What is Band D council tax in Dorset?

£2,765.02 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,625.43.

How much is Band A council tax in Dorset?

£1,843.35 a year, or £184.33 a month over 10 payments.

How much did council tax go up in Dorset?

Band D is up 5.1% (£134.72) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +5.1%.

Is Dorset cheaper than average?

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

Dorset · unitary council · South West · 2026-27

How much is council tax in Dorset?

Band D, 2026-27 (area average)£2,765.02Up 5.1% (£134.72) 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 2026-27DorsetBand D

Dorset council£2,205.90
Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner£322.58
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority£96.95
Parish and town councils (average)£139.59

Total for the year£2,765.02

Band A

£1,843.35

the lowest band, 6/9 of Band D

Per month

£276.50

Band D over 10 payments

Change

+5.1%

+£134.72 on 2025-26 at Band D

Rank

296 of 296

by Band D; 1 = lowest in England

Council tax bands in Dorset, 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	£1,843.35	£184.33	6/9
Band B	£2,150.57	£215.06	7/9
Band C most common here	£2,457.80	£245.78	8/9
Band D	£2,765.02	£276.50	9/9
Band E	£3,379.47	£337.95	11/9
Band F	£3,993.92	£399.39	13/9
Band G	£4,608.37	£460.84	15/9
Band H	£5,530.04	£553.00	18/9

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Council tax by band in Dorset, 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	£1,843.35	£184.33	£153.61	£1,594.35	6/9
Band B	£2,150.57	£215.06	£179.21	£1,860.07	7/9
Band C	£2,457.80	£245.78	£204.82	£2,125.80	8/9
Band D	£2,765.02	£276.50	£230.42	£2,391.52	9/9
Band E	£3,379.47	£337.95	£281.62	£2,922.97	11/9
Band F	£3,993.92	£399.39	£332.83	£3,454.42	13/9
Band G	£4,608.37	£460.84	£384.03	£3,985.87	15/9
Band H	£5,530.04	£553.00	£460.84	£4,783.04	18/9

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

Dorset in 2026-27

For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax across Dorset is £2,765.02, up 5.1% (£134.72) on 2025-26. Of that, Dorset council's own charge is £2,205.90, of which £41.85 is this year's adult social care increase. The rest goes to Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority, and on average £139.59 to parish and town councils.

The most common band here is Band C (23% of homes), which costs £2,457.80 a year at the area average.

The average bill actually charged per home, after discounts and exemptions, is £2,458.45 (MHCLG, 2026-27).

Where a Band D bill in Dorset goes

£2,765.02 a year at Band D, by the body that sets each part

Dorset council£2,205.9080%
Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner£322.5812%
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority£96.954%
Parish and town councils (average)£139.595%

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Goes to	Band D	Share
Dorset council	£2,205.90	79.8%
Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner	£322.58	11.7%
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority	£96.95	3.5%
Parish and town councils (average)	£139.59	5.0%
Total	£2,765.02	100%

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

Band D in Dorset 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	Dorset	England
2026-27	£2,765.02	£2,391.52
2025-26	£2,630.30	£2,280.21
2024-25	£2,503.63	£2,170.99
2023-24	£2,387.81	£2,065.05
2022-23	£2,290.20	£1,965.71
2021-22	£2,223.01	£1,898.48
2020-21	£2,118.86	£1,817.67
2019-20	£2,037.59	£1,749.88
2018-19	—	£1,671.46
2017-18	—	£1,590.55
2016-17	—	£1,529.56
2015-16	—	£1,483.58
2014-15	—	£1,467.98
2013-14	—	£1,455.60
2012-13	—	£1,444.13
2011-12	—	£1,439.33
2010-11	—	£1,439.22
2009-10	—	£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 Dorset

Share of the 188,900 homes on the valuation list at 31 March 2026; the tick is England

share of homes
most common band (C)

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Band	Homes	Share	England share
Band A	20,930	11.1%	23.6%
Band B	32,080	17.0%	19.5%
Band C	43,780	23.2%	22.0%
Band D	37,780	20.0%	15.7%
Band E	29,100	15.4%	9.9%
Band F	16,250	8.6%	5.2%
Band G	8,250	4.4%	3.5%
Band H	740	0.4%	0.6%

