Average Band D council tax, England
The average council tax for a Band D home in England, including the adult social care and parish precepts, £ per year since 2012–13.
Average Band D
£2,391.52
2026/27
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:25 UTCSource: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
15 rows
| Category | Average Band D council tax |
|---|---|
| 2012/13 | £1,444.13 |
| 2013/14 | £1,455.60 |
| 2014/15 | £1,467.98 |
| 2015/16 | £1,483.58 |
| 2016/17 | £1,529.56 |
| 2017/18 | £1,590.55 |
| 2018/19 | £1,671.46 |
| 2019/20 | £1,749.88 |
| 2020/21 | £1,817.67 |
| 2021/22 | £1,898.48 |
| 2022/23 | £1,965.71 |
| 2023/24 | £2,065.05 |
| 2024/25 | £2,170.99 |
| 2025/26 | £2,280.21 |
| 2026/27 | £2,391.52 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/council-tax-statistics
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 1 November 2026, 12:17 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistics/council-tax-levels-set-by-local-authorities-in-england-2026-to-2027SHA-256 00e5851c1b9325b308556effd97af664dca52b527d80ee486f61555f4670a760 · 15,375 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69de1fa63e81003ae0422508/Tables_1-9_2026-27.odsSHA-256 174869bf22c9609d333868b93c06ed4d5c42aeb9564273bdeed12a01fe56d51a · 99,042 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:25 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 12:25 UTC; 15 of 15 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T12:17:25Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 15 of 15 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 15 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 15 of 15 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest year 2026/27 began 214 days before retrieval (limit 450); it matches the newest page, /government/statistics/council-tax-levels-set-by-local-authorities-in-england-2026-to-2027 |
| Pass | Table 1 agrees | 5 of 5 figures match the England summary in Table 1 |
| Pass | Table 2 agrees | 1 of 1 figures match the England row of Table 2 |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/council-tax-statistics – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Council tax is set each March for the year from April, so the latest year is the one in progress. MHCLG revises earlier years when councils correct their returns.