Council tax data & methodology
Every council tax page on GeraHome is built from the real Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) release for 2026/27, covering all 296 English billing authorities. We publish the Band D charge and average per dwelling verbatim, and derive nothing that cannot be recomputed from those figures.
Last updated . Updated annually when MHCLG publishes the new charging-year figures.
Source data
The Band D council tax charge and the average council tax per dwelling for each authority are taken verbatim from Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (MHCLG) (Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG)). The Band D charge is the total charge for a Band D property, including the district or unitary council, the county council where one exists, the police and crime commissioner, the fire authority, and any adult-social-care precept. It excludes parish precepts, which vary within an authority. The England average Band D for 2026/27 is £2,392.
Deriving bands A–H
Per-band figures (A to H) are derived from the real total Band D charge using the band proportions fixed in law by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, s.5(1): A = 6/9, B = 7/9, C = 8/9, D = 9/9, E = 11/9, F = 13/9, G = 15/9, H = 18/9 of Band D. Every property in England is placed in one of these eight bands based on its 1 April 1991 value. This is a legal arithmetic transform of the published Band D charge, not estimated data. Your actual bill also reflects any parish precept for your specific parish and any discounts (for example the 25% single-person discount) or exemptions you qualify for.
| Band | Proportion of Band D | 1991 property value |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | 6/9 | Up to £40,000 |
| Band B | 7/9 | £40,001 – £52,000 |
| Band C | 8/9 | £52,001 – £68,000 |
| Band D | 9/9 | £68,001 – £88,000 |
| Band E | 11/9 | £88,001 – £120,000 |
| Band F | 13/9 | £120,001 – £160,000 |
| Band G | 15/9 | £160,001 – £320,000 |
| Band H | 18/9 | Over £320,000 |
The Gera Council Tax Index (GCTI)
The Gera Council Tax Index (GCTI) re-expresses each authority’s real 2026/27 Band D charge as a ratio to the England average Band D (£2,391.52), indexed so that 100 = the England average. GCTI = round(area Band D ÷ England Band D × 100). A GCTI of 110 means the Band D bill in that area is 10% above the England average; 92 means 8% below. The national rank orders all 296 English billing authorities by Band D charge (rank 1 = the highest). Both are pure, reproducible re-expressions of the published MHCLG figures shown on the page — anyone can recompute them.
National & regional rank
The national rank orders all 296 billing authorities by Band D charge, with rank 1 = the most expensive. The regional rank does the same within each of the nine English regions, and the region average is an unweighted mean of member authorities’ Band D charges (disclosed on every region page). These are ordering and averaging operations on the published figures — no external weighting or estimate is applied.
What these figures are not
The Band D charge is not your personal bill. Your bill depends on your property’s band, any parish precept for your parish, and any discounts or exemptions (for example the 25% single-person discount, Council Tax Support, or student and severe-mental-impairment exemptions). The average per dwelling is lower than Band D because most homes sit below Band D and many claim discounts. Always confirm your exact charge with your billing authority.
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL v3). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. GeraHome adds the statutory band derivation, the Gera Council Tax Index, and the rank ordering.