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

Parish and town councils in Dorset

190 of the 262 parishes and charter trustees here set a precept for 2026-27. Band D in an area with no parish precept is about £2,625.43. 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
Abbotsbury (Chesil Bank)	£50.98	+£1.58	£2,676.41	816
Affpuddle & Turnerspuddle	£50.03	−£1.41	£2,675.46	274
Alderholt	£82.68	+£2.41	£2,708.11	1,299
Alton Pancras (Piddle Valley)	£23.32	+£1.01	£2,648.75	632
Anderson	£60.98	+£9.03	£2,686.41	48
Arne	£59.76	no change	£2,685.19	699
Ashmore	£52.63	+£17.07	£2,678.06	114
Askerswell	£27.01	+£0.45	£2,652.44	94
Athelhampton (Puddletown Area)	£70.24	+£4.29	£2,695.67	877
Batcombe (High Stoy)	£48.72	+£1.27	£2,674.15	141
Beaminster	£233.72	+£19.08	£2,859.15	1,454
Beerhacket (Thornhackett)	£41.37	+£1.45	£2,666.80	416
Bere Regis	£130.62	+£16.99	£2,756.05	697
Bettiscombe (Upper Marshwood Vale)	£38.81	−£0.07	£2,664.24	350
Bincombe (Winterbourne Farringdon)	£31.92	+£4.98	£2,657.35	128
Bishops Caundle	£72.11	+£3.74	£2,697.54	178
Blandford Forum	£261.51	+£7.68	£2,886.94	3,628
Blandford St. Mary	£53.19	+£17.65	£2,678.62	877
Bloxworth no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	96
Bourton	£88.70	+£18.12	£2,714.13	429
Bradford Abbas	£48.28	+£1.69	£2,673.71	377
Bradford Peverell	£63.57	+£12.71	£2,689.00	199
Bridport	£216.88	+£12.44	£2,842.31	5,993
Broadmayne	£53.50	+£0.39	£2,678.93	553
Broadwindsor (Broadwindsor Group)	£48.59	+£2.31	£2,674.02	738
Bryanston	£92.07	+£14.15	£2,717.50	158
Buckhorn Weston	£28.18	−£0.45	£2,653.61	186
Buckland Newton	£49.28	+£2.17	£2,674.71	328
Burleston (Puddletown Area) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Burstock (Broadwindsor Group) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Burton Bradstock	£51.01	+£0.19	£2,676.44	658
Cann	£24.32	+£0.36	£2,649.75	286
Castleton (Yeo Head)	£45.16	+£2.56	£2,670.59	195
Catherston Leweston	£22.21	−£2.84	£2,647.64	34
Cattistock (Frome Valley)	£35.48	+£1.42	£2,660.91	242
Caundle Marsh no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	34
Cerne abbas (Cerne Valley)	£54.62	+£7.35	£2,680.05	530
Chalbury	£30.71	no change	£2,656.14	81
Chaldon Herring	£61.79	+£1.98	£2,687.22	100
Charlton Marshall	£54.02	−£4.00	£2,679.45	555
Charminster	£40.20	+£1.80	£2,665.63	1,387
Charmouth	£126.96	+£2.81	£2,752.39	848
Chedington no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	63
Cheselbourne	£70.69	+£20.63	£2,696.12	155
Chetnole (Chetnole and Stockwood)	£71.10	+£5.64	£2,696.53	193
Chettle no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	33
Chickerell	£104.04	+£2.08	£2,729.47	2,358
Chideock	£57.17	−£12.43	£2,682.60	367
Chilcombe no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	7
Child Okeford	£51.26	+£3.46	£2,676.69	542
Chilfrome (Frome Valley)	£35.47	+£1.41	£2,660.90	36
Church Knowle	£75.12	−£4.48	£2,700.55	213
Clifton Maybank no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	29
Colehill	£46.85	+£1.34	£2,672.28	3,052
Compton Abbas	£135.45	+£4.45	£2,760.88	115
Compton Valence (The Comptons & Toller & Wynford)	£24.98	−£0.66	£2,650.41	104
Coombe Keynes no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	45
Corfe Castle	£82.70	+£0.01	£2,708.13	787
Corfe Mullen	£180.93	+£28.56	£2,806.36	4,057
Corscombe (Corscombe Halstock & District)	£36.78	+£0.25	£2,662.21	271
Cranborne	£55.09	−£21.16	£2,680.52	312
Crichel (Grouped with Witchampton)	£37.66	+£3.38	£2,663.09	119
Crossways	£35.81	−£23.67	£2,661.24	1,005
Dewlish	£43.72	−£1.22	£2,669.15	153
Dorchester	£218.83	+£4.29	£2,844.26	8,746
Durweston	£58.18	−£0.99	£2,683.61	155
East Chelborough (Corscombe Halstock & District)	£36.78	+£0.25	£2,662.21	28
East Holme no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	21
East Lulworth	£33.78	−£2.11	£2,659.21	96
