Council tax bands in Medway 2026-27
Band D council tax in Medway is £2,319.29 a year in 2026-27, about £231.93 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Medway's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Medway
Council tax in Medway runs from £1,546.19 a year for Band A to £4,638.58 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,546.19 | £154.62 | £128.85 | £1,159.64 |
| Band B | £1,803.89 | £180.39 | £150.32 | £1,352.92 |
| Band C | £2,061.59 | £206.16 | £171.80 | £1,546.19 |
| Band D | £2,319.29 | £231.93 | £193.27 | £1,739.47 |
| Band E | £2,834.69 | £283.47 | £236.22 | £2,126.02 |
| Band F | £3,350.09 | £335.01 | £279.17 | £2,512.57 |
| Band G | £3,865.48 | £386.55 | £322.12 | £2,899.11 |
| Band H | £4,638.58 | £463.86 | £386.55 | £3,478.94 |
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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 Medway
Most homes in Medway are in Bands B and C (61%). Terraced houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band B (56%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom terraced house (33,650 homes), mostly Band B (51%). These are shares of all 122,610 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 | 9.4% |
| Band B | 31.8% |
| Band C | 29.4% |
| Band D | 16% |
| Band E | 8.4% |
| Band F | 3.7% |
| Band G | 1.3% |
| Band H | 0% |
Compared with the South East average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (41%, against 25%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (5%, against 15%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 50,120 | 41% | Band B (56%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 27,390 | 22% | Band C (46%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 23,410 | 19% | Band A (43%) |
| Detached houses | 12,180 | 10% | Band E (42%) |
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 Medway goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Medway council | £1,934.33 (83%) |
| Police | £285.15 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £99.81 (4%) |
£36.85 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 Medway has changed
Band D went up by £111.96 (5.1%), from £2,207.33 in 2025-26 to £2,319.29 in 2026-27.
Band D in Medway is £106.00 a year below the South East average of £2,425.29, and its 5.1% rise this year was bigger than most councils in the South East (South East average: 4.8%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.9%, close to the South East average rise of 15.3%.
Band D in Medway is the 11th lowest of 64 councils in the South East, and the 94th 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.
Medway and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Gravesham | £2,388.63 |
| Castle Point | £2,308.59 |
| Southend-on-Sea | £2,256.30 |
| Basildon | £2,314.35 |
| Thurrock | £2,254.68 |
| Rochford | £2,363.48 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Medway (122,610 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Plymouth | £2,441.85 | 123,450 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £2,183.12 | 120,450 |
| Hull | £2,295.04 | 125,820 |
| Westmorland and Furness | £2,456.81 | 118,060 |
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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