Council tax bands in Wolverhampton

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Wolverhampton has the fifth-largest share of semi-detached houses (39.3%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the 30 councils in the West Midlands, it has the joint smallest share of homes built from 2000 to 2015 (6.5%), the slowest net growth in homes on the list over the year to March 2026 (+0.12%) and the third-largest share of homes in bands A and B (72.8%). It also has the third-smallest share of homes in the middle bands C, D and E (24.8%).

The inter-war years built the most

The biggest building periods here were between the wars (26.0%), from 1945 to 1964 (25.6%) and from 1965 to 1982 (17.8%). Homes from before 1919 make up 11.1%, 8.8 points below the share for England. Some 6,040 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band B, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band A). Bands A and B take 59.5% of these newer homes and 73.5% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band B for homes built between the wars, band A for homes built from 1945 to 1964 and band A for those built from 1965 to 1982. The busiest single year was 2021, with 1,010 homes recorded as built.

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Band A is the single largest band in Wolverhampton, with 50.4% of homes. The share in band F or above, 2.5%, is 6.8 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the West Midlands it is 6.6%. Within the West Midlands, the band mix closest to this one is that of Walsall. Band H, the top band, holds 130 homes. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

Semi-detached houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Wolverhampton is semi-detached houses, followed in turn by flats and maisonettes (22.0%), terraced houses (21.6%), detached houses (11.7%) and bungalows (4.7%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Trafford, followed by Sefton and Wirral. The typical home of each type sits in band D for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band B for semi-detached houses, band A for flats and maisonettes and band A for terraced houses. The widest gap to the rest of the West Midlands is in detached houses: 6.9 points below the share there (18.6%).

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (53.7%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (25.1%) and one-bedroom (12.4%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band A with two, band B with three, band D with four and band E with five. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 8.8%. A detached house here has 3.4 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. Homes here average 2.60 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Wolverhampton are Ashfield (6.3), Knowsley (6.8) and North East Lincolnshire (6.9); the furthest within the West Midlands is Stratford-on-Avon (108.5).

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Placed in the West Midlands

On the share of homes in band F or above, Wolverhampton comes 25th of the 30 councils in the West Midlands, just behind Dudley and just ahead of Tamworth. All West Midlands councils.