Yorkshire and The Humber council tax by area (2026/27)
Across Yorkshire and The Humber, the average Band D council tax is £2,374 a year for 2026/27 — £17 below the England average Band D of £2,392. It ranges from £2,168 (Doncaster) to £2,544 (North Yorkshire UA) across 15 billing authorities. Yorkshire and The Humber ranks 8 of 9 English regions. Source: MHCLG, 2026/27.
Source: Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (MHCLG). As of . Updated annually · last updated .
Avg Band D
£2,374
across 15 areas
GCTI (region avg)
99
100 = England average
Region rank
8/9
1 = most expensive region
Yorkshire and The Humber’s average Band D council tax is £17 below the England average Band D of £2,392. The cheapest area is Doncaster (£2,168) and the most expensive is North Yorkshire UA (£2,544).
All 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber, 2026/27
| Area | Band D | GCTI |
|---|---|---|
| North Yorkshire UA | £2,544 | 106 |
| Sheffield | £2,510 | 105 |
| North East Lincolnshire UA | £2,484 | 104 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire UA | £2,466 | 103 |
| Kirklees | £2,441 | 102 |
| Calderdale | £2,420 | 101 |
| Rotherham | £2,382 | 100 |
| Bradford | £2,361 | 99 |
| North Lincolnshire UA | £2,348 | 98 |
| Barnsley | £2,326 | 97 |
| Wakefield | £2,297 | 96 |
| Kingston upon Hull UA | £2,295 | 96 |
| York UA | £2,287 | 96 |
| Leeds | £2,284 | 95 |
| Doncaster | £2,168 | 91 |
| England average | £2,392 | 100 |
Band D is the standard reference charge (total including county, police, fire and any adult-social-care precepts). The region average is an unweighted mean of member authorities’ Band D charges. Source: Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (MHCLG).
Yorkshire and The Humber council tax — FAQ
What is the average council tax in Yorkshire and The Humber for 2026/27?
The average Band D council tax across the 15 billing authorities in Yorkshire and The Humber is £2,374 a year for 2026/27 — £17 below the England average Band D of £2,392. That is an unweighted mean of each authority's published Band D charge. Source: MHCLG.
Where is council tax cheapest and most expensive in Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber for 2026/27, North Yorkshire UA has the highest Band D charge at £2,544 and Doncaster the lowest at £2,168 — a difference of £377 a year at Band D. Source: MHCLG.
What is the Gera Council Tax Index?
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.
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Method & sources
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.
Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL v3). Source: Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (MHCLG). The region average is an unweighted mean of published per-authority Band D charges. Full methodology.