Band H · England · 2026-27

How much is Band H council tax?

Average Band H, England£4,783.04£478.30 a month over 10 payments. From £2,056 in Wandsworth to £5,530 in Dorset.

Area averages set by councils for 2026-27 (MHCLG). Real bills vary by parish, band and discount. How the figures work

Homes in Band H

155,210

0.6% of homes in England

1991 value

over £320,000

the band's range at 1 April 1991

Ratio to D

18/9

Band H pays 200% of Band D

Per month

£478.30

England average, 10 payments

A home is in Band H if it would have sold for more than £320,000 on 1 April 1991 (homes built since are valued as if they had existed then). Band H pays 18/9 of the Band D charge set by each council.

Share of homes in Band H, by region

Homes on the valuation list at 31 March 2026; the tick is England

share of homes in Band H
England (0.6%)

Source: VOA Council Tax stock of properties 2026 (CTSOP1.0).

Band H in every council

Council	Band H	10 payments of	Homes in Band H	Share of homes
Adur	£5,096.56	£509.66	10	0.0%
Amber Valley	£4,815.38	£481.54	150	0.2%
Arun	£4,974.48	£497.45	310	0.4%
Ashfield	£5,217.52	£521.75	30	0.1%
Ashford	£4,820.32	£482.03	220	0.4%
Babergh	£4,683.10	£468.31	200	0.4%
Barking and Dagenham	£4,397.02	£439.70	10	0.0%
Barnet	£4,265.20	£426.52	4,350	2.7%
Barnsley	£4,651.92	£465.19	60	0.1%
Basildon	£4,654.48	£465.45	200	0.2%
Basingstoke and Deane	£4,510.42	£451.04	470	0.6%
Bassetlaw	£5,289.90	£528.99	60	0.1%
Bath and North East Somerset	£4,766.84	£476.68	460	0.5%
Bedford	£4,943.48	£494.35	250	0.3%
Bexley	£4,732.72	£473.27	50	0.0%
Birmingham	£4,725.80	£472.58	930	0.2%
Blaby	£4,980.44	£498.04	40	0.1%
Blackburn with Darwen	£4,910.54	£491.05	70	0.1%
Blackpool	£5,026.44	£502.64	30	0.0%
Bolsover	£5,118.82	£511.88	20	0.1%
Bolton	£4,799.48	£479.95	250	0.2%
Boston	£4,617.46	£461.75	20	0.1%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	£4,871.16	£487.12	1,330	0.7%
Bracknell Forest	£4,529.60	£452.96	310	0.6%
Bradford	£4,721.46	£472.15	330	0.1%
Braintree	£4,560.68	£456.07	240	0.3%
Breckland	£4,887.34	£488.73	60	0.1%
Brent	£4,470.54	£447.05	260	0.2%
Brentwood	£4,516.28	£451.63	660	1.9%
Brighton and Hove	£5,161.08	£516.11	220	0.2%
Bristol	£5,427.36	£542.74	360	0.2%
Broadland	£4,875.56	£487.56	100	0.2%
Bromley	£4,280.08	£428.01	1,760	1.2%
Bromsgrove	£4,957.30	£495.73	380	0.9%
Broxbourne	£4,612.86	£461.29	240	0.6%
Broxtowe	£5,236.42	£523.64	30	0.1%
Buckinghamshire	£5,053.16	£505.32	6,190	2.6%
Burnley	£5,098.84	£509.88	20	0.0%
Bury	£5,110.30	£511.03	180	0.2%
Calderdale	£4,840.30	£484.03	60	0.1%
