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Council tax bands in the Vale of White Horse

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The Vale of White Horse has the joint fifth-largest share of homes built from 2016 to 2026 (17.7%) and the fifth-fastest net growth in homes on the list over the year to March 2026 (+2.16%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the five councils in Oxfordshire, it has the smallest share of homes in band A (2.9%), the largest share in band F (10.2%) and the smallest share of terraced houses (19.6%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA3B11C30D22E16F10G7H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravanColour shows the band, shape the typeA3B11C30D22E16F10G7H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowCaravan

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: England9%Before19002%1900–19188%1919–193917%1945–196420%1965–198214%1983–199912%2000–201518%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England9%<19002%19008%191917%194520%196514%198312%200018%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (20.1%), from 2016 to 2026 and from 1945 to 1964 (16.8%). Homes from before 1919 make up 10.8%, 9.1 points below the share for England. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band D, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Bands A and B take 13.2% of these newer homes and 13.6% of the older ones. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band D. The busiest single year was 2022, with 1,580 homes recorded as built.

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

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (40.4%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (23.3%) and four-bedroom (21.0%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band D with three, band E with four and band G with five. Homes here average 2.94 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. One-bedroom homes make up 9.1%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom9.1%2 bedrooms23.3%3 bedrooms40.4%4 bedrooms21.0%5 bedrooms4.8%6+ bedrooms1.4%

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in the Vale of White Horse gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 68.1%, with band C the largest single band (30.0%). 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 South East it is 25.3%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, D, E, B, F, G, A and H. Band H, the top band, holds 490 homes. Within the South East, the band mix closest to this one is that of West Oxfordshire.

Share of homes in each bandA2.9%B10.7%C30.0%D22.0%E16.1%F10.2%G7.4%H0.7%Vale of White HorseSouth EastEngland

Detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in the Vale of White Horse is detached houses at 30.3%, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (25.0%), terraced houses, flats and maisonettes (15.2%) and bungalows (8.4%). 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 widest gap to the rest of the South East is in detached houses: 9.9 points above the share there (20.4%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Stratford-on-Avon, followed by Stafford and Buckinghamshire. The list also counts 640 caravans, houseboats and mobile homes.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes15.2%ABCDTerraced houses19.6%BCDSemi-detached houses25.0%CDEDetached houses30.3%DEFGBungalows8.4%BCDEFCaravans and mobile homes1.0%A

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to the Vale of White Horse are West Berkshire (8.0), South Oxfordshire (8.1) and South Cambridgeshire (8.9); the furthest within the South East is Southampton (103.5).

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Placed in the South East

On the share of homes in band F or above, the Vale of White Horse comes 25th of the 64 councils in the South East, just behind Tonbridge and Malling and just ahead of West Berkshire. All South East councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveVale of White Horse 18%2%40%