Council tax bands in Liverpool 2026-27
Band D council tax in Liverpool is £2,673.59 a year in 2026-27, about £267.36 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Liverpool
Council tax in Liverpool runs from £1,782.39 a year for Band A to £5,347.18 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,782.39 | £178.24 | £148.53 | £1,336.79 |
| Band B | £2,079.46 | £207.95 | £173.29 | £1,559.60 |
| Band C | £2,376.52 | £237.65 | £198.04 | £1,782.39 |
| Band D | £2,673.59 | £267.36 | £222.80 | £2,005.19 |
| Band E | £3,267.72 | £326.77 | £272.31 | £2,450.79 |
| Band F | £3,861.85 | £386.19 | £321.82 | £2,896.39 |
| Band G | £4,455.98 | £445.60 | £371.33 | £3,341.98 |
| Band H | £5,347.18 | £534.72 | £445.60 | £4,010.39 |
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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 Liverpool
Most homes in Liverpool are in Band A (59%). Terraced houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band A (80%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom terraced house (66,480 homes), mostly Band A (80%). These are shares of all 243,740 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 | 59.3% |
| Band B | 18.7% |
| Band C | 12.4% |
| Band D | 5.8% |
| Band E | 2.1% |
| Band F | 1% |
| Band G | 0.7% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the North West average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (78%, against 60%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (2%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 98,430 | 40% | Band A (80%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 73,630 | 30% | Band A (65%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 52,950 | 22% | Band B (29%) |
| Detached houses | 11,930 | 5% | Band D (30%) |
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 Liverpool goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Liverpool council | £2,254.37 (84%) |
| Police | £293.97 (11%) |
| Fire and rescue | £101.25 (4%) |
| Combined authority | £24.00 (1%) |
£42.94 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
How council tax in Liverpool has changed
Band D went up by £127.14 (5.0%), from £2,546.45 in 2025-26 to £2,673.59 in 2026-27.
Band D in Liverpool is £211.76 a year above 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 Liverpool is the highest of 35 councils in the North West, and the 5th 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.
Liverpool and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Knowsley | £2,448.16 |
| Sefton | £2,564.73 |
| Wirral | £2,500.59 |
| St. Helens | £2,394.87 |
| Halton | £2,358.34 |
| West Lancashire | £2,434.59 |
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Liverpool (243,740 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester | £2,312.04 | 257,700 |
| Bradford | £2,333.05 | 225,210 |
| Sheffield | £2,505.32 | 263,910 |
| Kirklees | £2,430.19 | 193,930 |
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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