Cambridge	£4,934.04	£493.40	510	0.8%
Camden	£4,415.10	£441.51	4,940	4.3%
Cannock Chase	£4,751.66	£475.17	20	0.0%
Canterbury	£4,838.66	£483.87	120	0.2%
Castle Point	£4,637.26	£463.73	70	0.2%
Central Bedfordshire	£5,032.32	£503.23	410	0.3%
Charnwood	£4,811.28	£481.13	230	0.3%
Chelmsford	£4,600.36	£460.04	460	0.6%
Cheltenham	£4,739.04	£473.90	160	0.3%
Cherwell	£5,165.92	£516.59	270	0.4%
Cheshire East	£4,909.74	£490.97	2,020	1.0%
Cheshire West and Chester	£5,034.66	£503.47	640	0.4%
Chesterfield	£4,678.98	£467.90	30	0.1%
Chichester	£4,939.36	£493.94	1,380	2.2%
Chorley	£4,860.46	£486.05	70	0.1%
City of London	£2,659.12	£265.91	310	3.8%
Colchester	£4,565.70	£456.57	170	0.2%
Cornwall	£5,181.86	£518.19	450	0.2%
Cotswold	£4,783.30	£478.33	790	1.7%
Coventry	£5,033.44	£503.34	180	0.1%
Crawley	£4,836.92	£483.69	10	0.0%
Croydon	£5,199.82	£519.98	660	0.4%
Cumberland	£5,022.64	£502.26	80	0.1%
Dacorum	£4,817.02	£481.70	860	1.3%
Darlington	£4,987.66	£498.77	50	0.1%
Dartford	£4,750.30	£475.03	70	0.1%
Derby	£4,612.00	£461.20	60	0.1%
Derbyshire Dales	£4,889.40	£488.94	140	0.4%
Doncaster	£4,335.50	£433.55	140	0.1%
Dorset	£5,530.04	£553.00	740	0.4%
Dover	£4,923.48	£492.35	70	0.1%
Dudley	£4,289.68	£428.97	140	0.1%
Durham	£5,244.30	£524.43	280	0.1%
Ealing	£4,277.06	£427.71	1,050	0.7%
East Cambridgeshire	£4,970.36	£497.04	100	0.2%
East Devon	£5,190.92	£519.09	210	0.3%
East Hampshire	£4,687.84	£468.78	680	1.2%
East Hertfordshire	£4,909.56	£490.96	870	1.3%
East Lindsey	£4,551.76	£455.18	60	0.1%
East Riding of Yorkshire	£4,932.16	£493.22	310	0.2%
East Staffordshire	£4,702.68	£470.27	100	0.2%
East Suffolk	£4,669.60	£466.96	250	0.2%
Eastbourne	£5,308.56	£530.86	90	0.2%
Eastleigh	£4,684.42	£468.44	30	0.0%
Elmbridge	£5,115.50	£511.55	4,570	7.5%
Enfield	£4,535.34	£453.53	1,040	0.8%
Epping Forest	£4,554.42	£455.44	1,270	2.2%
Epsom and Ewell	£5,061.68	£506.17	150	0.4%
Erewash	£4,721.28	£472.13	30	0.1%
Exeter	£4,990.72	£499.07	50	0.1%
Fareham	£4,541.10	£454.11	130	0.3%
Fenland	£5,075.48	£507.55	30	0.1%
Folkestone and Hythe	£5,077.50	£507.75	100	0.2%
Forest of Dean	£4,886.84	£488.68	80	0.2%
Fylde	£4,967.88	£496.79	140	0.3%
Gateshead	£5,431.62	£543.16	50	0.1%
Gedling	£5,219.10	£521.91	100	0.2%
Gloucester	£4,711.68	£471.17	10	0.0%
Gosport	£4,688.58	£468.86	20	0.1%
Gravesham	£4,816.48	£481.65	110	0.2%
Great Yarmouth	£4,828.82	£482.88	20	0.0%
Greenwich	£4,215.72	£421.57	350	0.3%
Guildford	£5,094.60	£509.46	1,880	3.0%
Hackney	£4,120.60	£412.06	60	0.0%
Halton	£4,733.22	£473.32	40	0.1%
Hammersmith and Fulham	£3,039.02	£303.90	2,940	3.1%
Harborough	£4,779.74	£477.97	260	0.6%
