonettes and band C for terraced houses. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Redditch, followed by Peterborough and North Hertfordshire. The list also counts 580 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes. The widest gap to the rest of Wales is in bungalows: 3.6 points below the share there (11.5%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes16.6%ABCDETerraced houses28.7%BCDESemi-detached houses23.8%CDEFDetached houses21.8%EFGHIBungalows7.9%BCDEFGCaravans and mobile homes0.9%ABC

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to the Vale of Glamorgan are Cardiff (16.5), Monmouthshire (23.2) and Flintshire (25.3); the furthest within Wales is Blaenau Gwent (137.9).

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Placed in Wales

On the share of homes in band F or above, the Vale of Glamorgan comes 2nd of the 22 councils in Wales, just behind Monmouthshire and just ahead of Cardiff. All Wales councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveVale of Glamorgan 27%1%36%