Council tax bands in North Somerset 2026-27
Average Band D council tax in North Somerset, including parish charges, is £2,491.22 a year in 2026-27, about £249.12 a month over 10 payments.
Every home in North Somerset is in a parish that charges, so no home pays the basic charge of £2,358.20 alone.
Every band in North Somerset
On average, council tax in North Somerset runs from £1,660.81 a year for Band A to £4,982.44 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,660.81 | £166.08 | £138.40 | £1,245.61 |
| Band B | £1,937.62 | £193.76 | £161.47 | £1,453.22 |
| Band C | £2,214.42 | £221.44 | £184.54 | £1,660.82 |
| Band D | £2,491.22 | £249.12 | £207.60 | £1,868.42 |
| Band E | £3,044.82 | £304.48 | £253.74 | £2,283.62 |
| Band F | £3,598.43 | £359.84 | £299.87 | £2,698.82 |
| Band G | £4,152.03 | £415.20 | £346.00 | £3,114.02 |
| Band H | £4,982.44 | £498.24 | £415.20 | £3,736.83 |
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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 North Somerset
The most common band in North Somerset is Band C (23% of homes). Detached houses, about 2 in 10 homes here, are most often Band E (34%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (16,710 homes), mostly Band C (59%). These are shares of all 102,800 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 | 13.6% |
| Band B | 21.7% |
| Band C | 23.4% |
| Band D | 17.7% |
| Band E | 13.2% |
| Band F | 6.8% |
| Band G | 3.4% |
| Band H | 0.3% |
Compared with the South West average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (35%, against 41%) and about the same share in Band F and above (10%, against 9%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | 24,410 | 24% | Band E (34%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 24,180 | 24% | Band C (48%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 22,180 | 22% | Band A (47%) |
| Terraced houses | 17,170 | 17% | Band B (52%) |
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 North Somerset goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| North Somerset council, with special expenses (average) | £1,955.00 (78%) |
| Police | £308.20 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £95.43 (4%) |
| Parish and town councils (average) | £132.59 (5%) |
£35.88 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
The parish share is the average across every parish; each parish sets its own.
How council tax in North Somerset has changed
The average Band D including parish charges went up by £196.28 (8.6%), from £2,294.94 in 2025-26 to £2,491.22 in 2026-27.
Band D in North Somerset is £39.03 a year above the South West average of £2,452.19, and its 8.6% rise this year was bigger than most councils in the South West (South West average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 20.8%, more than the South West average rise of 16.1%.
Band D in North Somerset is the 11th highest of 27 councils in the South West, and the 76th 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.
North Somerset and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Bristol | £2,713.68 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | £2,317.66 |
| Newport | £2,079.59 |
| South Gloucestershire | £2,550.59 |
| Cardiff | £2,008.86 |
| Torfaen | £2,095.13 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to North Somerset (102,800 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Swindon | £2,261.72 | 102,850 |
| Warrington | £2,403.03 | 97,700 |
| Southampton | £2,381.48 | 111,740 |
| York | £2,269.91 | 94,410 |
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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