What is Band D council tax in South Cambridgeshire?

£2,536.25 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,408.59.

How much is Band A council tax in South Cambridgeshire?

£1,690.83 a year, or £169.08 a month over 10 payments.

How much did council tax go up in South Cambridgeshire?

Band D is up 5.0% (£121.73) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +5.9%.

Is South Cambridgeshire cheaper than average?

South Cambridgeshire ranks 225 of 296 councils by Band D, where 1 is the lowest. The England average is £2,391.52.

South Cambridgeshire · district council · East of England · 2026-27

How much is council tax in South Cambridgeshire?

Band D, 2026-27 (area average)£2,536.25Up 5.0% (£121.73) 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 2026-27South CambridgeshireBand D

South Cambridgeshire council£180.64
Cambridgeshire County Council£1,785.42
Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner£314.37
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority£92.16
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority£36.00
Parish and town councils (average)£127.66

Total for the year£2,536.25

Band A

£1,690.83

the lowest band, 6/9 of Band D

Per month

£253.62

Band D over 10 payments

Change

+5.0%

+£121.73 on 2025-26 at Band D

Rank

225 of 296

by Band D; 1 = lowest in England

Council tax bands in South Cambridgeshire, 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	£1,690.83	£169.08	6/9
Band B	£1,972.64	£197.26	7/9
Band C most common here	£2,254.44	£225.44	8/9
Band D	£2,536.25	£253.62	9/9
Band E	£3,099.86	£309.99	11/9
Band F	£3,663.47	£366.35	13/9
Band G	£4,227.08	£422.71	15/9
Band H	£5,072.50	£507.25	18/9

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Council tax by band in South Cambridgeshire, 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	£1,690.83	£169.08	£140.90	£1,594.35	6/9
Band B	£1,972.64	£197.26	£164.39	£1,860.07	7/9
Band C	£2,254.44	£225.44	£187.87	£2,125.80	8/9
Band D	£2,536.25	£253.62	£211.35	£2,391.52	9/9
Band E	£3,099.86	£309.99	£258.32	£2,922.97	11/9
Band F	£3,663.47	£366.35	£305.29	£3,454.42	13/9
Band G	£4,227.08	£422.71	£352.26	£3,985.87	15/9
Band H	£5,072.50	£507.25	£422.71	£4,783.04	18/9

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

South Cambridgeshire in 2026-27

For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax across South Cambridgeshire is £2,536.25, up 5.0% (£121.73) on 2025-26. Of that, South Cambridgeshire council's own charge is £180.64. The rest goes to Cambridgeshire County Council, Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, and on average £127.66 to parish and town councils.

The most common band here is Band C (30% of homes), which costs £2,254.44 a year at the area average.

The average bill actually charged per home, after discounts and exemptions, is £2,461.35 (MHCLG, 2026-27).

Where a Band D bill in South Cambridgeshire goes

£2,536.25 a year at Band D, by the body that sets each part

South Cambridgeshire council£180.647%
Cambridgeshire County Council£1,785.4270%
Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner£314.3712%
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority£92.164%
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority£36.001%
Parish and town councils (average)£127.665%

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Goes to	Band D	Share
South Cambridgeshire council	£180.64	7.1%
Cambridgeshire County Council	£1,785.42	70.4%
Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner	£314.37	12.4%
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority	£92.16	3.6%
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority	£36.00	1.4%
Parish and town councils (average)	£127.66	5.0%
Total	£2,536.25	100%

