Council tax bands in Knowsley 2026-27
Band D council tax in Knowsley is £2,448.16 a year in 2026-27, about £244.82 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Knowsley's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Knowsley
Council tax in Knowsley runs from £1,632.11 a year for Band A to £4,896.32 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,632.11 | £163.21 | £136.01 | £1,224.08 |
| Band B | £1,904.12 | £190.41 | £158.68 | £1,428.09 |
| Band C | £2,176.14 | £217.61 | £181.35 | £1,632.11 |
| Band D | £2,448.16 | £244.82 | £204.01 | £1,836.12 |
| Band E | £2,992.20 | £299.22 | £249.35 | £2,244.15 |
| Band F | £3,536.23 | £353.62 | £294.69 | £2,652.17 |
| Band G | £4,080.27 | £408.03 | £340.02 | £3,060.20 |
| Band H | £4,896.32 | £489.63 | £408.03 | £3,672.24 |
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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 Knowsley
Most homes in Knowsley are in Band A (53%). Terraced houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band A (90%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (20,620 homes), most often Band B (49%). These are shares of all 72,610 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 | 52.9% |
| Band B | 21.3% |
| Band C | 14.9% |
| Band D | 7% |
| Band E | 3.1% |
| Band F | 0.5% |
| Band G | 0.2% |
| Band H | 0% |
Compared with the North West average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (74%, against 60%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (1%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 26,480 | 37% | Band A (90%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 25,580 | 35% | Band B (46%) |
| Detached houses | 9,150 | 13% | Band D (44%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 8,170 | 11% | 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 Knowsley goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Knowsley council | £2,028.94 (83%) |
| Police | £293.97 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £101.25 (4%) |
| Combined authority | £24.00 (1%) |
£38.65 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 Knowsley has changed
Band D went up by £116.43 (5.0%), from £2,331.73 in 2025-26 to £2,448.16 in 2026-27.
Band D in Knowsley is £13.67 a year below the North West average of £2,461.83, and its 5.0% rise this year was about the middle of the range for councils in the North West (North West average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.9%, close to the North West average rise of 16.2%.
Band D in Knowsley is the 16th lowest of 35 councils in the North West, and the 107th 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.
Knowsley and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Liverpool | £2,673.59 |
| St. Helens | £2,394.87 |
| Sefton | £2,564.73 |
| Halton | £2,358.34 |
| Wirral | £2,500.59 |
| Warrington | £2,403.03 |
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Knowsley (72,610 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| South Tyneside | £2,434.43 | 73,230 |
| Bury | £2,555.15 | 85,660 |
| Gateshead | £2,715.52 | 95,940 |
| Solihull | £2,172.96 | 96,190 |
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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