Council tax bands in Waltham Forest
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Waltham Forest has the joint smallest share of homes built from 1965 to 1982 (5.7%) and the fifth-smallest share of homes with four or more bedrooms (6.2%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 33 councils in London, it has the joint largest share of homes in bands A and B (34.1%), the largest share of its 2016 to 2026 homes placed in bands A and B (40.7%) and the third-smallest share of homes in band F or above (2.1%).
The homes cluster in the middle bands
The homes in Waltham Forest gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 63.8%, with band C the largest single band (35.3%). Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, B, D, E, A, F and G. Within London, the band mix closest to this one is that of Hackney. Band H, the top band, holds 30 homes.
Homes from before 1900 lead
The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (24.1%), from 1900 to 1918 (20.6%) and between the wars (18.9%). Some 8,510 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 880 homes (+0.79%). By build period, the middle home sits in band C for homes built before 1900, band C for homes built from 1900 to 1918 and band D for those built between the wars. The busiest single year was 2021, with 1,530 homes recorded as built.
Three bedrooms is the usual size
Three-bedroom homes (39.0%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (29.8%) and one-bedroom (25.0%). Homes here average 2.28 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. 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 E with five. A detached house here has 3.5 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6.
Flats and maisonettes are the largest group
The largest group of homes in Waltham Forest is flats and maisonettes at 48.4%, followed in turn by terraced houses (40.3%), semi-detached houses (8.5%), bungalows (0.9%) and detached houses (0.9%). The widest gap to the rest of London is in terraced houses: 15.9 points above the share there (24.4%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for bungalows, band E for detached houses, band E for semi-detached houses, band C for terraced houses and band B for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Merton, followed by Portsmouth and Greenwich.
Councils with a similar band mix
By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Waltham Forest are Lewisham (7.7), Newham (13.9) and Broadland (16.4); the furthest within London is the City of London (131.5).
Compare side by sidePlaced in London
On the share of homes in bands C to E, Waltham Forest comes 22nd of the 33 councils in London, just behind Barnet and just ahead of Wandsworth. All London councils.