Haringey	£4,627.56	£462.76	760	0.7%
Harlow	£4,597.38	£459.74	20	0.0%
Harrow	£5,022.14	£502.21	1,320	1.4%
Hart	£4,800.04	£480.00	260	0.6%
Hartlepool	£5,120.40	£512.04	120	0.3%
Hastings	£5,353.16	£535.32	40	0.1%
Havant	£4,640.56	£464.06	50	0.1%
Havering	£4,849.32	£484.93	390	0.4%
Herefordshire	£5,148.74	£514.87	190	0.2%
Hertsmere	£4,811.66	£481.17	1,240	2.7%
High Peak	£4,769.32	£476.93	50	0.1%
Hillingdon	£4,090.92	£409.09	500	0.4%
Hinckley and Bosworth	£4,765.24	£476.52	70	0.1%
Horsham	£4,882.02	£488.20	840	1.3%
Hounslow	£4,371.12	£437.11	1,030	0.9%
Huntingdonshire	£5,112.80	£511.28	180	0.2%
Hyndburn	£4,931.96	£493.20	20	0.1%
Ipswich	£4,936.50	£493.65	20	0.0%
Isle of Wight	£5,251.58	£525.16	150	0.2%
Isles of Scilly	£4,095.92	£409.59	10	0.9%
Islington	£4,216.30	£421.63	960	0.9%
Kensington and Chelsea	£3,333.30	£333.33	15,520	17.3%
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk	£4,860.26	£486.03	120	0.2%
Kingston upon Hull	£4,590.08	£459.01	40	0.0%
Kingston upon Thames	£5,218.40	£521.84	1,080	1.5%
Kirklees	£4,882.14	£488.21	170	0.1%
Knowsley	£4,976.50	£497.65	20	0.0%
Lambeth	£4,094.22	£409.42	1,180	0.8%
Lancaster	£5,006.38	£500.64	80	0.1%
Leeds	£4,567.46	£456.75	760	0.2%
Leicester	£5,057.50	£505.75	60	0.0%
Lewes	£5,512.34	£551.23	250	0.5%
Lewisham	£4,474.66	£447.47	190	0.1%
Lichfield	£4,703.80	£470.38	430	0.9%
Lincoln	£4,646.16	£464.62	50	0.1%
Liverpool	£5,347.18	£534.72	140	0.1%
Luton	£4,879.86	£487.99	30	0.0%
Maidstone	£5,005.18	£500.52	400	0.5%
Maldon	£4,656.74	£465.67	190	0.6%
Malvern Hills	£4,901.84	£490.18	130	0.3%
Manchester	£4,624.08	£462.41	150	0.1%
Mansfield	£5,200.76	£520.08	40	0.1%
Medway	£4,657.10	£465.71	60	0.0%
Melton	£4,859.34	£485.93	90	0.4%
Merton	£4,293.52	£429.35	1,860	2.1%
Mid Devon	£5,312.82	£531.28	60	0.2%
Mid Suffolk	£4,633.76	£463.38	110	0.2%
Mid Sussex	£4,948.52	£494.85	450	0.6%
Middlesbrough	£5,098.32	£509.83	50	0.1%
Milton Keynes	£4,744.42	£474.44	180	0.1%
Mole Valley	£5,039.72	£503.97	1,080	2.7%
New Forest	£4,839.52	£483.95	620	0.7%
Newark and Sherwood	£5,364.20	£536.42	140	0.2%
Newcastle upon Tyne	£5,084.38	£508.44	130	0.1%
Newcastle-under-Lyme	£4,668.50	£466.85	50	0.1%
Newham	£3,888.46	£388.85	40	0.0%
North Devon	£5,284.42	£528.44	50	0.1%
North East Derbyshire	£4,933.14	£493.31	70	0.1%
North East Lincolnshire	£4,967.70	£496.77	60	0.1%
North Hertfordshire	£4,897.04	£489.70	370	0.6%
North Kesteven	£4,675.62	£467.56	60	0.1%
North Lincolnshire	£4,696.92	£469.69	30	0.0%
North Norfolk	£4,919.86	£491.99	90	0.2%
North Northamptonshire	£4,847.92	£484.79	280	0.2%
North Somerset	£4,982.44	£498.24	290	0.3%
