What is Band D council tax in South Oxfordshire?

£2,597.57 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,461.30.

How much is Band A council tax in South Oxfordshire?

£1,731.71 a year, or £173.17 a month over 10 payments.

How much did council tax go up in South Oxfordshire?

Band D is up 5.0% (£123.13) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +4.6%.

Is South Oxfordshire cheaper than average?

South Oxfordshire ranks 259 of 296 councils by Band D, where 1 is the lowest. The England average is £2,391.52.

South Oxfordshire · district council · South East · 2026-27

How much is council tax in South Oxfordshire?

Band D, 2026-27 (area average)£2,597.57Up 5.0% (£123.13) 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 OxfordshireBand D

South Oxfordshire council£156.24
Oxfordshire County Council£2,006.78
Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner£298.28
Parish and town councils (average)£136.27

Total for the year£2,597.57

Band A

£1,731.71

the lowest band, 6/9 of Band D

Per month

£259.76

Band D over 10 payments

Change

+5.0%

+£123.13 on 2025-26 at Band D

Rank

259 of 296

by Band D; 1 = lowest in England

Council tax bands in South Oxfordshire, 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	£1,731.71	£173.17	6/9
Band B	£2,020.33	£202.03	7/9
Band C most common here	£2,308.95	£230.89	8/9
Band D	£2,597.57	£259.76	9/9
Band E	£3,174.81	£317.48	11/9
Band F	£3,752.05	£375.21	13/9
Band G	£4,329.28	£432.93	15/9
Band H	£5,195.14	£519.51	18/9

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Council tax by band in South Oxfordshire, 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	£1,731.71	£173.17	£144.31	£1,594.35	6/9
Band B	£2,020.33	£202.03	£168.36	£1,860.07	7/9
Band C	£2,308.95	£230.89	£192.41	£2,125.80	8/9
Band D	£2,597.57	£259.76	£216.46	£2,391.52	9/9
Band E	£3,174.81	£317.48	£264.57	£2,922.97	11/9
Band F	£3,752.05	£375.21	£312.67	£3,454.42	13/9
Band G	£4,329.28	£432.93	£360.77	£3,985.87	15/9
Band H	£5,195.14	£519.51	£432.93	£4,783.04	18/9

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

South Oxfordshire in 2026-27

For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax across South Oxfordshire is £2,597.57, up 5.0% (£123.13) on 2025-26. Of that, South Oxfordshire council's own charge is £156.24. The rest goes to Oxfordshire County Council, Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner, and on average £136.27 to parish and town councils.

The most common band here is Band C (28% of homes), which costs £2,308.95 a year at the area average.

The average bill actually charged per home, after discounts and exemptions, is £2,530.02 (MHCLG, 2026-27).

Where a Band D bill in South Oxfordshire goes

£2,597.57 a year at Band D, by the body that sets each part

South Oxfordshire council£156.246%
Oxfordshire County Council£2,006.7877%
Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner£298.2811%
Parish and town councils (average)£136.275%

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Goes to	Band D	Share
South Oxfordshire council	£156.24	6.0%
Oxfordshire County Council	£2,006.78	77.3%
Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner	£298.28	11.5%
Parish and town councils (average)	£136.27	5.2%
Total	£2,597.57	100%