East Orchard	£31.74	+£1.09	£2,657.17	82
East Stoke	£42.98	−£0.07	£2,668.41	215
East Stour	£65.97	+£13.69	£2,691.40	249
Edmondsham	£55.08	−£21.18	£2,680.51	78
Evershot	£80.24	−£7.54	£2,705.67	101
Farnham	£36.23	−£2.51	£2,661.66	117
Ferndown	£128.95	+£5.20	£2,754.38	7,742
Fifehead Magdalen	£20.97	+£0.69	£2,646.40	62
Fifehead Neville no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	70
Fleet (Chesil Bank) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Folke	£50.18	+£2.97	£2,675.61	138
Fontmell Magna	£41.47	+£6.80	£2,666.90	388
Frampton	£59.85	−£0.36	£2,685.28	217
Frome St Quintin (Frome Valley)	£35.48	+£1.42	£2,660.91	92
Frome Vauchurch	£76.77	+£2.18	£2,702.20	106
Gillingham	£267.67	+£11.99	£2,893.10	4,478
Glanvilles Wootton	£10.11	−£0.24	£2,635.54	99
Goathill (Yeo Head) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Godmanstone (Cerne Valley) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Gussage All Saints	£37.40	+£3.73	£2,662.83	122
Gussage St. Michael	£40.12	+£8.83	£2,665.55	106
Halstock (Corscombe Halstock & District)	£36.78	+£0.25	£2,662.21	252
Hammoon	£69.07	+£2.93	£2,694.50	20
Hanford no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	20
Haydon no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	16
Hazelbury Bryan	£52.53	+£3.09	£2,677.96	517
Hermitage (High Stoy) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Hilfield (High Stoy) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Hilton	£33.46	+£6.67	£2,658.89	257
Hinton	£41.78	−£0.34	£2,667.21	223
Hinton St. Mary	£20.10	−£0.08	£2,645.53	114
Holnest (Cam Vale)	£19.16	+£0.40	£2,644.59	384
Holt	£28.00	+£1.00	£2,653.43	853
Holwell	£39.86	+£0.33	£2,665.29	201
Hooke	£12.52	−£0.32	£2,637.95	64
Horton	£30.71	no change	£2,656.14	258
Ibberton	£17.94	−£1.67	£2,643.37	67
Iwerne Courtney or Shroton	£29.05	+£3.96	£2,654.48	206
Iwerne Minster	£65.76	+£8.21	£2,691.19	414
Iwerne Stepleton	£29.07	+£3.98	£2,654.50	14
Kimmeridge no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	72
Kingston Russell (Kingston Russell and Long Bredy)	£87.25	+£9.46	£2,712.68	121
Kington Magna	£28.63	−£0.25	£2,654.06	183
Lagton Herring (Chesil Bank) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Langton Long Blandford no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	61
Langton Matravers	£25.66	−£62.77	£2,651.09	578
Leigh	£45.62	+£1.60	£2,671.05	252
Leweston (Cam Vale) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Lillington (Cam Vale) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Littlebredy no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	49
Litton Cheney	£72.99	+£19.99	£2,698.42	233
Loders	£61.99	+£2.53	£2,687.42	306
Long Bredy (Kingston Russell and Long Bredy) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Longburton (Cam Vale) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Lydlinch	£39.21	+£4.05	£2,664.64	227
Lyme Regis	£66.10	−£2.72	£2,691.53	2,470
Lytchett Matravers	£81.88	+£4.53	£2,707.31	1,539
Lytchett Minster and Upton	£175.56	+£16.18	£2,800.99	3,058
Maiden Newton	£76.77	+£2.18	£2,702.20	411
Manston	£69.10	+£2.96	£2,694.53	90
Mapperton no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	15
Mappowder	£16.26	+£5.38	£2,641.69	74
Margaret Marsh	£31.73	+£1.08	£2,657.16	27
Marnhull	£44.33	+£2.35	£2,669.76	981
Marshwood (Upper Marshwood Vale) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Melbury Abbas	£24.32	+£0.36	£2,649.75	163
Melbury Bubb no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	32
Melbury Osmond	£67.93	+£2.36	£2,693.36	100
Melbury Sampford no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	19
Melcombe Horsey	£21.58	−£2.65	£2,647.01	70
Milborne St. Andrew	£35.38	+£0.81	£2,660.81	464
Milton Abbas	£78.25	−£0.36	£2,703.68	301
Minterne Magna	£33.30	−£2.76	£2,658.73	102
