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Band by Band

Council tax for 2026/27 England, Scotland and Wales

Manchester council tax 2026/27: a Band D home pays £2,312.04 a year

The cheapest band, A, pays £1,541.36; the dearest, H, pays £4,624.08. 54% of Manchester’s 257,700 homes are in Band A.

Band D costs £2,312.04 a year: £231.20 over 10 payments or £192.67 over 12. 9% of Manchester’s homes are in this band.

Manchester, street by band. Walls rise to the yearly charge (one scale for all councils); each house is as wide as its band’s share of homes (all properties on the list at 31 March 2026, Valuation Office Agency). Narrow bands are kept visible.

Too narrow to draw to scale, so shown at a minimum width: Band F 1%, Band G 0.5%, Band H under 0.1% of homes.

Every band in Manchester

BandA yearOver 10 paymentsOver 12 paymentsHomes
£1,541.36£154.14£128.4554%
£1,798.25£179.83£149.8517%
£2,055.15£205.52£171.2615%
£2,312.04£231.20£192.679%
£2,825.83£282.58£235.493%
£3,339.61£333.96£278.301%
£3,853.40£385.34£321.120.5%
£4,624.08£462.41£385.34under 0.1%

These are averages for the whole council area, parish charges included: your own bill may be higher or lower depending on your parish. Monthly figures divide the yearly charge, rounded to the penny.

What makes up your bill

Three things decide it: your home's band, what your council charges for that band, and any discount or exemption you are entitled to. This page gives the second for every band. Your band is on your bill or on the official look-up services.

Why a front page

In England and Wales, a council that sets its council tax must publish a notice of the amounts in at least one newspaper circulating in its area within 21 days (Local Government Finance Act 1992, section 38). This page lays out any council's figures like a newspaper front page.

Guides

Every council, band by band

Band D in Leeds is £28.31 less a year than in Manchester (£2,283.73 against £2,312.04).