Council Tax Index 2024/25

Annual property taxes in the UK are low by international standards.

This table shows the average Band D council tax payable annually for a dwelling occupied by 2 adults, broken down by council for England, Wales & Scotland.

Very low tax (2)

Rank Council Tax £
1 Wandsworth 969
2 Westminster 975

Low tax (30)

Rank Council Tax £
3 Shetland Islands 1,261
4 Na h-Eileanan Siar 1,291
5 South Lanarkshire 1,301
6 Angus 1,317
7 North Lanarkshire 1,321
8 Dumfries & Galloway 1,335
9 Scottish Borders 1,356
10 Falkirk 1,364
11 Orkney Islands 1,369
12 Fife 1,385
13 Hammersmith & Fulham 1,387
14 West Lothian 1,391
15 Aberdeenshire 1,393
16 West Dunbartonshire 1,399
17 Perth & Kinross 1,404
18 Clackmannanshire 1,411
19 East Renfrewshire 1,415
20 East Dunbartonshire 1,416
21 Highland 1,427
22 Moray 1,431
23 East Lothian 1,436
24 Renfrewshire 1,436
25 City of Edinburgh 1,448
26 North Ayrshire 1,452
27 South Ayrshire 1,453
28 Stirling 1,482
29 Dundee City 1,486
30 East Ayrshire 1,487
31 Aberdeen City 1,490
32 Glasgow City 1,499

Average tax (152)

Rank Council Tax £
33 Midlothian 1,515
34 Kensington & Chelsea 1,530
35 Inverclyde 1,547
36 Argyll & Bute 1,627
37 Tower Hamlets 1,676
38 Windsor & Maidenhead 1,684
39 Newham 1,724
40 Southwark 1,793
41 Caerphilly 1,813
42 Cardiff 1,827
43 Newport 1,856
44 Isles of Scilly 1,857
45 Hillingdon 1,864
46 Lambeth 1,865
47 Hackney 1,877
48 Pembrokeshire 1,885
49 Greenwich 1,921
50 Islington 1,921
51 Wigan 1,924
52 Dudley 1,937
53 Barnet 1,943
54 Ealing 1,948
55 Bromley 1,950
56 Torfaen 1,952
57 Trafford 1,973
58 Vale of Glamorgan 1,973
59 Stoke-on-Trent 1,979
60 Solihull 1,984
61 Hounslow 1,991
62 Sunderland 1,997
63 Merton 1,999
64 Barking & Dagenham 2,003
65 Camden 2,011
66 Wrexham 2,014
67 Swansea 2,018
68 Doncaster 2,024
69 Sandwell 2,028
70 Brent 2,036
71 Telford & Wrekin 2,037
72 Lewisham 2,038
73 Thurrock 2,041
74 Basingstoke & Deane 2,046
75 Carmarthenshire 2,048
76 Southend-on-Sea 2,050
77 Bracknell Forest 2,051
78 York 2,053
79 Powys 2,054
80 Bradford 2,055
81 Flintshire 2,062
82 Fareham 2,063
83 Enfield 2,065
84 Leeds 2,066
85 Manchester 2,068
86 Portsmouth 2,075
87 Kingston-upon-Hull 2,079
88 Wakefield 2,080
89 Rhondda Cynon Taf 2,082
90 Peterborough 2,083
91 Brentwood 2,083
92 Test Valley 2,089
93 Redbridge 2,090
94 Denbighshire 2,090
95 Birmingham 2,091
96 Tendring 2,094
97 Broxbourne 2,095
98 Wychavon 2,101
99 Epping Forest 2,101
100 Ceredigion 2,104
101 Colchester 2,107
102 Haringey 2,107
103 Derby 2,107
104 Tamworth 2,108
105 Stafford 2,108
106 Medway 2,108
107 Braintree 2,110
108 Rushmoor 2,110
109 Havant 2,110
110 Monmouthshire 2,111
111 Mid Suffolk 2,111
112 South Kesteven 2,115
113 South Staffordshire 2,115
114 East Suffolk 2,118
115 Eastleigh 2,118
116 Chelmsford 2,122
117 East Hampshire 2,124
118 Tewkesbury 2,126
119 South Derbyshire 2,129
120 East Lindsey 2,129
121 Chesterfield 2,130
122 Worcester 2,132
123 Babergh 2,132
124 North Lincolnshire 2,133
125 Gosport 2,133
126 Barnsley 2,134
127 Staffordshire Moorlands 2,135
128 South Holland 2,135
129 Conwy 2,136
130 Halton 2,137
131 West Suffolk 2,140
132 Harlow 2,140
133 Castle Point 2,143
134 Winchester 2,143
135 Newcastle-under-Lyme 2,144
136 Maldon 2,145
137 Gloucester 2,145
138 Bolton 2,147
139 Uttlesford 2,149
140 Milton Keynes 2,150
141 East Staffordshire 2,151
142 Bexley 2,155
143 Erewash 2,155
144 Lichfield 2,155
145 Bath & North East Somerset 2,155
146 Cheltenham 2,157
147 Southampton 2,157
148 Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole 2,157
149 Basildon 2,159
150 Gwynedd 2,161
151 Boston 2,165
152 North Somerset 2,165
153 Sutton 2,166
154 High Peak 2,169
155 Cotswold 2,170
156 Warrington 2,171
157 Waltham Forest 2,174
158 Hart 2,174
159 St Helens 2,175
160 Dartford 2,175
161 Rochford 2,175
162 Stevenage 2,176
163 Cannock Chase 2,178
164 Hertsmere 2,179
165 Malvern Hills 2,181
166 Redditch 2,186
167 Slough 2,187
168 North Kesteven 2,187
169 Dacorum 2,188
170 Calderdale 2,190
171 Lincoln 2,191
172 Tameside 2,191
173 North Northamptonshire 2,191
174 Amber Valley 2,192
175 New Forest 2,193
176 Hinckley & Bosworth 2,194
177 Bromsgrove 2,196
178 Swale 2,196
179 Ribble Valley 2,197
180 South Tyneside 2,197
181 Swindon 2,198
182 St Albans 2,199
183 Three Rivers 2,200
184 Crawley 2,200

