Council tax bands in Exeter 2026-27
Band D council tax in Exeter is £2,495.36 a year in 2026-27, about £249.54 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Exeter
Council tax in Exeter runs from £1,663.57 a year for Band A to £4,990.72 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,663.57 | £166.36 | £138.63 | £1,247.68 |
| Band B | £1,940.84 | £194.08 | £161.74 | £1,455.63 |
| Band C | £2,218.10 | £221.81 | £184.84 | £1,663.57 |
| Band D | £2,495.36 | £249.54 | £207.95 | £1,871.52 |
| Band E | £3,049.88 | £304.99 | £254.16 | £2,287.41 |
| Band F | £3,604.41 | £360.44 | £300.37 | £2,703.31 |
| Band G | £4,158.93 | £415.89 | £346.58 | £3,119.20 |
| Band H | £4,990.72 | £499.07 | £415.89 | £3,743.04 |
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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 Exeter
The most common band in Exeter is Band B (25% of homes). Flats, about 3 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band A (58%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom terraced house (11,150 homes), most often Band C (50%). These are shares of all 61,790 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 | 21.9% |
| Band B | 25.2% |
| Band C | 23.7% |
| Band D | 16.4% |
| Band E | 7.5% |
| Band F | 3.6% |
| Band G | 1.7% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the South West average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (47%, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flats and maisonettes | 20,110 | 33% | Band A (58%) |
| Terraced houses | 19,940 | 32% | Band C (41%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 11,700 | 19% | Band D (35%) |
| Detached houses | 6,400 | 10% | Band E (38%) |
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 Exeter goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Exeter district council | £191.31 (8%) |
| County council | £1,891.17 (76%) |
| Police | £303.20 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £109.68 (4%) |
How council tax in Exeter has changed
Band D went up by £115.46 (4.9%), from £2,379.90 in 2025-26 to £2,495.36 in 2026-27.
Band D in Exeter is £43.17 a year above the South West average of £2,452.19, and its 4.9% rise this year was smaller 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 15.1%, less than the South West average rise of 16.1%.
Band D in Exeter is the 10th highest of 27 councils in the South West, and the 73rd highest 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.
Exeter and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Teignbridge | £2,512.38 |
| Mid Devon | £2,550.34 |
| East Devon | £2,480.97 |
| Torbay | £2,456.99 |
| West Devon | £2,581.51 |
| Somerset | £2,368.18 |
Similar district councils
Other district councils closest in size to Exeter (61,790 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Eastleigh | £2,342.21 | 61,840 |
| Amber Valley | £2,319.77 | 61,930 |
| Chichester | £2,370.07 | 62,120 |
| Cambridge | £2,467.02 | 61,180 |
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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