North Tyneside	£4,923.54	£492.35	40	0.0%
North Warwickshire	£5,064.20	£506.42	80	0.3%
North West Leicestershire	£4,836.40	£483.64	60	0.1%
North Yorkshire	£5,088.68	£508.87	1,310	0.4%
Northumberland	£5,193.88	£519.39	590	0.4%
Norwich	£5,006.88	£500.69	70	0.1%
Nottingham	£5,510.78	£551.08	110	0.1%
Nuneaton and Bedworth	£5,004.32	£500.43	20	0.0%
Oadby and Wigston	£4,813.70	£481.37	100	0.4%
Oldham	£5,204.46	£520.45	80	0.1%
Oxford	£5,356.80	£535.68	610	1.0%
Pendle	£5,280.36	£528.04	40	0.1%
Peterborough	£4,586.94	£458.69	80	0.1%
Plymouth	£4,883.70	£488.37	60	0.0%
Portsmouth	£4,583.42	£458.34	60	0.1%
Preston	£5,151.48	£515.15	70	0.1%
Reading	£5,225.54	£522.55	100	0.1%
Redbridge	£4,589.16	£458.92	220	0.2%
Redcar and Cleveland	£5,088.96	£508.90	30	0.0%
Redditch	£4,925.90	£492.59	20	0.1%
Reigate and Banstead	£5,133.22	£513.32	1,150	1.8%
Ribble Valley	£4,773.00	£477.30	240	0.8%
Richmond upon Thames	£4,972.20	£497.22	3,660	4.3%
Rochdale	£5,201.66	£520.17	50	0.1%
Rochford	£4,726.96	£472.70	80	0.2%
Rossendale	£5,039.94	£503.99	40	0.1%
Rother	£5,401.90	£540.19	280	0.6%
Rotherham	£4,763.06	£476.31	70	0.1%
Rugby	£4,966.10	£496.61	110	0.2%
Runnymede	£4,985.98	£498.60	1,150	2.9%
Rushcliffe	£5,286.54	£528.65	160	0.3%
Rushmoor	£4,640.56	£464.06	30	0.1%
Rutland	£5,475.16	£547.52	170	0.9%
Salford	£5,188.90	£518.89	110	0.1%
Sandwell	£4,488.92	£448.89	40	0.0%
Sefton	£5,166.44	£516.64	290	0.2%
Sevenoaks	£5,044.72	£504.47	1,560	3.0%
Sheffield	£5,020.32	£502.03	220	0.1%
Shropshire	£5,056.36	£505.64	360	0.2%
Slough	£4,828.88	£482.89	10	0.0%
Solihull	£4,394.52	£439.45	500	0.5%
Somerset	£5,121.18	£512.12	520	0.2%
South Cambridgeshire	£5,072.50	£507.25	420	0.6%
South Derbyshire	£4,679.22	£467.92	100	0.2%
South Gloucestershire	£5,101.18	£510.12	200	0.2%
South Hams	£5,230.44	£523.04	380	0.8%
South Holland	£4,556.40	£455.64	20	0.0%
South Kesteven	£4,520.00	£452.00	110	0.2%
South Norfolk	£4,965.74	£496.57	120	0.2%
South Oxfordshire	£5,195.14	£519.51	1,000	1.5%
South Ribble	£4,885.32	£488.53	30	0.1%
South Staffordshire	£4,627.34	£462.73	220	0.4%
South Tyneside	£4,868.86	£486.89	50	0.1%
Southampton	£4,762.96	£476.30	30	0.0%
Southend-on-Sea	£4,530.34	£453.03	130	0.2%
Southwark	£3,934.52	£393.45	830	0.5%
Spelthorne	£5,052.88	£505.29	120	0.3%
St Albans	£4,838.44	£483.84	1,440	2.3%
St Helens	£4,806.76	£480.68	40	0.0%
Stafford	£4,605.36	£460.54	100	0.2%
Staffordshire Moorlands	£4,676.42	£467.64	30	0.1%
Stevenage	£4,783.94	£478.39	20	0.1%
Stockport	£5,237.80	£523.78	230	0.2%
Stockton-on-Tees	£5,179.66	£517.97	130	0.1%
Stoke-on-Trent	£4,366.24	£436.62	40	0.0%
