Council tax

Band D council tax

The average yearly council tax for a Band D home occupied by two adults, including parish or community council charges, as each government publishes it.

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Published by
MHCLGWelsh GovernmentScottish Government
Level of detail
Council
Published for
Nation, Region and Council
Covers
England, Wales and Scotland
Updates
Yearly
Latest period
2026/27
Published
22 April 2026
Fetched by Open Index
18 October 2026
Licence
Open Government Licence 3.0

Where it covers

  • England
  • Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland(not covered)

Northern Ireland has domestic rates, worked out from each home's capital value, instead of council tax, so there is no Band D figure.

  • England296 of 296 councils have a figure
  • Wales22 of 22 councils have a figure
  • Scotland32 of 32 councils have a figure
  • Northern Ireland0 of 11 councils have a figure

11 councils have no figure for 2026/27. The map hatches each one and gives the reason.

  • Northern Ireland has domestic rates, worked out from each home's capital value, instead of council tax, so there is no Band D figure. Antrim and Newtownabbey, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Belfast, Causeway Coast and Glens, Derry City and Strabane, Fermanagh and Omagh and 5 more

How it is made

Open Index shows the figures as MHCLG, Welsh Government and Scottish Government publish them, for the areas they were published for: nations, regions and councils.

Larger areas use the publisher’s own figures, never an average of smaller areas.

Zoom in past council level and the map keeps the council shapes and says so, rather than inventing detail.

  • Nation1996/97 to 2026/27 (31 periods)
  • Region1996/97 to 2026/27 (31 periods)
  • Council1996/97 to 2026/27 (31 periods)

Before you use it

  • Band D is the middle band that every other band is set from. Each band's bill is a fixed fraction of Band D set in law, for example 6/9 for Band A in England and Wales.
  • England: the average for the council area, including the county council, police, fire and combined authority charges and the average parish precept, as MHCLG publishes it. Homes in a parish with a higher precept pay a little more.
  • Wales: the average for the council area, including the police charge and the average community council charge, as the Welsh Government publishes it.
  • Scotland: the council's Band D, as the Scottish Government publishes it. Water and sewerage charges, which councils collect with the bill, are not included.
  • Bands are not comparable between nations. England and Scotland band homes by their value in April 1991, Wales by their value in April 2003, and each nation has its own bands and ratios. So Open Index ranks and compares Band D within each nation only.
  • The bill is before discounts and support. You get 25% off if you live on your own, or if everyone else in your home is disregarded (full-time students, for example). People on low incomes may get help from their council.
  • English regions other than London have no published average. Open Index works one out as MHCLG works out England's: each council's area Band D weighted by its council tax base. For 2026/27 this gives MHCLG's own England and London figures to the penny.

Colours on the map

Fixed breaks, held for every period, so colours mean the same over time.

How Open Index describes it

Page text on Open Index comes from this layer’s sentence rules, filled in with published figures. For Hackney:

Band D council tax in Hackney is £2,060 for 2026/27.

That is about the same as the London average of £2,068.

Hackney has the 13th lowest Band D council tax in England.

Sources and licences

Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Edition
Band_D_2026-27.ods + Table_10_2026-27.ods + Tables_1-9_2026-27.ods
Published
22 April 2026
Fetched by Open Index
18 October 2026
Licence
Open Government Licence 3.0
Credit line

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax statistics. Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Council tax levels in Wales
Welsh Government
Edition
StatsWales Band D to 2026-27
Published
24 March 2026
Fetched by Open Index
18 October 2026
Licence
Open Government Licence 3.0
Credit line

Source: Welsh Government, council tax levels. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Council Tax datasets (Scotland)
Scottish Government
Edition
band-d-history-2026-27.xlsx + bands-2026-27.xlsx
Published
31 March 2026
Fetched by Open Index
18 October 2026
Licence
Open Government Licence 3.0
Credit line

Source: Scottish Government, Council Tax datasets. Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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