Council tax bands in Gateshead 2026-27
Band D council tax in Gateshead is £2,715.52 a year in 2026-27, about £271.55 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Gateshead's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Gateshead
Council tax in Gateshead runs from £1,810.35 a year for Band A to £5,431.04 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,810.35 | £181.04 | £150.86 | £1,357.76 |
| Band B | £2,112.07 | £211.21 | £176.01 | £1,584.05 |
| Band C | £2,413.80 | £241.38 | £201.15 | £1,810.35 |
| Band D | £2,715.52 | £271.55 | £226.29 | £2,036.64 |
| Band E | £3,318.97 | £331.90 | £276.58 | £2,489.23 |
| Band F | £3,922.42 | £392.24 | £326.87 | £2,941.82 |
| Band G | £4,525.87 | £452.59 | £377.16 | £3,394.40 |
| Band H | £5,431.04 | £543.10 | £452.59 | £4,073.28 |
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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 Gateshead
Most homes in Gateshead are in Band A (59%). Semi-detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band A (51%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (21,450 homes), most often Band A (46%). These are shares of all 95,940 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 | 58.5% |
| Band B | 13.9% |
| Band C | 16.8% |
| Band D | 6.4% |
| Band E | 3% |
| Band F | 1% |
| Band G | 0.4% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the North East average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (72%, against 68%) and about the same share in Band F and above (1%, against 3%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 32,180 | 34% | Band A (51%) |
| Terraced houses | 25,730 | 27% | Band A (69%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 21,330 | 22% | Band A (86%) |
| Detached houses | 7,640 | 8% | Band D (37%) |
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 Gateshead goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Gateshead council | £2,396.07 (88%) |
| Police | £214.34 (8%) |
| Fire and rescue | £105.11 (4%) |
£45.64 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 Gateshead has changed
Band D went up by £137.35 (5.3%), from £2,578.17 in 2025-26 to £2,715.52 in 2026-27.
Band D in Gateshead is £224.04 a year above the North East average of £2,491.48, and its 5.3% rise this year was bigger than most councils in the North East (North East average: 4.4%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 16.5%, more than the North East average rise of 15.0%.
Band D in Gateshead is the highest of 12 councils in the North East, and the 2nd 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.
Gateshead and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Newcastle | £2,540.66 |
| North Tyneside | £2,461.77 |
| South Tyneside | £2,434.43 |
| Sunderland | £2,196.25 |
| County Durham | £2,499.97 |
| Hartlepool | £2,556.88 |
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Gateshead (95,940 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Solihull | £2,172.96 | 96,190 |
| Calderdale | £2,401.96 | 97,820 |
| Rochdale | £2,600.83 | 98,520 |
| Oldham | £2,595.47 | 99,570 |
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).
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