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

Band D in South Cambridgeshire since 1993

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

this council, average Band D
England average

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Year	South Cambridgeshire	England
2026-27	£2,536.25	£2,391.52
2025-26	£2,414.52	£2,280.21
2024-25	£2,303.96	£2,170.99
2023-24	£2,176.05	£2,065.05
2022-23	£2,062.05	£1,965.71
2021-22	£1,971.04	£1,898.48
2020-21	£1,906.70	£1,817.67
2019-20	£1,840.60	£1,749.88
2018-19	£1,745.51	£1,671.46
2017-18	£1,662.89	£1,590.55
2016-17	£1,625.35	£1,529.56
2015-16	£1,591.48	£1,483.58
2014-15	£1,566.05	£1,467.98
2013-14	£1,536.27	£1,455.60
2012-13	£1,494.37	£1,444.13
2011-12	£1,456.09	£1,439.33
2010-11	£1,452.48	£1,439.22
2009-10	£1,411.06	£1,413.84
2008-09	£1,357.32	£1,373.08
2007-08	£1,292.84	£1,321.32
2006-07	£1,228.76	£1,267.91
2005-06	£1,168.51	£1,213.81
2004-05	£1,099.30	£1,166.56
2003-04	£1,020.31	£1,101.75
2002-03	£931.42	£975.56
2001-02	£819.29	£901.33
2000-01	£763.58	£847.00
1999-00	£703.40	£798.00
1998-99	£596.59	£747.00
1997-98	£549.01	£688.00
1996-97	£517.02	£646.00
1995-96	£486.00	£609.00
1994-95	£459.00	£580.11
1993-94	£443.25	£567.95

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

Homes in each band in South Cambridgeshire

Share of the 76,120 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	2,860	3.8%	23.6%
Band B	9,010	11.8%	19.5%
Band C	22,990	30.2%	22.0%
Band D	14,130	18.6%	15.7%
Band E	12,830	16.9%	9.9%
Band F	8,920	11.7%	5.2%
Band G	4,960	6.5%	3.5%
Band H	420	0.6%	0.6%

