# 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.

## Facts

- Published by: MHCLG
Welsh Government
Scottish Government
- Level of detail: Council
- Updates: Yearly
- History: Since 1996
- Licence: Open Government Licence 3.0
- Levels: Nation, Region, Council

## Periods

| Level | First | Latest | Periods |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nation | 1996/97 | 2026/27 | 31 |
| Region | 1996/97 | 2026/27 | 31 |
| Council | 1996/97 | 2026/27 | 31 |

## Coverage

| Nation | Areas | With a figure |
| --- | --- | --- |
| England | 296 | 296 |
| Wales | 22 | 22 |
| Scotland | 32 | 32 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 0 |

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

## Gaps

- Northern Ireland has domestic rates, worked out from each home's capital value, instead of council tax, so there is no Band D figure: 11 (Antrim and Newtownabbey, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Belfast, Causeway Coast and Glens, Derry City and Strabane, Fermanagh and Omagh)

## Caveats

- 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.

## Example: 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.

https://openindex.co.uk/hackney

## Sources

### Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England

- Publisher: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Licence: [Open Government Licence 3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)
- Edition: Band_D_2026-27.ods + Table_10_2026-27.ods + Tables_1-9_2026-27.ods
- Published: 22 April 2026
- Fetched: 18 October 2026
- Updates: annual
- Credit: 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.
- Publisher's page: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/council-tax-levels-set-by-local-authorities-in-england-2026-to-2027

### Council tax levels in Wales

- Publisher: Welsh Government
- Licence: [Open Government Licence 3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)
- Edition: StatsWales Band D to 2026-27
- Published: 24 March 2026
- Fetched: 18 October 2026
- Updates: annual
- Credit: Source: Welsh Government, council tax levels. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Publisher's page: https://stats.gov.wales/en-GB/3ca971eb-7d9b-4b79-89fa-6d7f77431aad

### Council Tax datasets (Scotland)

- Publisher: Scottish Government
- Licence: [Open Government Licence 3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)
- Edition: band-d-history-2026-27.xlsx + bands-2026-27.xlsx
- Published: 31 March 2026
- Fetched: 18 October 2026
- Updates: annual
- Credit: Source: Scottish Government, Council Tax datasets. Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Publisher's page: https://www.gov.scot/publications/council-tax-datasets/

## Use it

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/council-tax-band-d)
- [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/council-tax-band-d/england)
- Download (Council): https://data.openindex.co.uk/s/2026.10.9/downloads/layers/council-tax-band-d/council.csv
- API: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/layers/council-tax-band-d

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/sources/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.

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

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/sources/council-tax-band-d