High tax (121)

Rank Council Tax £
185 Great Yarmouth 2,201
186 Ashford 2,202
187 Shropshire 2,204
188 Gravesham 2,205
189 Kirklees 2,208
190 Havering 2,208
191 West Lindsey 2,209
192 Luton 2,210
193 Rotherham 2,211
194 Harborough 2,212
195 Horsham 2,213
196 Wyre Forest 2,215
197 Plymouth 2,215
198 Canterbury 2,215
199 King's Lynn & West Norfolk 2,216
200 Cheshire East 2,217
201 Charnwood 2,219
202 Breckland 2,219
203 North Tyneside 2,220
204 Forest of Dean 2,221
205 Oadby & Wigston 2,224
206 Derbyshire Dales 2,224
207 Blackburn with Darwen 2,225
208 Welwyn Hatfield 2,225
209 Broadland 2,225
210 East Hertfordshire 2,225
211 North Hertfordshire 2,226
212 East Riding of Yorkshire 2,230
213 North West Leicestershire 2,231
214 North Norfolk 2,232
215 Chorley 2,234
216 Worthing 2,236
217 Watford 2,236
218 Bedford 2,237
219 Chichester 2,238
220 Tunbridge Wells 2,238
221 Melton 2,241
222 South Ribble 2,242
223 Torbay 2,243
224 Bridgend 2,245
225 Mid Sussex 2,246
226 North East Derbyshire 2,246
227 Warwick 2,248
228 Cambridge 2,249
229 West Northamptonshire 2,250
230 West Lancashire 2,253
231 Wyre 2,253
232 Dover 2,253
233 Ipswich 2,254
234 Knowsley 2,256
235 South Norfolk 2,258
236 Darlington 2,259
237 Stroud 2,260
238 Arun 2,262
239 Wokingham 2,263
240 Wirral 2,263
241 West Berkshire 2,264
242 Richmond-upon-Thames 2,264
243 Stratford-on-Avon 2,264
244 East Cambridgeshire 2,265
245 Tonbridge & Malling 2,266
246 Somerset 2,267
247 Rugby 2,270
248 Fylde 2,270
249 Exeter 2,270
250 Hyndburn 2,270
251 Runnymede 2,273
252 Sheffield 2,273
253 Central Bedfordshire 2,276
254 North East Lincolnshire 2,276
255 Thanet 2,276
256 Blackpool 2,277
257 Cheshire West and Chester 2,277
258 Westmorland and Furness 2,277
259 Neath Port Talbot 2,281
260 North Yorkshire 2,283
261 Cumberland 2,284
262 Norwich 2,285
263 Buckinghamshire 2,286
264 Harrow 2,286
265 Bury 2,289
266 Nuneaton & Bedworth 2,289
267 Leicester 2,293
268 Blaby 2,293
269 Maidstone 2,293
270 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2,294
271 Wolverhampton 2,295
272 Coventry 2,296
273 Lancaster 2,297
274 Mole Valley 2,297
275 Blaenau Gwent 2,303
276 South Cambridgeshire 2,304
277 Spelthorne 2,305
278 Sevenoaks 2,307
279 Epsom & Ewell 2,308
280 Redcar & Cleveland 2,309
281 South Gloucestershire 2,310
282 Rossendale 2,313
283 Guildford 2,319
284 North Warwickshire 2,319
285 West Oxfordshire 2,320
286 Bolsover 2,321
287 Huntingdonshire 2,322
288 Adur 2,322
289 Salford 2,324
290 Folkestone & Hythe 2,327
291 Merthyr Tydfil 2,329
292 Herefordshire 2,330
293 Rochdale 2,330
294 Wiltshire 2,330
295 Fenland 2,331
296 Oldham 2,331
297 Elmbridge 2,334
298 Sefton 2,339
299 Brighton & Hove 2,339
300 Vale of White Horse 2,342
301 Cornwall 2,343
302 Stockport 2,347
303 Burnley 2,347
304 East Devon 2,348
305 Reigate & Banstead 2,349

