What is Band D council tax in Cornwall?

£2,590.93 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,389.56.

How much is Band A council tax in Cornwall?

£1,727.29 a year, or £172.73 a month over 10 payments.

How much did council tax go up in Cornwall?

Band D is up 5.3% (£131.01) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +5.3%.

Is Cornwall cheaper than average?

Cornwall ranks 254 of 296 councils by Band D, where 1 is the lowest. The England average is £2,391.52.

Cornwall · unitary council · South West · 2026-27

How much is council tax in Cornwall?

Band D, 2026-27 (area average)£2,590.93Up 5.3% (£131.01) on 2025-26 at Band D. England Band D average £2,391.52.

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Area average, including parish precepts. In 6 published bills we checked, figures were within £34; yours also depends on your parish and discounts. How the figures work

Council tax 2026-27CornwallBand D

Cornwall council£2,086.36
Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner£303.20
Parish and town councils (average)£201.37

Total for the year£2,590.93

Band A

£1,727.29

the lowest band, 6/9 of Band D

Per month

£259.09

Band D over 10 payments

Change

+5.3%

+£131.01 on 2025-26 at Band D

Rank

254 of 296

by Band D; 1 = lowest in England

Council tax bands in Cornwall, 2026-27

Area averages including parish precepts. Every band pays a fixed share of Band D.

Band	Per year	Per month (10 payments)	Ratio to D
Band A	£1,727.29	£172.73	6/9
Band B most common here	£2,015.17	£201.52	7/9
Band C	£2,303.05	£230.31	8/9
Band D	£2,590.93	£259.09	9/9
Band E	£3,166.69	£316.67	11/9
Band F	£3,742.45	£374.25	13/9
Band G	£4,318.22	£431.82	15/9
Band H	£5,181.86	£518.19	18/9

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Council tax by band in Cornwall, 2026-27

Average for the council area, including parish precepts; the tick is the England average for the band

this council, each band
Band D, the band every charge is set from
England average for the band

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Band	Per year	10 payments of	12 payments of	England average	Ratio to D
Band A	£1,727.29	£172.73	£143.94	£1,594.35	6/9
Band B	£2,015.17	£201.52	£167.93	£1,860.07	7/9
Band C	£2,303.05	£230.31	£191.92	£2,125.80	8/9
Band D	£2,590.93	£259.09	£215.91	£2,391.52	9/9
Band E	£3,166.69	£316.67	£263.89	£2,922.97	11/9
Band F	£3,742.45	£374.25	£311.87	£3,454.42	13/9
Band G	£4,318.22	£431.82	£359.85	£3,985.87	15/9
Band H	£5,181.86	£518.19	£431.82	£4,783.04	18/9

Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels 2026-27, Table 9.

Cornwall in 2026-27

For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax across Cornwall is £2,590.93, up 5.3% (£131.01) on 2025-26. Of that, Cornwall council's own charge is £2,086.36, of which £39.74 is this year's adult social care increase. The rest goes to Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner, and on average £201.37 to parish and town councils.

The most common band here is Band B (26% of homes), which costs £2,015.17 a year at the area average.

The average bill actually charged per home, after discounts and exemptions, is £2,081.12 (MHCLG, 2026-27).

Where a Band D bill in Cornwall goes

£2,590.93 a year at Band D, by the body that sets each part

Cornwall council£2,086.3681%
Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner£303.2012%
Parish and town councils (average)£201.378%

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Goes to	Band D	Share
Cornwall council	£2,086.36	80.5%
Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner	£303.20	11.7%
Parish and town councils (average)	£201.37	7.8%
Total	£2,590.93	100%

Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels 2026-27, Table 10 (lines 9, 16 and 17).