Morden	£38.66	+£3.35	£2,664.09	153
Moreton	£54.40	+£1.58	£2,679.83	147
Mosterton	£57.84	+£4.79	£2,683.27	306
Motcombe	£70.48	+£7.54	£2,695.91	653
Nether Cerne (Cerne Valley) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Nether Compton (Queen Thorne)	£53.99	−£0.86	£2,679.42	582
Netherbury	£16.60	+£0.07	£2,642.03	668
North Poorton (Powerstock and North Poorton)	£18.62	−£1.72	£2,644.05	268
North Wooton no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	21
Oborne (Yeo Head) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Okeford Fitzpaine	£65.41	−£2.25	£2,690.84	460
Osmington	£51.80	no change	£2,677.23	371
Over Compton (Queen Thorne) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Owermoigne	£55.11	+£0.29	£2,680.54	272
Pamphill	£16.03	−£9.20	£2,641.46	250
Piddlehinton (Piddle Valley) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Piddletrenthide (Piddle Valley) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Pilsdon (Upper Marshwood Vale) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Pimperne	£42.00	+£1.48	£2,667.43	498
Portesham (Upper Marshwood Vale) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Portland	£156.64	+£4.08	£2,782.07	4,127
Powerstock (Powerstock and North Poorton) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Poxwell no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	21
Poyntington (Yeo Head) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Puddletown (Puddletown Area) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Pulham no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	108
Puncknowle (Puncknowle and Swyre Group)	£45.96	+£10.63	£2,671.39	356
Purse Caundle	£32.42	+£0.17	£2,657.85	58
Rampisham	£27.03	−£0.62	£2,652.46	70
Ryme Intrinseca (Yetminster and Ryme Intrinseca)	£69.76	+£12.04	£2,695.19	639
Sanford Orcas (Queen Thorne) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Seaborough (Broadwindsor Group) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Shaftesbury	£247.32	+£27.65	£2,872.75	3,538
Sherborne	£277.73	+£7.97	£2,903.16	4,294
Shillingstone	£89.15	+£2.71	£2,714.58	471
Shipton Gorge	£65.60	+£3.12	£2,691.03	237
Silton	£49.69	+£3.39	£2,675.12	64
Sixpenny Handley & Pentridge	£126.73	+£5.72	£2,752.16	588
South Perrott	£53.38	+£0.52	£2,678.81	112
Spetisbury	£44.59	+£2.82	£2,670.02	269
St. Leonards and St. Ives	£26.88	+£1.08	£2,652.31	4,226
Stalbridge	£184.83	+£45.70	£2,810.26	1,190
Stanton St Gabriel (Char Valley)	£43.76	+£4.87	£2,669.19	634
Steeple no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	50
Stinsford	£35.92	−£0.24	£2,661.35	153
Stockwood (Chetnole and Stockwood) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Stoke Abbot (Upper Marshwood Vale) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Stoke Wake no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	23
Stour Provost	£57.30	+£13.18	£2,682.73	308
Stourpaine	£65.70	−£0.77	£2,691.13	269
Stourton Caundle	£54.44	+£2.43	£2,679.87	197
Stratton	£48.58	+£0.05	£2,674.01	272
Studland	£153.20	no change	£2,778.63	429
Sturminster Marshall	£83.60	+£6.59	£2,709.03	837
Sturminster Newton	£303.52	+£30.62	£2,928.95	1,695
Sutton Waldron	£31.49	+£3.58	£2,656.92	105
Swanage	£192.64	+£3.78	£2,818.07	6,016
Swyre (Puncknowle and Swyre Group) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Sydling St Nicholas	£54.91	+£2.82	£2,680.34	228
Symondsbury	£44.95	+£3.76	£2,670.38	538
Tarrant Crawford	£28.16	+£0.81	£2,653.59	9
Tarrant Gunville	£19.88	−£0.80	£2,645.31	156
Tarrant Hinton	£8.99	−£0.07	£2,634.42	89
Tarrant Keyneston	£28.17	+£0.82	£2,653.60	142
Tarrant Launceston	£24.39	+£2.23	£2,649.82	132
Tarrant Monkton	£24.39	+£2.23	£2,649.82	397
Tarrant Rawston	£28.15	+£0.80	£2,653.58	17
Tarrant Rushton	£28.16	+£0.81	£2,653.59	58
Thorncombe	£37.02	+£0.95	£2,662.45	336
