Council tax bands in Merton 2026-27
Band D council tax in Merton is £2,146.76 a year in 2026-27, about £214.68 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Merton
Council tax in Merton runs from £1,431.17 a year for Band A to £4,293.52 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,431.17 | £143.12 | £119.26 | £1,073.38 |
| Band B | £1,669.70 | £166.97 | £139.14 | £1,252.28 |
| Band C | £1,908.23 | £190.82 | £159.02 | £1,431.17 |
| Band D | £2,146.76 | £214.68 | £178.90 | £1,610.07 |
| Band E | £2,623.82 | £262.38 | £218.65 | £1,967.87 |
| Band F | £3,100.88 | £310.09 | £258.41 | £2,325.66 |
| Band G | £3,577.93 | £357.79 | £298.16 | £2,683.45 |
| Band H | £4,293.52 | £429.35 | £357.79 | £3,220.14 |
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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 Merton
Most homes in Merton are in Bands C and D (60%). Terraced houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band D (50%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom terraced house (25,810 homes), mostly Band D (61%). These are shares of all 87,890 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 | 1.4% |
| Band B | 9.8% |
| Band C | 27.5% |
| Band D | 32.2% |
| Band E | 15.5% |
| Band F | 6.8% |
| Band G | 4.8% |
| Band H | 2.1% |
Compared with the London average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (11%, against 17%) and about the same share in Band F and above (14%, against 15%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 37,440 | 43% | Band D (50%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 36,760 | 42% | Band C (47%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 9,660 | 11% | Band E (28%) |
| Detached houses | 3,090 | 4% | Band H (46%) |
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 Merton goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Merton council | £1,636.25 (76%) |
| Greater London Authority | £510.51 (24%) |
£31.96 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
How council tax in Merton has changed
Band D went up by £52.33 (2.5%), from £2,094.43 in 2025-26 to £2,146.76 in 2026-27.
Band D in Merton is £57.38 a year above the London average of £2,089.38, and its 2.5% rise this year was smaller than most London boroughs (London average: 4.7%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 13.6%, less than the London average rise of 16.1%.
Band D in Merton is the 17th lowest of 33 councils in London, and the 22nd 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.
Merton and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Wandsworth | £1,028.21 |
| Sutton | £2,378.64 |
| Kingston upon Thames | £2,609.20 |
| Richmond upon Thames | £2,486.10 |
| Lambeth | £2,047.11 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | £1,519.51 |
Similar outer London boroughs
Merton is one of the 19 outer London boroughs (ONS ITL2 regions). Other outer London boroughs closest in size to Merton (87,890 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | £2,198.51 | 82,500 |
| Harrow | £2,511.07 | 97,630 |
| Bexley | £2,366.36 | 101,950 |
| Redbridge | £2,294.58 | 108,730 |
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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