Council tax bands in Mid Sussex 2026-27
Average Band D council tax in Mid Sussex, including parish charges, is £2,474.26 a year in 2026-27, about £247.43 a month over 10 payments.
Every home in Mid Sussex is in a parish that charges, so no home pays the basic charge of £2,374.49 alone.
Every band in Mid Sussex
On average, council tax in Mid Sussex runs from £1,649.51 a year for Band A to £4,948.52 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,649.51 | £164.95 | £137.46 | £1,237.13 |
| Band B | £1,924.42 | £192.44 | £160.37 | £1,443.32 |
| Band C | £2,199.34 | £219.93 | £183.28 | £1,649.51 |
| Band D | £2,474.26 | £247.43 | £206.19 | £1,855.70 |
| Band E | £3,024.10 | £302.41 | £252.01 | £2,268.07 |
| Band F | £3,573.93 | £357.39 | £297.83 | £2,680.45 |
| Band G | £4,123.77 | £412.38 | £343.65 | £3,092.83 |
| Band H | £4,948.52 | £494.85 | £412.38 | £3,711.39 |
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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 Mid Sussex
The most common band in Mid Sussex is Band D (25% of homes). Detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are most often Band F (40%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (12,190 homes), mostly Band D (66%). These are shares of all 71,260 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 | 3.3% |
| Band B | 11.1% |
| Band C | 22% |
| Band D | 25.1% |
| Band E | 17.6% |
| Band F | 13% |
| Band G | 7.1% |
| Band H | 0.6% |
Compared with the South East average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (14%, against 25%) and more homes in Band F and above (21%, against 15%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | 19,100 | 27% | Band F (40%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 17,520 | 25% | Band D (55%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 15,230 | 21% | Band B (47%) |
| Terraced houses | 12,300 | 17% | Band C (53%) |
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 Mid Sussex goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Mid Sussex district council | £202.22 (8%) |
| County council | £1,890.36 (76%) |
| Police | £281.91 (11%) |
| Parish and town councils (average) | £99.77 (4%) |
The parish share is the average across every parish; each parish sets its own.
How council tax in Mid Sussex has changed
The average Band D including parish charges went up by £117.77 (5.0%), from £2,356.49 in 2025-26 to £2,474.26 in 2026-27.
Band D in Mid Sussex is £48.97 a year above the South East average of £2,425.29, and its 5.0% 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 15.7%, close to the South East average rise of 15.3%.
Band D in Mid Sussex is the 25th highest of 64 councils in the South East, and the 85th 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.
Mid Sussex and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Crawley | £2,418.46 |
| Tandridge | £2,550.85 |
| Horsham | £2,441.01 |
| Reigate and Banstead | £2,555.86 |
| Mole Valley | £2,508.58 |
| Brighton and Hove | £2,579.44 |
Similar district councils
Other district councils closest in size to Mid Sussex (71,260 homes).
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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