Stratford-on-Avon	£4,968.34	£496.83	1,010	1.5%
Stroud	£4,982.72	£498.27	260	0.5%
Sunderland	£4,394.28	£439.43	60	0.0%
Surrey Heath	£5,170.32	£517.03	550	1.4%
Sutton	£4,757.28	£475.73	290	0.3%
Swale	£4,811.30	£481.13	120	0.2%
Swindon	£4,876.20	£487.62	70	0.1%
Tameside	£4,894.42	£489.44	40	0.0%
Tamworth	£4,601.52	£460.15	10	0.0%
Tandridge	£5,189.70	£518.97	1,290	3.4%
Teignbridge	£5,286.24	£528.62	120	0.2%
Telford and Wrekin	£4,512.52	£451.25	50	0.1%
Tendring	£4,539.26	£453.93	90	0.1%
Test Valley	£4,611.04	£461.10	560	0.9%
Tewkesbury	£4,681.06	£468.11	210	0.4%
Thanet	£4,981.80	£498.18	40	0.1%
Three Rivers	£4,844.62	£484.46	1,640	4.2%
Thurrock	£4,509.36	£450.94	60	0.1%
Tonbridge and Malling	£4,943.66	£494.37	480	0.8%
Torbay	£4,940.50	£494.05	140	0.2%
Torridge	£5,202.84	£520.28	30	0.1%
Tower Hamlets	£3,675.56	£367.56	780	0.5%
Trafford	£4,583.40	£458.34	1,070	1.0%
Tunbridge Wells	£4,892.30	£489.23	620	1.2%
Uttlesford	£4,667.64	£466.76	470	1.1%
Vale of White Horse	£5,154.88	£515.49	490	0.7%
Wakefield	£4,593.78	£459.38	100	0.1%
Walsall	£5,254.96	£525.50	60	0.1%
Waltham Forest	£4,773.92	£477.39	30	0.0%
Wandsworth	£2,056.42	£205.64	3,070	1.9%
Warrington	£4,895.22	£489.52	230	0.2%
Warwick	£4,923.10	£492.31	460	0.7%
Watford	£4,893.40	£489.34	80	0.2%
Waverley	£5,209.74	£520.97	2,200	3.8%
Wealden	£5,456.86	£545.69	950	1.2%
Welwyn Hatfield	£4,904.52	£490.45	760	1.5%
West Berkshire	£5,010.74	£501.07	780	1.1%
West Devon	£5,410.66	£541.07	80	0.3%
West Lancashire	£4,912.46	£491.25	110	0.2%
West Lindsey	£4,708.50	£470.85	70	0.1%
West Northamptonshire	£4,973.32	£497.33	490	0.3%
West Oxfordshire	£5,133.90	£513.39	430	0.8%
West Suffolk	£4,702.94	£470.29	200	0.2%
Westminster	£2,099.10	£209.91	17,280	13.1%
Westmorland and Furness	£5,015.98	£501.60	330	0.3%
Wigan	£4,305.36	£430.54	60	0.0%
Wiltshire	£5,143.56	£514.36	1,380	0.6%
Winchester	£4,719.52	£471.95	760	1.3%
Windsor and Maidenhead	£3,905.24	£390.52	2,020	3.0%
Wirral	£5,001.18	£500.12	290	0.2%
Woking	£5,196.08	£519.61	830	1.9%
Wokingham	£4,995.40	£499.54	580	0.8%
Wolverhampton	£5,077.98	£507.80	130	0.1%
Worcester	£4,811.62	£481.16	10	0.0%
Worthing	£4,912.26	£491.23	30	0.1%
Wychavon	£4,746.38	£474.64	240	0.4%
Wyre	£4,921.06	£492.11	80	0.1%
Wyre Forest	£5,024.94	£502.49	140	0.3%
York	£4,574.30	£457.43	140	0.1%

Charges are area averages including parish precepts. Homes are VOA counts rounded to the nearest 10.

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Data: MHCLG, VOA, 2026-27 releases, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources and method