Band D in Cornwall since 1993

Average area Band D each year, including parish precepts; the line is the England average

this council, average Band D
England average
no figure: the council did not exist in this form

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Year	Cornwall	England
2026-27	£2,590.93	£2,391.52
2025-26	£2,459.92	£2,280.21
2024-25	£2,342.54	£2,170.99
2023-24	£2,221.39	£2,065.05
2022-23	£2,108.89	£1,965.71
2021-22	£2,041.95	£1,898.48
2020-21	£1,943.26	£1,817.67
2019-20	£1,864.02	£1,749.88
2018-19	£1,772.29	£1,671.46
2017-18	£1,685.51	£1,590.55
2016-17	£1,619.75	£1,529.56
2015-16	£1,549.57	£1,483.58
2014-15	£1,512.38	£1,467.98
2013-14	£1,477.05	£1,455.60
2012-13	£1,467.79	£1,444.13
2011-12	£1,459.64	£1,439.33
2010-11	£1,457.51	£1,439.22
2009-10	£1,411.32	£1,413.84
2008-09	—	£1,373.08
2007-08	—	£1,321.32
2006-07	—	£1,267.91
2005-06	—	£1,213.81
2004-05	—	£1,166.56
2003-04	—	£1,101.75
2002-03	—	£975.56
2001-02	—	£901.33
2000-01	—	£847.00
1999-00	—	£798.00
1998-99	—	£747.00
1997-98	—	£688.00
1996-97	—	£646.00
1995-96	—	£609.00
1994-95	—	£580.11
1993-94	—	£567.95

Source: MHCLG live tables on council tax, Band D council tax figures 1993 onwards.

Homes in each band in Cornwall

Share of the 289,000 homes on the valuation list at 31 March 2026; the tick is England

share of homes
most common band (B)

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Band	Homes	Share	England share
Band A	66,460	23.0%	23.6%
Band B	73,830	25.5%	19.5%
Band C	61,950	21.4%	22.0%
Band D	45,300	15.7%	15.7%
Band E	26,920	9.3%	9.9%
Band F	9,670	3.3%	5.2%
Band G	4,410	1.5%	3.5%
Band H	450	0.2%	0.6%

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

Parish and town councils in Cornwall

205 of the 212 parishes and charter trustees here set a precept for 2026-27. Band D in an area with no parish precept is about £2,389.56. The estimated bills add each parish part to the council's average charge; where a council charges special expenses or levies in part of its area the real bill differs, in the bills we checked by up to £34.