Very high tax (43)

Rank Council Tax £
306 Cherwell 2,351
307 Stockton-on-Tees 2,353
308 Northumberland 2,355
309 Surrey Heath 2,356
310 South Oxfordshire 2,357
311 Tandridge 2,359
312 Torridge 2,363
313 Preston 2,365
314 Croydon 2,367
315 Reading 2,367
316 Middlesbrough 2,370
317 Waverley 2,371
318 Woking 2,372
319 South Hams 2,372
320 Isle of Wight Council 2,374
321 Walsall 2,375
322 Kingston-upon-Thames 2,375
323 Hartlepool 2,380
324 Mansfield 2,386
325 Gedling 2,394
326 North Devon 2,394
327 Teignbridge 2,395
328 Ashfield 2,400
329 Broxtowe 2,401
330 Mid Devon 2,404
331 Pendle 2,415
332 Eastbourne 2,416
333 Rushcliffe 2,417
334 Liverpool 2,420
335 Bassetlaw 2,424
336 Durham 2,431
337 Hastings 2,437
338 Rother 2,439
339 Oxford 2,442
340 Gateshead 2,451
341 West Devon 2,457
342 Bristol 2,460
343 Newark & Sherwood 2,468
344 Wealden 2,484
345 Lewes 2,503
346 Dorset Council 2,504
347 Nottingham 2,530
348 Rutland 2,543

Source: GOV.uk

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Where does the raw data come from?

Property listings seen on rightmove.co.uk, zoopla.co.uk and onthemarket.com.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated in near real-time.

What time period does the data cover?

This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.

What are the statistics used?

Averages shown are the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.

Where does the raw data come from?

Property listings seen on rightmove.co.uk, zoopla.co.uk and onthemarket.com.

How do you know the square footage of properties?

We use proprietary technology to read the square footage of properties from agent floorplans. Although we cannot determine the square footage for all properties, we can usually get sufficient coverage. Agents are sometimes known to inflate square footage, and this should be borne in mind as a weakness of this data.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated in near real-time.

What time period does the data cover?

This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.

What are the statistics used?

The average shown is the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.

Where does the raw data come from?

Property "price paid" data provided by the Land Registry.

How often is the data updated?

Once per month when released by the Land Registry, typically towards the end of each calendar month covering up to the end of the previous calendar month.

What time period does the data cover?

You can customise the time period using the filter at the top of the view. The default time period is up to 9 months back from today's date. The latest data covers the period up to 2024-12-30, although some sales that took place before this date may still be added in the coming months.

How is the raw data processed?

No additional processes are applied to this data.

What are the statistics used?

Averages shown are the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.

Where does the raw data come from?

Property "price paid" data provided by the Land Registry, and Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) data provided by Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities.

How do you know the square footage of properties?

