Council tax bands in Manchester 2026-27
Band D council tax in Manchester is £2,312.04 a year in 2026-27, about £231.20 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Manchester
Council tax in Manchester runs from £1,541.36 a year for Band A to £4,624.08 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,541.36 | £154.14 | £128.45 | £1,156.02 |
| Band B | £1,798.25 | £179.83 | £149.85 | £1,348.69 |
| Band C | £2,055.15 | £205.52 | £171.26 | £1,541.36 |
| Band D | £2,312.04 | £231.20 | £192.67 | £1,734.03 |
| Band E | £2,825.83 | £282.58 | £235.49 | £2,119.37 |
| Band F | £3,339.61 | £333.96 | £278.30 | £2,504.71 |
| Band G | £3,853.40 | £385.34 | £321.12 | £2,890.05 |
| Band H | £4,624.08 | £462.41 | £385.34 | £3,468.06 |
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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 Manchester
Most homes in Manchester are in Band A (54%). Flats, about 4 in 10 homes here, are most often Band A (50%). The most common kind of home is a 2-bedroom flat (51,550 homes), most often Band A (34%). These are shares of all 257,700 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 | 53.9% |
| Band B | 17% |
| Band C | 15.4% |
| Band D | 8.6% |
| Band E | 3.2% |
| Band F | 1.4% |
| Band G | 0.5% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the North West average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (71%, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flats and maisonettes | 108,810 | 42% | Band A (50%) |
| Terraced houses | 81,270 | 32% | Band A (75%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 57,580 | 22% | Band A (37%) |
| Detached houses | 6,480 | 3% | Band C (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 Manchester goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Manchester council | £1,872.79 (81%) |
| Police | £285.30 (12%) |
| Combined authority | £153.95 (7%) |
£35.68 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
How council tax in Manchester has changed
Band D went up by £129.01 (5.9%), from £2,183.03 in 2025-26 to £2,312.04 in 2026-27.
Band D in Manchester is £149.79 a year below the North West average of £2,461.83, and its 5.9% rise this year was bigger than most councils in the North West (North West average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 17.4%, more than the North West average rise of 16.2%.
Band D in Manchester is the 3rd lowest of 35 councils in the North West, and the 84th lowest 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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