Parish	Parish part	Change in parish part	Est. Band D bill	Band D homes
Advent	£6.87	+£0.13	£2,396.43	87
Altarnun	£41.23	−£0.99	£2,430.79	461
Antony	£93.05	+£6.72	£2,482.61	204
Blisland	£123.35	no change	£2,512.91	305
Boconnoc no precept	none	—	£2,389.56	46
Bodmin	£389.90	+£13.14	£2,779.46	5,184
Botusfleming	£68.95	+£1.13	£2,458.51	326
Boyton	£47.87	+£7.18	£2,437.43	209
Braddock no precept	none	—	£2,389.56	68
Breage	£68.69	+£6.47	£2,458.25	1,470
Bude Stratton	£333.88	+£20.87	£2,723.44	4,465
Budock	£44.34	+£1.76	£2,433.90	742
Callington	£310.28	+£20.30	£2,699.84	2,164
Calstock	£129.68	+£11.76	£2,519.24	2,680
Camborne	£281.75	+£26.02	£2,671.31	6,682
Camelford	£336.84	+£14.11	£2,726.40	1,179
Cardinham	£45.00	+£3.21	£2,434.56	289
Carharrack	£41.05	−£0.05	£2,430.61	487
Carlyon	£49.55	+£4.32	£2,439.11	999
Carn Brea	£103.88	+£0.17	£2,493.44	2,686
Chacewater	£110.72	+£35.85	£2,500.28	570
Colan	£14.58	+£1.66	£2,404.14	1,228
Constantine	£126.09	+£5.98	£2,515.65	830
Crantock	£90.49	+£2.67	£2,480.05	524
Crowan	£81.50	+£3.04	£2,471.06	979
Cubert	£59.99	+£1.73	£2,449.55	658
Cury	£103.23	+£5.10	£2,492.79	187
Davidstow	£4.83	−£0.17	£2,394.39	207
Delabole	£96.76	+£8.62	£2,486.32	672
Deviock	£93.76	+£6.35	£2,483.32	806
Dobwalls	£64.51	−£0.59	£2,454.07	658
Duloe	£55.83	+£3.70	£2,445.39	331
Egloshayle	£43.41	+£0.98	£2,432.97	161
Egloskerry	£48.13	−£18.44	£2,437.69	177
Falmouth	£488.15	+£44.09	£2,877.71	8,311
Feock	£80.04	+£6.10	£2,469.60	2,167
Forrabury and Minster	£98.98	+£2.57	£2,488.54	525
Fowey	£127.96	+£4.79	£2,517.52	1,600
Germoe	£66.38	+£3.70	£2,455.94	252
Gerrans	£71.63	+£2.70	£2,461.19	750
Grade Ruan	£60.36	+£1.39	£2,449.92	523
Grampound with Creed	£104.42	+£41.29	£2,493.98	364
Gunwalloe	£54.23	−£7.09	£2,443.79	116
Gweek	£57.86	+£2.58	£2,447.42	278
Gwennap	£102.38	+£5.01	£2,491.94	620
Gwinear Gwithian	£99.79	+£7.61	£2,489.35	1,387
Hayle	£334.52	+£13.96	£2,724.08	3,294
Helland	£17.70	−£0.35	£2,407.26	113
Helston	£290.87	+£38.96	£2,680.43	3,821
Illogan	£119.40	+£1.50	£2,508.96	1,970
Jacobstow	£21.51	−£2.34	£2,411.07	232
Kea	£70.21	+£19.72	£2,459.77	691
Kenwyn	£79.06	+£4.68	£2,468.62	2,444
Kilkhampton	£40.83	−£1.30	£2,430.39	784
Ladock	£45.58	+£4.12	£2,435.14	637
Landewednack	£59.61	+£3.63	£2,449.17	449
Landrake with St. Erney	£57.88	+£0.39	£2,447.44	401
Landulph	£123.29	+£3.58	£2,512.85	287
Laneast	£29.73	−£0.34	£2,419.29	103
Lanhydrock	£37.31	+£7.77	£2,426.87	88
Lanivet	£122.35	+£6.82	£2,511.91	744
Lanlivery	£56.67	+£3.54	£2,446.23	239
Lanner	£173.13	+£11.60	£2,562.69	921
Lanreath	£80.55	+£3.92	£2,470.11	241
Lanteglos	£93.81	+£9.41	£2,483.37	746
Launcells	£32.66	−£0.21	£2,422.22	237
Launceston	£389.83	+£34.37	£2,779.39	3,312
Lawhitton Rural	£53.58	+£0.46	£2,443.14	118
Lesnewth	£25.73	−£0.75	£2,415.29	34
Lewannick	£76.94	−£1.64	£2,466.50	390
Lezant	£35.78	+£1.65	£2,425.34	348
Linkinhorne	£55.75	+£0.37	£2,445.31	635
Liskeard	£268.06	+£77.03	£2,657.62	3,694
Looe	£243.47	+£11.37	£2,633.03	2,451
Lostwithiel	£240.84	+£4.79	£2,630.40	1,205
Ludgvan	£46.88	−£2.82	£2,436.44	1,348
Luxulyan	£69.88	+£6.95	£2,459.44	549
Mabe	£51.47	+£11.75	£2,441.03	587