We match the Land Registry data to EPC data provided by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities. Due to the fact that not all properties sold have had an EPC and vagaries of addressing in the UK, we are not able to determine the square footage of all properties, but we can usually get sufficient coverage.

How often is the data updated?

The private paid data is updated once per month when released by the Land Registry, typically towards the end of each calendar month covering up to the end of the previous calendar month. The energy performance certificate database is updated monthly.

What time period does the data cover?

You can customise the time period using the filter at the top of the view. The default time period is up to 9 months back from today's date. The latest data covers the period up to 2024-12-30, although some sales that took place before this date may still be added in the coming months.

How is the raw data processed?

No additional processes are applied to this data.

What are the statistics used?

The average shown is the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.

Where does the raw data come from?

Property listings seen on rightmove.co.uk, zoopla.co.uk and onthemarket.com.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated in near real-time.

What time period does the data cover?

This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.

What are the statistics used?

The average shown is the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.

Where does the raw data come from?

Room let listings on SpareRoom, the UK's biggest room letting website.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated in near real-time.

What time period does the data cover?

This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from SpareRoom, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.

What are the statistics used?

The average shown is the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.

Where does the raw data come from?

Property listings seen on rightmove.co.uk, zoopla.co.uk and onthemarket.com.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated in near real-time.

What time period does the data cover?

This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded. Yields are calculated by comparing only properties with the same number of bedrooms, e.g. 3-bedroom properties for rent with 3-bedroom properties for sale.

What is the yield calculation used?

The calculation used is (average_weekly_asking_rent * 52 / average_asking_price), expressed as a percentage. It is a top-line gross yield, meaning no expenses are considered.

What are the statistics used?

The average shown is the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.

Where does the raw data come from?

Property listings seen on rightmove.co.uk, zoopla.co.uk and onthemarket.com.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated in near real-time.

What time period does the data cover?

This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from Zoopla, Rightmove or Spareroom, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Yields are calculated by comparing only properties with the same number of bedrooms, e.g. 3-bedroom properties for rent with 3-bedroom properties for sale. For the SpareRoom data, hypothetical properties consisting of two to six average double rooms with shared bathrooms are used to derived average rent. For all sources, listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.

What is the yield calculation used?

The calculation used is (average_weekly_asking_rent * 52 / average_asking_price), expressed as a percentage. It is a top-line gross yield, meaning no expenses are considered.

What are the statistics used?

The average shown is the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.

Where does the raw data come from?

Property "price paid" data provided by the Land Registry.

How often is the data updated?

Once per month when released by the Land Registry, typically towards the end of each calendar month covering up to the end of the previous calendar month.

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What time period does the data cover?

The data covers transactions in the last six years

How is the raw data processed?

No additional processes are applied to this data.

What are the statistics used?

The average shown is the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.

Where does the raw data come from?

Property listings seen on rightmove.co.uk, zoopla.co.uk and onthemarket.com.

How often is the data updated?

The listings data is updated in near real-time. The Land Registry data is updated once per month when released, typically towards the end of each calendar month covering up to the end of the previous calendar month.

What time period does the data cover?

The price paid data shown goes back to January 2015. The listings data is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.

What are the calculations used?

Average sales per month are for the last 3 finalised months. Turnover is average sales per month divided by total for sale. Inventory is 100 divided by turnover.

Where does the raw data come from?

Property listings seen on rightmove.co.uk, zoopla.co.uk and onthemarket.com.

How often is the data updated?

The listings data is updated in near real-time. The Land Registry data is updated once per month when released, typically towards the end of each calendar month covering up to the end of the previous calendar month.

What time period does the data cover?

This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal, they are soon removed from this tab.

How is the raw data processed?

Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.

Where does the raw data come from?

We receive data on the extent and corporate ownership of all land titles in England & Wales from the Land Registry.

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated once per month when released, typically in the first few days of each calendar month.

What time period does the data cover?

This is an ownership snapshot - the data represents ownership as recorded by the Land Registry at the last monthly export.

How is the raw data processed?

No additional processes are applied to this data.

Where does the raw data come from?

We source different expert forecasts Savills, Knight Frank, OBR

How often is the data updated?

The data is updated annually when new forecasts are released, typically towards the beginning of the year.

How is the raw data processed?

We calculate a consensus forecast using a simple mean average.