# Council tax in Somerset

The middle of the South West. 590,972 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 3,452 square kilometres.

2 layers about council tax for Somerset, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

In: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west)

## Band D council tax

Somerset: **£2,560.59** (2026/27, council level, Great Britain only). Source: MHCLG and Welsh Government and Scottish Government. Published 22 April 2026.

Band D council tax in Somerset is £2,560.59 for 2026/27.
That is about the same as the South West average of £2,550.04.
It rose 5.0% on the year before.
Somerset has the 55th most expensive Band D council tax in England.

- Against South West: About the same (£2,550.04)

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/council-tax-band-d?place=E06000066) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/council-tax-band-d) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/council-tax-band-d/south-west) · https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/council-tax#l-council-tax-band-d

### Council tax by band in Somerset, 2026/27

| Band | Bill | Share of homes, March 2026 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Band A | £1,707.06 | 15.9% |
| Band B | £1,991.57 | 26.5% |
| Band C | £2,276.08 | 22.0% |
| Band D | £2,560.59 | 14.8% |
| Band E | £3,129.61 | 11.4% |
| Band F | £3,698.63 | 6.2% |
| Band G | £4,267.65 | 2.9% |
| Band H | £5,121.18 | 0.2% |

Worked out by Open Index from the Band D figure and the band ratios set in law.
You get 25% off if you live on your own, or if everyone else in your home is disregarded (full-time students, for example).
Share of homes: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026.

## Annual council tax change

Somerset: **5.0%** (2026/27, council level, Great Britain only). Source: Worked out by Open Index from the Band D council tax figures. Published 22 April 2026.

Band D council tax in Somerset changed by 5.0% on the year before, for 2026/27.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/council-tax-change?place=E06000066) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/council-tax-change) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/council-tax-change/south-west) · https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/council-tax#l-council-tax-band-d-change-1y

## More on this place

- [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset)
- [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/housing) (17)
- [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/crime) (13)
- [People](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/people) (24)
- [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/deprivation) (8)
- [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/health) (4)
- [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/education) (2)
- [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/environment) (9)
- [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/transport) (4)
- [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/connectivity) (5)
- [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/planning) (3)
- [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/economy) (4)
- [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/elections) (7)
- [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/services) (3)
- [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/sources) (28)

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E06000066/data?family=council-tax

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/council-tax, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/council-tax#l-council-tax-band-d.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/somerset/council-tax