Madron	£75.44	+£7.28	£2,465.00	623
Maker with Rame	£144.32	+£0.40	£2,533.88	801
Manaccan	£112.20	+£0.01	£2,501.76	299
Marazion	£132.67	+£5.59	£2,522.23	670
Marhamchurch	£84.11	+£6.06	£2,473.67	390
Mawgan in Meneage	£92.70	+£0.93	£2,482.26	330
Mawgan in Pydar	£67.45	+£2.54	£2,457.01	774
Mawnan	£110.14	−£0.61	£2,499.70	1,044
Menheniot	£58.07	+£15.04	£2,447.63	700
Mevagissey	£138.80	+£26.93	£2,528.36	1,153
Michaelstow	£87.94	+£10.86	£2,477.50	114
Millbrook	£177.43	+£7.52	£2,566.99	780
Morvah no precept	none	—	£2,389.56	58
Morval	£82.85	+£0.36	£2,472.41	310
Morwenstow	£62.91	−£0.14	£2,452.47	397
Mullion	£65.90	+£2.01	£2,455.46	957
Mylor	£69.36	+£6.79	£2,458.92	1,587
Newquay	£349.10	+£48.12	£2,738.66	9,704
North Hill	£41.35	+£2.03	£2,430.91	447
North Petherwin	£26.47	−£0.16	£2,416.03	336
North Tamerton	£49.24	+£2.78	£2,438.80	122
Otterham	£27.49	−£0.85	£2,417.05	109
Padstow no precept	none	—	£2,389.56	2,082
Pelynt	£76.93	+£5.85	£2,466.49	520
Penryn	£193.44	+£26.39	£2,583.00	2,402
Pentewan Valley	£26.71	+£7.52	£2,416.27	538
Penzance	£328.07	+£1.04	£2,717.63	7,709
Perranarworthal	£144.47	+£47.77	£2,534.03	831
Perranuthnoe	£43.57	no change	£2,433.13	1,059
Perranzabuloe	£155.91	+£6.21	£2,545.47	2,860
Philleigh	£10.87	−£0.28	£2,400.43	124
Pillaton	£23.33	+£1.11	£2,412.89	225
Polperro	£146.34	+£12.73	£2,535.90	801
Ponsanooth	£133.25	+£19.72	£2,522.81	601
Porthleven	£120.50	+£0.17	£2,510.06	1,313
Portreath	£157.54	+£3.95	£2,547.10	724
Poundstock	£83.31	+£22.30	£2,472.87	652
Probus	£81.84	+£3.56	£2,471.40	1,000
Quethiock	£51.27	+£1.08	£2,440.83	200
Redruth	£384.74	+£85.68	£2,774.30	4,773
Roche	£152.85	+£6.01	£2,542.41	1,239
Ruanlanihorne	£61.97	+£3.05	£2,451.53	157
Saltash	£286.96	+£11.04	£2,676.52	5,791
Sancreed	£62.08	+£2.79	£2,451.64	296
Sennen	£127.00	−£4.23	£2,516.56	507
Sheviock	£71.73	+£2.83	£2,461.29	381
Sithney	£48.99	+£0.15	£2,438.55	387
South Hill	£58.00	+£3.04	£2,447.56	217
South Petherwin	£35.88	+£4.10	£2,425.44	353
St Austell	£213.90	+£16.70	£2,603.46	6,641
St Austell Bay	£72.78	+£3.05	£2,462.34	897
St Buryan, Lamorna & Paul	£72.44	+£9.76	£2,462.00	805
St Ive & Pensilva	£112.61	−£1.51	£2,502.17	870
St Keyne & Trewidland	£40.53	+£0.25	£2,430.09	311
St. Agnes	£244.60	+£22.03	£2,634.16	3,567
St. Allen	£100.70	+£3.08	£2,490.26	169
St. Anthony in Meneage	£32.59	+£0.02	£2,422.15	156
St. Blaise	£65.02	+£0.53	£2,454.58	2,030
St. Breock	£65.27	+£2.97	£2,454.83	460
St. Breward	£71.70	+£2.26	£2,461.26	414
St. Cleer	£71.25	+£14.50	£2,460.81	1,248
St. Clement	£60.99	+£2.81	£2,450.55	592
St. Clether	£7.60	−£1.18	£2,397.16	82
St. Columb Major	£185.97	no change	£2,575.53	1,621
St. Day	£131.34	+£18.22	£2,520.90	587
St. Dennis	£226.47	+£20.03	£2,616.03	767
St. Dominick	£77.85	+£4.34	£2,467.41	350
St. Endellion	£54.33	+£3.39	£2,443.89	790
St. Enoder	£89.95	+£9.98	£2,479.51	1,584
St. Erme	£93.37	+£21.89	£2,482.93	540
St. Erth	£135.86	no change	£2,525.42	653
St. Ervan	£22.62	+£1.20	£2,412.18	217
St. Eval	£43.58	+£6.46	£2,433.14	459
St. Ewe	£33.86	+£5.86	£2,423.42	269
St. Gennys	£61.01	+£5.50	£2,450.57	475
St. Germans	£101.62	−£2.11	£2,491.18	571
