Band C council tax 2026/27: from £913.96 to £2,457.80 a year
Across the 350 councils of England, Scotland and Wales, Band C costs least in Wandsworth (£913.96 a year) and most in Dorset (£2,457.80), a gap of £1,543.84. In every council of the three nations, Band C is 89% of the Band D charge.
Band C in your council
Manchester: Band C costs £2,055.15 a year, £205.52 over 10 payments or £171.26 over 12. It is 105th of 350 councils, cheapest first. 15% of its homes are in Band C.
The ten cheapest for Band C
| Council | A year | Over 12 payments |
|---|---|---|
| Wandsworth | £913.96 | £76.16 |
| Westminster | £932.93 | £77.74 |
| City of London | £1,181.83 | £98.49 |
| South Lanarkshire | £1,305.31 | £108.78 |
| Shetland Islands | £1,322.58 | £110.22 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | £1,338.22 | £111.52 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | £1,350.68 | £112.56 |
| North Lanarkshire | £1,381.83 | £115.15 |
| Fife | £1,398.84 | £116.57 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | £1,403.24 | £116.94 |
The ten dearest for Band C
| Council | A year | Over 12 payments |
|---|---|---|
| Dorset | £2,457.80 | £204.82 |
| Lewes | £2,449.93 | £204.16 |
| Nottingham | £2,449.24 | £204.10 |
| Rutland | £2,433.40 | £202.78 |
| Wealden | £2,425.27 | £202.11 |
| Gateshead | £2,414.05 | £201.17 |
| Bristol | £2,412.16 | £201.01 |
| West Devon | £2,404.74 | £200.40 |
| Rother | £2,400.84 | £200.07 |
| Newark and Sherwood | £2,384.09 | £198.67 |
| Rank | Council | Nation | A year | Over 12 payments | Homes in Band C |
|---|
England: averages for the whole council area, parish charges included. Scotland: water and sewerage charges are not included, and homes are chargeable dwellings. Shares of homes leave out councils where the source does not publish the count for Band C. Monthly figures divide the yearly charge, rounded to the penny.
Councils where Band C is the most common band
Band C is the most common band in 113 of the 347 councils that publish the count of every band: Adur, Arun, Barking and Dagenham, Basildon, Basingstoke and Deane, Bath and North East Somerset, Bedford, Bexley, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Bracknell Forest, Braintree, Brent, Brighton and Hove, Broadland, Bromsgrove, Buckinghamshire, Cambridge, Canterbury, Castle Point, Central Bedfordshire, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Cherwell, Chichester, Conwy, Cotswold, Crawley, Croydon, Dacorum, Dartford, Denbighshire, Derbyshire Dales, Dorset, East Devon, East Hampshire, East Lothian, Eastleigh, Fareham, Flintshire, Folkestone and Hythe, Fylde, Gravesham, Greenwich, Hackney, Haringey, Harlow, Hart, Highland, Lambeth, Lewes, Lewisham, Lichfield, Maidstone, Maldon, Malvern Hills, Newham, Newport, North Hertfordshire, North Somerset, North Yorkshire, Oadby and Wigston, Oxford, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Reading, Ribble Valley, Rochford, Rother, Rugby, Rushcliffe, Rushmoor, Shetland Islands, Slough, Solihull, South Cambridgeshire, South Hams, South Oxfordshire, South Staffordshire, Southend-on-Sea, Stafford, Stevenage, Stratford-on-Avon, Stroud, Sutton, Swale, Tendring, Test Valley, Tewkesbury, Thurrock, Tonbridge and Malling, Tower Hamlets, Trafford, Tunbridge Wells, Uttlesford, Vale of Glamorgan, Vale of White Horse, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Warwick, Watford, Wealden, Welwyn Hatfield, West Berkshire, West Northamptonshire, West Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Winchester, Worthing, Wrexham, Wychavon, Wyre, Wyre Forest, York.
Where Band C is at least 1.5 times as common as in its nation
25 councils, each compared with its own nation’s share of homes in Band C, from the largest share down:
Barking and Dagenham 62%, Stevenage 56%, Harlow 48%, Crawley 48%, Slough 43%, Newham 42%, Reading 41%, Adur 40%, Thurrock 39%, Rushmoor 39%, Watford 37%, Greenwich 36%, Bracknell Forest 36%, Lewisham 36%, Waltham Forest 35%, Castle Point 35%, Broadland 35%, Cambridge 34%, Basingstoke and Deane 34%, Gravesham 34%, North Hertfordshire 34%, West Oxfordshire 33%, East Lothian 29%, Shetland Islands 25%, Midlothian 25%.
Scotland, the eight councils with the largest share of homes in Band C: East Lothian 29%, Shetland Islands 25%, Midlothian 25%, Glasgow City 23%, Orkney Islands 22%, Highland 20%, Argyll & Bute 19%, Na h-Eileanan Siar 19%.
Wales, the eight councils with the largest share of homes in Band C: Denbighshire 32%, Flintshire 29%, Wrexham 28%, Torfaen 28%, Conwy 27%, Newport 26%, Caerphilly 23%, Vale of Glamorgan 23%.
The most homes in Band C
| Council | Homes |
|---|---|
| Birmingham | 86,290 |
| Leeds | 74,410 |
| North Yorkshire | 70,940 |
| Glasgow City | 69,648 |
| Cornwall | 61,950 |
| Somerset | 60,240 |
| Wiltshire | 59,100 |
| Newham | 56,630 |
| Buckinghamshire | 54,790 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 54,470 |
| Croydon | 52,890 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 50,750 |
| Lewisham | 48,380 |
| West Northamptonshire | 46,740 |
| Greenwich | 46,280 |
| City of Edinburgh | 44,355 |
| Dorset | 43,780 |
| Brent | 42,610 |
| Lambeth | 42,540 |
| Bradford | 42,010 |
Where Band C is rarest
| Council | Homes in Band C |
|---|---|
| Merthyr Tydfil | 8% |
| Blaenau Gwent | 8% |
| City of London | 9% |
| Clackmannanshire | 9% |
| Kingston upon Hull | 9% |
| Isles of Scilly | 9% |
| Falkirk | 9% |
| East Ayrshire | 10% |
| Inverclyde | 10% |
| East Renfrewshire | 10% |
| Lincoln | 10% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 11% |
| Stirling | 11% |
| North Ayrshire | 11% |
| Pendle | 11% |
| Doncaster | 11% |
| Mole Valley | 12% |
| Nottingham | 12% |
| Leicester | 12% |
| Westminster | 12% |