Homes by council tax band, England and Wales
Homes on the council tax valuation lists of England and Wales in each band at the 31st of March. Band I exists only in Wales.
Band A, the most common
6,339,720
31 Mar 2026
Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 23:42 UTCSource: HM Revenue and Customs – Valuation Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
9 rows
| Category | Homes |
|---|---|
| Band A | 6,339,720 |
| Band B | 5,362,700 |
| Band C | 6,032,420 |
| Band D | 4,319,060 |
| Band E | 2,759,250 |
| Band F | 1,479,400 |
| Band G | 972,060 |
| Band H | 168,500 |
| Band I | 5,690 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- HM Revenue and Customs – Valuation Office
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/valuation-office-council-tax-statistics
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 28 October 2026, 23:39 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistics/council-tax-stock-of-properties-2026SHA-256 9e18e23c484e53c2a32decc94b3b52f9f1a55a7376f5b0b67d836c22af6b4c43 · 19,343 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6aa926a2086ce7c57b818495/2026_CT_SoP_Summary_Tables.odsSHA-256 31374f9d2a3b7f9a3a71b654c277b278a22d0a73fc4bbe383795946da3dde13e · 1,391,057 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 23:42 UTC Run at 28 October 2026, 23:42 UTC; 9 of 9 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | HM Revenue and Customs – Valuation Office; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-28T23:39:57Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 9 of 9 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 9 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 9 of 9 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2026-03-31 ended 211 days before retrieval (limit 600), from Council Tax stock of properties: number of properties by Council Tax band, property type, build period, administrative area, and Westminster Parliamentary Constituency at 31 March 2026 |
| Pass | England and Wales add up to both nations' row | 9 of 9 figures match England's row plus Wales's in each band |
| Pass | The bands add up to all homes | the nine bands sum to 27,438,800, +20 on the 27,438,780 homes listed at 2026-03-31 (rounding allows 45) |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/valuation-office-council-tax-statistics – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Counts are rounded to the nearest 10. England's bands rest on 1991 values and Wales's on 2003 values, so the same letter is not the same price range in both.