Thornford (Thornhackett) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Tincleton (Knightsford)	£69.69	+£26.40	£2,695.12	91
Todber	£72.88	+£11.60	£2,698.31	79
Toller Fratrum (The Comptons & Toller & Wynford) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Toller Porcorum	£58.84	+£3.72	£2,684.27	180
Tolpuddle (Puddletown Area) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Trent (Queen Thorne) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Turnworth no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	27
Up Cerne (Cerne Valley) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Verwood	£71.89	+£7.08	£2,697.32	6,448
Wareham St. Martin	£42.08	+£3.82	£2,667.51	1,022
Wareham Town	£299.98	+£52.43	£2,925.41	2,302
Warmwell no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	58
West Chelborough (Corscombe Halstock & District)	£36.76	+£0.23	£2,662.19	21
West Compton (The Comptons & Toller & Wynford) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
West Knighton (Knightsford)	£83.07	+£21.99	£2,708.50	185
West Lulworth	£65.90	−£0.19	£2,691.33	366
West Moors	£79.67	+£8.64	£2,705.10	3,125
West Orchard	£31.75	+£1.10	£2,657.18	36
West Parley	£55.89	+£5.08	£2,681.32	1,875
West Stafford (Knightsford)	£77.23	+£24.71	£2,702.66	168
West Stour	£57.53	+£13.94	£2,682.96	108
Weymouth	£219.70	+£20.00	£2,845.13	19,914
Whitchurch Canonicorum (Char Valley) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Whitcombe (Winterbourne Farringdon) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Wimborne Minster	£178.64	+£30.14	£2,804.07	4,440
Wimborne St Giles	£30.71	no change	£2,656.14	154
Winfrith Newburgh	£51.92	−£1.43	£2,677.35	349
Winterborne Clenston no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	22
Winterborne Houghton	£52.52	+£4.45	£2,677.95	95
Winterborne Kingston	£148.51	+£12.67	£2,773.94	301
Winterborne St Martin	£37.92	+£6.80	£2,663.35	358
Winterborne Stickland	£76.74	+£8.50	£2,702.17	287
Winterborne Whitechurch	£56.24	−£0.31	£2,681.67	302
Winterborne Zelston	£41.98	−£11.83	£2,667.41	92
Winterbourne Abbas (Winterbourne Abbas and Winterbourne Steepleton)	£41.22	+£11.32	£2,666.65	255
Winterbourne Came (Winterbourne Farringdon) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Winterbourne Herringston (Nonbu (Winterbourne Farringdon) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Winterbourne Monkton (Winterbourne Farringdon) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Winterbourne Steepleton (Winterbourne Abbas and Winterbourne Steepleton) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Withchampton (Grouped with Crichel)	£54.75	+£8.57	£2,680.18	218
Woodlands	£30.71	no change	£2,656.14	228
Woodsford (Knightsford)	£64.41	+£21.12	£2,689.84	25
Wool	£68.14	+£4.01	£2,693.57	1,723
Woolland no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	47
Wootton Fitzpaine (Char Valley) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Worth Matravers no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	599
Wraxall no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	28
Wynford Eagle (The Comptons & Toller & Wynford) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Yetminster (Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca) no precept	none	—	£2,625.43	0
Shapwick grouped with Pamphill	£16.03	—	£2,641.46	—

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 Dorset?: £2,765.02 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,625.43.
How much is Band A council tax in Dorset?: £1,843.35 a year, or £184.33 a month over 10 payments.
How much did council tax go up in Dorset?: Band D is up 5.1% (£134.72) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +5.1%.
Is Dorset cheaper than average?: Dorset ranks 296 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