Council tax bands in Barnsley 2026-27
Band D council tax in Barnsley is £2,317.38 a year in 2026-27, about £231.74 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Barnsley's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Barnsley
Council tax in Barnsley runs from £1,544.92 a year for Band A to £4,634.76 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,544.92 | £154.49 | £128.74 | £1,158.69 |
| Band B | £1,802.41 | £180.24 | £150.20 | £1,351.81 |
| Band C | £2,059.89 | £205.99 | £171.66 | £1,544.92 |
| Band D | £2,317.38 | £231.74 | £193.12 | £1,738.04 |
| Band E | £2,832.35 | £283.24 | £236.03 | £2,124.26 |
| Band F | £3,347.33 | £334.73 | £278.94 | £2,510.50 |
| Band G | £3,862.30 | £386.23 | £321.86 | £2,896.73 |
| Band H | £4,634.76 | £463.48 | £386.23 | £3,476.07 |
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How bands work: every band is a fixed fraction of Band D, set in law (Band A is 6/9 of Band D and Band H 18/9), rounded here to the penny. A home's band comes from its value on 1 April 1991: Band A up to £40,000, Band H over £320,000. Payments are the yearly charge divided by 10 or 12. Other bands may differ by a penny from your council's table because of how councils round.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, local authority level data (Table 10, Data_Billing), published 25 March 2026.
Homes by band in Barnsley
Most homes in Barnsley are in Band A (56%). Semi-detached houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band A (63%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (33,030 homes), mostly Band A (62%). These are shares of all 116,230 homes on the list, not the band of any one home: a home's own band is on GOV.UK.
| Band | Share of homes |
|---|---|
| Band A | 56.2% |
| Band B | 16.9% |
| Band C | 12.7% |
| Band D | 8.5% |
| Band E | 3.6% |
| Band F | 1.4% |
| Band G | 0.6% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the Yorkshire and The Humber average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (73%, against 62%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (2%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 42,760 | 37% | Band A (63%) |
| Terraced houses | 29,250 | 25% | Band A (80%) |
| Detached houses | 17,310 | 15% | Band D (39%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 9,070 | 8% | Band A (92%) |
Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, 31 March 2026 (CTSOP3.0, band by property type), published 24 September 2026. VOA counts are rounded to the nearest 10; property types with fewer than 500 homes are not shown.
Where Band D council tax in Barnsley goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Barnsley council | £1,942.29 (84%) |
| Police | £280.04 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £95.05 (4%) |
£37.57 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
Parish and town council charges come on top for homes in their areas.
How council tax in Barnsley has changed
Band D went up by £83.87 (3.8%), from £2,233.51 in 2025-26 to £2,317.38 in 2026-27.
Band D in Barnsley is £36.90 a year below the Yorkshire and The Humber average of £2,354.28, and its 3.8% rise this year was smaller than most councils in Yorkshire and The Humber (Yorkshire and The Humber average: 4.9%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 14.4%, less than the Yorkshire and The Humber average rise of 15.9%.
Band D in Barnsley is the 7th lowest of 15 councils in Yorkshire and The Humber, and the 91st lowest of 296 councils in England, ranked by the Band D figure on each council's page.
Averages are weighted by number of homes and use each council's Band D as shown on its page.
Barnsley and other councils
Nearby councils
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Barnsley (116,230 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton | £2,538.99 | 114,270 |
| Walsall | £2,627.48 | 118,970 |
| Tameside | £2,446.63 | 105,990 |
| Trafford | £2,289.79 | 104,690 |
Band D as shown on each council's page: the basic charge, or where no home pays that alone, Band D including special expenses or the average including parish charges. Similar councils are the same type of council, nearest in number of homes (Valuation Office Agency, 31 March 2026).
Finding a home's band
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