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

Band D in South Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire	England
2026-27	£2,597.57	£2,391.52
2025-26	£2,474.44	£2,280.21
2024-25	£2,356.55	£2,170.99
2023-24	£2,240.14	£2,065.05
2022-23	£2,133.19	£1,965.71
2021-22	£2,034.99	£1,898.48
2020-21	£1,965.45	£1,817.67
2019-20	£1,886.93	£1,749.88
2018-19	£1,811.33	£1,671.46
2017-18	£1,711.03	£1,590.55
2016-17	£1,640.13	£1,529.56
2015-16	£1,584.63	£1,483.58
2014-15	£1,558.76	£1,467.98
2013-14	£1,533.44	£1,455.60
2012-13	£1,507.44	£1,444.13
2011-12	£1,507.98	£1,439.33
2010-11	£1,507.39	£1,439.22
2009-10	£1,471.25	£1,413.84
2008-09	£1,417.90	£1,373.08
2007-08	£1,364.43	£1,321.32
2006-07	£1,315.67	£1,267.91
2005-06	£1,265.12	£1,213.81
2004-05	£1,212.53	£1,166.56
2003-04	£1,137.08	£1,101.75
2002-03	£991.52	£975.56
2001-02	£904.26	£901.33
2000-01	£846.96	£847.00
1999-00	£786.43	£798.00
1998-99	£704.99	£747.00
1997-98	£641.01	£688.00
1996-97	£615.24	£646.00
1995-96	£571.50	£609.00
1994-95	£534.38	£580.11
1993-94	£569.25	£567.95

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

Homes in each band in South Oxfordshire

Share of the 68,140 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	2,140	3.1%	23.6%
Band B	6,210	9.1%	19.5%
Band C	18,810	27.6%	22.0%
Band D	15,440	22.7%	15.7%
Band E	11,140	16.4%	9.9%
Band F	6,900	10.1%	5.2%
Band G	6,490	9.5%	3.5%
Band H	1,000	1.5%	0.6%

