Council tax bands in Oldham 2026-27
Band D council tax in Oldham is £2,595.47 a year in 2026-27, about £259.55 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Oldham's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Oldham
Council tax in Oldham runs from £1,730.31 a year for Band A to £5,190.94 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,730.31 | £173.03 | £144.19 | £1,297.73 |
| Band B | £2,018.70 | £201.87 | £168.23 | £1,514.03 |
| Band C | £2,307.08 | £230.71 | £192.26 | £1,730.31 |
| Band D | £2,595.47 | £259.55 | £216.29 | £1,946.60 |
| Band E | £3,172.24 | £317.22 | £264.35 | £2,379.18 |
| Band F | £3,749.01 | £374.90 | £312.42 | £2,811.76 |
| Band G | £4,325.78 | £432.58 | £360.48 | £3,244.34 |
| Band H | £5,190.94 | £519.09 | £432.58 | £3,893.21 |
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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 Oldham
Most homes in Oldham are in Band A (52%). Terraced houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band A (74%). The most common kind of home is a 2-bedroom terraced house (25,720 homes), mostly Band A (86%). These are shares of all 99,570 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 | 51.5% |
| Band B | 17.9% |
| Band C | 16.9% |
| Band D | 7.4% |
| Band E | 3.6% |
| Band F | 1.7% |
| Band G | 0.9% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the North West average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (69%, against 60%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (3%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 43,190 | 43% | Band A (74%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 24,310 | 24% | Band C (37%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 12,950 | 13% | Band A (90%) |
| Detached houses | 8,880 | 9% | Band D (39%) |
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 Oldham goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Oldham council | £2,156.22 (83%) |
| Police | £285.30 (11%) |
| Combined authority | £153.95 (6%) |
£41.07 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 Oldham has changed
Band D went up by £142.47 (5.8%), from £2,453.00 in 2025-26 to £2,595.47 in 2026-27.
Band D in Oldham is £133.64 a year above the North West average of £2,461.83, and its 5.8% 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 17.2%, close to the North West average rise of 16.2%.
Band D in Oldham is the 4th highest of 35 councils in the North West, and the 24th 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.
Oldham and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Rochdale | £2,600.83 |
| Tameside | £2,446.63 |
| Manchester | £2,312.04 |
| Bury | £2,555.15 |
| Calderdale | £2,401.96 |
| Stockport | £2,618.90 |
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Oldham (99,570 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| North Tyneside | £2,461.77 | 102,470 |
| Solihull | £2,172.96 | 96,190 |
| Gateshead | £2,715.52 | 95,940 |
| Trafford | £2,289.79 | 104,690 |
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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