St. Goran	£70.69	+£6.71	£2,460.25	714
St. Hilary	£27.66	+£0.67	£2,417.22	347
St. Issey	£33.59	−£0.59	£2,423.15	533
St. Ives	£287.74	+£13.68	£2,677.30	6,133
St. John	£32.56	−£6.35	£2,422.12	276
St. Juliot	£17.08	+£1.63	£2,406.64	158
St. Just	£178.65	+£7.12	£2,568.21	1,948
St. Just in Roseland	£28.39	−£0.05	£2,417.95	1,285
St. Keverne	£71.75	+£3.18	£2,461.31	1,115
St. Kew	£15.61	−£0.04	£2,405.17	577
St. Levan	£60.82	−£0.86	£2,450.38	329
St. Mabyn	£144.40	+£4.87	£2,533.96	339
St. Martin by Looe	£76.96	+£4.07	£2,466.52	176
St. Martin in Meneage	£111.91	+£30.39	£2,501.47	179
St. Mellion	£67.83	+£2.82	£2,457.39	225
St. Merryn	£13.34	−£1.58	£2,402.90	1,639
St. Mewan	£99.91	+£11.73	£2,489.47	1,248
St. Michael Caerhays no precept	none	—	£2,389.56	29
St. Michael Penkevil	£22.32	+£1.83	£2,411.88	73
St. Michael's Mount no precept	none	—	£2,389.56	13
St. Minver Highlands	£84.89	+£0.47	£2,474.45	918
St. Minver Lowlands	£53.21	+£2.37	£2,442.77	2,030
St. Neot	£109.71	+£2.69	£2,499.27	450
St. Newlyn East	£92.66	+£3.95	£2,482.22	764
St. Pinnock	£50.19	−£1.18	£2,439.75	279
St. Sampson	£40.79	+£8.79	£2,430.35	187
St. Stephen in Brannel	£224.35	+£32.46	£2,613.91	2,305
St. Stephens by Launceston Rural	£50.14	−£0.44	£2,439.70	152
St. Teath	£96.75	+£23.41	£2,486.31	413
St. Thomas the Apostle Rural	£40.82	+£3.91	£2,430.38	447
St. Tudy	£124.80	+£4.14	£2,514.36	337
St. Veep	£55.71	+£1.64	£2,445.27	215
St. Wenn	£105.90	+£0.58	£2,495.46	172
St. Winnow	£32.59	+£0.10	£2,422.15	146
Stithians	£132.18	+£21.32	£2,521.74	788
Stokeclimsland	£69.88	+£6.85	£2,459.44	687
Tintagel	£136.53	+£9.74	£2,526.09	952
Torpoint	£224.26	+£13.10	£2,613.82	2,392
Towednack	£70.70	no change	£2,460.26	214
Tregony with Cuby	£94.99	+£17.78	£2,484.55	474
Tremaine	£20.64	+£0.42	£2,410.20	39
Treneglos no precept	none	—	£2,389.56	48
Tresmeer	£52.10	+£7.36	£2,441.66	77
Trevalga	£13.05	−£0.17	£2,402.61	36
Treverbyn	£74.61	+£23.83	£2,464.17	2,815
Trewen	£7.41	+£0.55	£2,396.97	65
Truro	£459.89	+£39.08	£2,849.45	7,670
Tywardreath and Par	£47.83	−£0.54	£2,437.39	1,214
Veryan	£74.21	+£5.18	£2,463.77	620
Wadebridge	£316.41	+£18.99	£2,705.97	2,666
Warbstow	£18.98	−£0.04	£2,408.54	224
Warleggan	£10.68	+£1.58	£2,400.24	126
Week St. Mary	£94.44	+£5.84	£2,484.00	286
Wendron	£39.44	+£0.88	£2,429.00	1,161
Werrington	£14.22	−£0.49	£2,403.78	190
Whitstone	£26.50	+£1.53	£2,416.06	226
Withiel	£49.78	−£0.60	£2,439.34	161
Zennor	£91.31	+£9.25	£2,480.87	112

Band D homes is the parish tax base: homes counted as Band D equivalents after discounts and exemptions.

Questions

What is Band D council tax in Cornwall?: £2,590.93 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,389.56.
How much is Band A council tax in Cornwall?: £1,727.29 a year, or £172.73 a month over 10 payments.
How much did council tax go up in Cornwall?: Band D is up 5.3% (£131.01) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +5.3%.
Is Cornwall cheaper than average?: Cornwall ranks 254 of 296 councils by Band D, where 1 is the lowest. The England average is £2,391.52.

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