Council tax bands in Kirklees 2026-27
Band D council tax in Kirklees is £2,430.19 a year in 2026-27, about £243.02 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Kirklees' parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Kirklees
Council tax in Kirklees runs from £1,620.13 a year for Band A to £4,860.38 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,620.13 | £162.01 | £135.01 | £1,215.10 |
| Band B | £1,890.15 | £189.02 | £157.51 | £1,417.61 |
| Band C | £2,160.17 | £216.02 | £180.01 | £1,620.13 |
| Band D | £2,430.19 | £243.02 | £202.52 | £1,822.64 |
| Band E | £2,970.23 | £297.02 | £247.52 | £2,227.67 |
| Band F | £3,510.27 | £351.03 | £292.52 | £2,632.70 |
| Band G | £4,050.32 | £405.03 | £337.53 | £3,037.74 |
| Band H | £4,860.38 | £486.04 | £405.03 | £3,645.29 |
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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 Kirklees
Most homes in Kirklees are in Bands A and B (63%). Terraced houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band A (66%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (32,780 homes), most often Band C (46%). These are shares of all 193,930 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 | 44.4% |
| Band B | 18.2% |
| Band C | 17.3% |
| Band D | 9.3% |
| Band E | 6.6% |
| Band F | 3% |
| Band G | 1.2% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the Yorkshire and The Humber average, there are about the same share in Bands A and B (63%, against 62%) and about the same share in Band F and above (4%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 67,170 | 35% | Band A (66%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 49,350 | 25% | Band C (37%) |
| Detached houses | 29,760 | 15% | Band E (32%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 26,860 | 14% | Band A (82%) |
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 Kirklees goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Kirklees council | £2,062.42 (85%) |
| Police | £278.28 (11%) |
| Fire and rescue | £89.49 (4%) |
£39.29 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 Kirklees has changed
Band D went up by £118.02 (5.1%), from £2,312.17 in 2025-26 to £2,430.19 in 2026-27.
Band D in Kirklees is £75.91 a year above the Yorkshire and The Humber average of £2,354.28, and its 5.1% rise this year was about the middle of the range for 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 16.0%, close to the Yorkshire and The Humber average rise of 15.9%.
Band D in Kirklees is the 4th highest of 15 councils in Yorkshire and The Humber, and the 122nd 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.
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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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