Council tax bands in Watford

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Watford has the fourth-largest share of homes in the middle bands C, D and E (78.9%), the joint ninth-smallest share in band A (1.0%) and the sixth-largest share in band D (33.0%) of the 296 councils in England. It also has the joint sixth-smallest share of homes built from 1965 to 1982 (8.3%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 45 councils in the East of England, it has the largest share of flats and maisonettes (41.0%).

Flats and maisonettes are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Watford is flats and maisonettes, followed in turn by terraced houses (27.9%), semi-detached houses (21.2%), detached houses (7.5%) and bungalows (2.3%). The widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in detached houses: 13.2 points below the share there (20.7%). The typical home of each type sits in band G 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 Richmond upon Thames, followed by Sutton and Cambridge.

The inter-war years built the most

The biggest building periods here were between the wars (22.1%), before 1900 (13.8%) and from 1945 to 1964 (13.4%). Some 4,460 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. 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 7.2% of these newer homes and 11.8% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band D for homes built between the wars, band C for homes built before 1900 and band D for those built from 1945 to 1964. The busiest single year was 2023, with 800 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 130 homes (+0.30%).

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Watford gather in the middle of the ladder, with band C the largest single band (36.9%). The middle home on the list is in band D. The share in bands A and B, 11.4%, is 31.7 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, B, E, F, G, A and H. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of Welwyn Hatfield. Band H, the top band, holds 80 homes.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (39.4%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (30.1%) and one-bedroom (20.6%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band C with one bedroom, band C with two, band D with three, band F with four and band G with five. Homes here average 2.41 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 9.9%. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Watford are Sutton (18.8), Rochford (21.3) and Merton (21.7); the furthest within the East of England is Norwich (128.7).

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Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in band F or above, Watford comes 22nd of the 45 councils in the East of England, just behind Mid Suffolk and just ahead of Basildon. All East of England councils.