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

Parish and town councils in South Oxfordshire

81 of the 86 parishes and charter trustees here set a precept for 2026-27. Band D in an area with no parish precept is about £2,461.30. 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
Adwell no precept	none	—	£2,461.30	16
Aston Rowant	£67.40	−£0.72	£2,528.70	436
Aston Tirrold & Upthorpe	£63.06	+£3.42	£2,524.36	289
Beckley and Stowood	£168.40	+£5.32	£2,629.70	288
Benson	£160.45	+£7.42	£2,621.75	2,290
Berinsfield	£237.18	+£17.44	£2,698.48	705
Berrick Salome	£80.86	+£27.42	£2,542.16	186
Binfield Heath	£66.31	+£2.57	£2,527.61	339
Bix and Assendon	£37.72	−£0.05	£2,499.02	345
Brightwell Baldwin	£18.25	−£0.17	£2,479.55	110
Brightwell cum Sotwell	£63.03	−£0.84	£2,524.33	714
Britwell Salome	£4.78	−£4.78	£2,466.08	105
Chalgrove	£130.92	+£10.81	£2,592.22	1,289
Checkendon	£105.48	+£6.33	£2,566.78	255
Chinnor	£140.56	+£5.43	£2,601.86	3,073
Cholsey	£119.06	+£1.27	£2,580.36	1,808
Clifton Hampden	£81.14	+£22.70	£2,542.44	296
Crowell no precept	none	—	£2,461.30	67
Crowmarsh	£65.37	+£3.11	£2,526.67	919
Cuddesdon and Denton	£53.45	+£4.83	£2,514.75	198
Culham	£135.42	+£3.77	£2,596.72	192
Cuxham with Easington	£26.71	+£7.39	£2,488.01	60
Didcot	£149.88	+£7.76	£2,611.18	11,442
Dorchester	£117.27	+£3.72	£2,578.57	565
Drayton St. Leonard	£24.50	−£2.99	£2,485.80	137
East Hagbourne	£63.40	+£1.14	£2,524.70	582
Elsfield	£22.56	+£1.69	£2,483.86	53
Ewelme	£108.31	−£0.15	£2,569.61	369
Eye and Dunsden	£97.70	+£4.96	£2,559.00	187
Forest Hill with Shotover	£59.07	+£7.82	£2,520.37	398
Garsington	£44.24	+£4.11	£2,505.54	739
Goring	£133.27	+£21.16	£2,594.57	1,792
Goring Heath	£19.58	−£0.24	£2,480.88	613
Great Haseley	£59.66	+£0.48	£2,520.96	275
Great Milton	£70.53	+£1.83	£2,531.83	340
Harpsden	£45.78	−£0.63	£2,507.08	240
Henley on Thames	£170.35	+£6.71	£2,631.65	6,259
Highmoor	£79.04	+£3.49	£2,540.34	192
Holton	£99.32	−£0.27	£2,560.62	210
Horspath	£86.66	−£8.93	£2,547.96	635
Ipsden	£59.83	+£1.19	£2,521.13	172
Kidmore End	£89.01	+£4.53	£2,550.31	708
Lewknor	£71.83	+£2.24	£2,533.13	334
Little Milton	£69.51	+£1.66	£2,530.81	216
Little Wittenham no precept	none	—	£2,461.30	33
Long Wittenham	£69.73	+£2.82	£2,531.03	390
Mapledurham	£73.21	+£1.93	£2,534.51	137
Marsh Baldon	£81.71	+£0.64	£2,543.01	145
Moulsford	£138.20	+£4.96	£2,599.50	257
Nettlebed	£91.03	+£10.20	£2,552.33	379
Newington	£65.15	+£6.13	£2,526.45	61
North Moreton	£85.04	+£6.34	£2,546.34	200
Nuffield	£33.74	no change	£2,495.04	247
Nuneham Courtenay	£68.29	+£4.64	£2,529.59	117
Pishill with Stonor	£38.82	−£0.20	£2,500.12	193
Pyrton	£19.66	−£0.51	£2,480.96	153
Rotherfield Greys	£33.60	no change	£2,494.90	262
Rotherfield Peppard	£53.76	+£2.38	£2,515.06	967
Sandford on Thames	£136.17	+£5.02	£2,597.47	510
Shiplake	£36.12	+£1.34	£2,497.42	1,042
Shirburn	£22.73	−£2.07	£2,484.03	62
Sonning Common	£192.76	+£4.14	£2,654.06	1,812
South Moreton	£106.63	+£8.66	£2,567.93	131
South Stoke	£112.67	+£2.34	£2,573.97	242
Stadhampton	£81.54	+£2.81	£2,542.84	420
Stanton St. John	£149.46	+£21.25	£2,610.76	221
Stoke Row	£79.95	+£23.88	£2,541.25	350
Stoke Talmage no precept	none	—	£2,461.30	34
Swyncombe	£56.86	+£11.12	£2,518.16	150
Sydenham	£121.80	+£1.25	£2,583.10	164
Tetsworth	£97.32	+£3.00	£2,558.62	349
Thame	£228.80	+£14.94	£2,690.10	5,183
Tiddington with Albury	£52.65	+£0.23	£2,513.95	285
Toot Baldon	£72.19	+£1.32	£2,533.49	82
Towersey	£96.57	−£1.23	£2,557.87	207
Wallingford	£240.61	+£35.33	£2,701.91	3,342
Warborough	£132.24	+£3.78	£2,593.54	524
Waterperry with Thomley	£85.81	+£2.93	£2,547.11	94
Waterstock	£14.40	−£6.84	£2,475.70	52
Watlington	£138.68	−£7.24	£2,599.98	1,373
West Hagbourne	£72.10	+£0.78	£2,533.40	137
Wheatfield no precept	none	—	£2,461.30	14
Wheatley	£94.89	+£0.62	£2,556.19	1,781
Whitchurch on Thames	£72.02	+£0.44	£2,533.32	407
Woodcote	£125.03	+£5.30	£2,586.33	1,110
Woodeaton	£20.62	−£0.32	£2,481.92	39

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 Oxfordshire?: £2,597.57 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,461.30.
How much is Band A council tax in South Oxfordshire?: £1,731.71 a year, or £173.17 a month over 10 payments.
How much did council tax go up in South Oxfordshire?: Band D is up 5.0% (£123.13) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +4.6%.
Is South Oxfordshire cheaper than average?: South Oxfordshire ranks 259 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