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Council tax bands in Woking

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Woking has the joint fourth-smallest share of homes in band A (0.8%) of the 296 councils in England. Among the eleven councils in Surrey, it has the largest share of homes in band B (7.9%), the largest share in band C (25.7%) and the smallest share in band E (14.1%). It also has the smallest share of homes in band F (9.5%).

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The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Woking gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 68.2%, with band D the largest single band (28.4%). The share in bands A and B, 8.7%, is 34.4 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 D, C, E, G, F, B, H and A. Band H, the top band, holds 830 homes. Within the South East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Guildford.

Share of homes in each bandA0.8%B7.9%C25.7%D28.4%E14.1%F9.5%G11.8%H1.9%WokingSouth EastEngland

Flats and maisonettes are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Woking is flats and maisonettes at 29.1%, followed in turn by detached houses (24.4%), terraced houses (20.2%), semi-detached houses (18.4%) and bungalows (7.0%). The typical home of each type sits in band F for detached houses, band E for bungalows, band D for semi-detached houses, band D for terraced houses and band C for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Windsor and Maidenhead, followed by Chelmsford and Elmbridge. The widest gap to the rest of the South East is in flats and maisonettes: 5.5 points above the share there (23.6%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes29.1%BCDTerraced houses20.2%CDESemi-detached houses18.4%CDEDetached houses24.4%EFGHBungalows7.0%CDEFG

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (36.9%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (25.9%) and one-bedroom (15.7%). 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 with four or more bedrooms make up 21.6%. A detached house here has 3.9 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. Homes here average 2.72 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom15.7%2 bedrooms25.9%3 bedrooms36.9%4 bedrooms15.5%5 bedrooms4.7%6+ bedrooms1.4%

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: England6%Before19005%1900–191812%1919–193922%1945–196422%1965–198214%1983–199911%2000–20158%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England6%<19005%190012%191922%194522%196514%198311%20008%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (22.5%), from 1945 to 1964 (22.4%) and from 1983 to 1999 (13.6%). Homes from before 1919 make up 10.6%, 9.3 points below the share for England. Some 3,410 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, a lower band than the middle home built before 2016 (band D). Bands A and B take 14.7% of these newer homes and 8.1% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 260 homes (+0.58%). Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band D. The busiest single year was 2022, with 670 homes recorded as built.

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

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Woking are Reigate and Banstead (14.6), Tonbridge and Malling (15.4) and South Oxfordshire (16.6); the furthest within the South East is Southampton (113.4).

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Placed in the South East

On the share of homes in band F or above, Woking comes 16th of the 64 councils in the South East, just behind Winchester and just ahead of East Hampshire. All South East councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveWoking 23%2%40%