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

Parish and town councils in South Cambridgeshire

98 of the 103 parishes and charter trustees here set a precept for 2026-27. Band D in an area with no parish precept is about £2,408.59. 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
Abington Pigotts no precept	none	—	£2,408.59	76
Arrington	£84.84	+£0.97	£2,493.43	175
Babraham	£111.73	+£1.06	£2,520.32	125
Balsham	£102.39	−£0.15	£2,510.98	762
Bar Hill	£130.54	+£5.81	£2,539.13	1,501
Barrington	£167.28	+£16.78	£2,575.87	702
Bartlow no precept	none	—	£2,408.59	58
Barton	£89.58	+£13.86	£2,498.17	391
Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth	£119.17	+£5.90	£2,527.76	1,273
Bourn	£92.89	+£12.40	£2,501.48	452
Boxworth	£24.27	−£0.51	£2,432.86	103
Caldecote	£112.33	+£0.86	£2,520.92	948
Cambourne	£319.17	+£128.63	£2,727.76	4,678
Carlton	£69.96	+£8.36	£2,478.55	97
Castle Camps	£82.23	+£2.27	£2,490.82	286
Caxton	£96.39	+£8.70	£2,504.98	262
Childerley no precept	none	—	£2,408.59	12
Comberton	£81.47	+£3.88	£2,490.06	925
Conington no precept	none	—	£2,408.59	63
Coton	£72.48	+£2.44	£2,481.07	386
Cottenham	£130.88	−£8.57	£2,539.47	2,814
Croxton	£56.96	−£1.03	£2,465.55	79
Croydon	£85.69	+£7.57	£2,494.28	113
Dry Drayton	£77.45	+£3.07	£2,486.04	336
Duxford	£179.18	+£14.00	£2,587.77	771
Elsworth	£87.33	+£7.18	£2,495.92	315
Eltisley	£140.27	+£7.51	£2,548.86	188
Fen Ditton	£96.32	−£3.68	£2,504.91	931
Fen Drayton	£89.41	+£4.08	£2,498.00	424
Fowlmere	£123.59	+£18.23	£2,532.18	599
Foxton	£103.72	+£1.22	£2,512.31	578
Fulbourn	£103.43	−£0.43	£2,512.02	2,127
Gamlingay	£155.69	+£4.48	£2,564.28	1,598
Girton	£115.20	+£19.20	£2,523.79	2,329
Grantchester	£102.50	+£10.99	£2,511.09	258
Graveley	£127.34	+£3.73	£2,535.93	95
Great Abington	£41.10	+£1.98	£2,449.69	487
Great Shelford	£195.66	+£9.94	£2,604.25	2,094
Great Wilbraham	£140.84	+£9.49	£2,549.43	297
Great and Little Chishill	£73.60	+£2.08	£2,482.19	333
Great and Little Eversden	£109.70	+£14.45	£2,518.29	401
Guilden Morden	£95.26	+£3.03	£2,503.85	471
Hardwick	£75.40	+£2.56	£2,483.99	1,198
Harlton	£78.23	+£14.13	£2,486.82	153
Harston	£97.54	+£3.33	£2,506.13	853
Haslingfield	£165.32	+£2.56	£2,573.91	735
Hatley	£87.38	+£0.80	£2,495.97	94
Hauxton	£95.63	+£6.95	£2,504.22	606
Heydon	£87.85	−£0.85	£2,496.44	126
Hildersham	£135.54	+£3.58	£2,544.13	100
Hinxton	£100.03	−£2.16	£2,508.62	166
Histon	£133.32	no change	£2,541.91	1,823
Horningsea	£132.76	+£8.55	£2,541.35	167
Horseheath	£89.25	+£1.10	£2,497.84	224
Ickleton	£122.33	+£7.65	£2,530.92	356
Impington	£133.32	no change	£2,541.91	1,638
Kingston	£114.83	+£20.62	£2,523.42	143
Knapwell	£49.12	−£1.28	£2,457.71	51
Landbeach	£77.05	+£2.14	£2,485.64	415
Linton	£160.54	+£9.20	£2,569.13	1,884
Litlington	£78.46	−£0.07	£2,487.05	382
Little Abington	£89.58	+£2.41	£2,498.17	271
Little Gransden	£36.58	+£2.28	£2,445.17	153
Little Shelford	£97.67	−£0.20	£2,506.26	399
Little Wilbraham	£89.84	+£5.20	£2,498.43	210
Lolworth	£51.22	−£36.26	£2,459.81	78
Longstanton	£90.06	+£1.87	£2,498.65	1,194
Longstowe	£106.32	+£0.53	£2,514.91	92
Madingley	£187.52	−£8.19	£2,596.11	120
Melbourn	£162.89	+£5.02	£2,571.48	2,258
Meldreth	£88.64	+£2.72	£2,497.23	857
Milton	£80.44	+£5.35	£2,489.03	1,778
Newton	£55.43	+£1.61	£2,464.02	193
Northstowe	£113.58	+£7.89	£2,522.17	1,688
Oakington and Westwick	£108.29	−£2.13	£2,516.88	612
Orchard Park	£114.45	+£3.75	£2,523.04	878
Orwell	£126.23	+£7.63	£2,534.82	537
Over	£87.82	+£5.25	£2,496.41	1,281
Pampisford	£95.18	−£0.18	£2,503.77	158
Papworth Everard	£85.97	+£1.62	£2,494.56	1,448
Papworth St. Agnes no precept	none	—	£2,408.59	33
Rampton	£80.76	+£10.91	£2,489.35	210
Sawston	£153.91	+£3.03	£2,562.50	2,846
Shepreth	£128.70	+£0.33	£2,537.29	376
Shingay cum Wendy	£38.76	−£3.49	£2,447.35	77
Shudy Camps	£79.05	−£1.27	£2,487.64	152
South Trumpington	£65.55	+£11.21	£2,474.14	517
Stapleford	£117.27	+£2.37	£2,525.86	1,045
Steeple Morden	£65.61	+£1.91	£2,474.20	553
Stow cum Quy	£120.82	+£2.02	£2,529.41	218
Swavesey	£95.27	no change	£2,503.86	1,101
Tadlow	£31.21	+£7.00	£2,439.80	82
Teversham	£69.76	−£8.56	£2,478.35	1,190
Thriplow	£106.98	+£17.54	£2,515.57	503
Toft	£54.73	no change	£2,463.32	353
Waterbeach	£130.00	−£8.00	£2,538.59	2,126
West Wickham	£71.88	+£1.84	£2,480.47	199
West Wratting	£62.70	+£0.55	£2,471.29	235
Weston Colville	£72.91	−£1.98	£2,481.50	208
Whaddon	£85.08	−£0.53	£2,493.67	227
Whittlesford	£71.68	−£1.25	£2,480.27	837
Willingham	£113.18	+£3.95	£2,521.77	1,761
Wimpole	£50.74	−£0.62	£2,459.33	142

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 South Cambridgeshire?: £2,536.25 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,408.59.
How much is Band A council tax in South Cambridgeshire?: £1,690.83 a year, or £169.08 a month over 10 payments.
How much did council tax go up in South Cambridgeshire?: Band D is up 5.0% (£121.73) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +5.9%.
Is South Cambridgeshire cheaper than average?: South Cambridgeshire ranks 225 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