Council tax bands in Cornwall 2026-27
Band D council tax in Cornwall is £2,389.56 a year in 2026-27, about £238.96 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Cornwall
Council tax in Cornwall runs from £1,593.04 a year for Band A to £4,779.12 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,593.04 | £159.30 | £132.75 | £1,194.78 |
| Band B | £1,858.55 | £185.86 | £154.88 | £1,393.91 |
| Band C | £2,124.05 | £212.41 | £177.00 | £1,593.04 |
| Band D | £2,389.56 | £238.96 | £199.13 | £1,792.17 |
| Band E | £2,920.57 | £292.06 | £243.38 | £2,190.43 |
| Band F | £3,451.59 | £345.16 | £287.63 | £2,588.69 |
| Band G | £3,982.60 | £398.26 | £331.88 | £2,986.95 |
| Band H | £4,779.12 | £477.91 | £398.26 | £3,584.34 |
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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 Cornwall
The most common band in Cornwall is Band B (26% of homes). Terraced houses, about 2 in 10 homes here, are most often Band B (49%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom terraced house (34,770 homes), mostly Band B (51%). These are shares of all 289,000 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 | 23% |
| Band B | 25.5% |
| Band C | 21.4% |
| Band D | 15.7% |
| Band E | 9.3% |
| Band F | 3.3% |
| Band G | 1.5% |
| Band H | 0.2% |
Compared with the South West average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (49%, against 41%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (5%, against 9%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 70,530 | 24% | Band B (49%) |
| Detached houses | 58,870 | 20% | Band D (31%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 52,100 | 18% | Band B (40%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 40,300 | 14% | Band A (70%) |
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 Cornwall goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Cornwall council | £2,086.36 (87%) |
| Police | £303.20 (13%) |
£39.74 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 Cornwall has changed
Band D went up by £114.16 (5.0%), from £2,275.40 in 2025-26 to £2,389.56 in 2026-27.
Including parish charges, the average Band D bill went up by £131.01 (5.3%), from £2,459.92 to £2,590.93.
Band D in Cornwall is £62.63 a year below the South West average of £2,452.19, and its 5.0% rise this year was bigger than most councils in the South West (South West average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.8%, close to the South West average rise of 16.1%.
Band D in Cornwall is the 12th lowest of 27 councils in the South West, and the 148th 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.
Cornwall and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Plymouth | £2,441.85 |
| West Devon | £2,581.51 |
| South Hams | £2,615.22 |
| Torridge | £2,505.06 |
| Teignbridge | £2,512.38 |
| Torbay | £2,456.99 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Cornwall (289,000 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Somerset | £2,368.18 | 273,500 |
| North Yorkshire | £2,488.80 | 308,570 |
| County Durham | £2,499.97 | 257,340 |
| Buckinghamshire | £2,418.35 | 240,030 |
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
Each home's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency. You can look up any home's band on GOV.UK.
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