Council tax bands in Plymouth 2026-27
Band D council tax in Plymouth is £2,441.85 a year in 2026-27, about £244.19 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Plymouth
Council tax in Plymouth runs from £1,627.90 a year for Band A to £4,883.70 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,627.90 | £162.79 | £135.66 | £1,220.93 |
| Band B | £1,899.22 | £189.92 | £158.27 | £1,424.42 |
| Band C | £2,170.53 | £217.05 | £180.88 | £1,627.90 |
| Band D | £2,441.85 | £244.19 | £203.49 | £1,831.39 |
| Band E | £2,984.48 | £298.45 | £248.71 | £2,238.36 |
| Band F | £3,527.12 | £352.71 | £293.93 | £2,645.34 |
| Band G | £4,069.75 | £406.98 | £339.15 | £3,052.31 |
| Band H | £4,883.70 | £488.37 | £406.98 | £3,662.77 |
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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 Plymouth
Most homes in Plymouth are in Bands A and B (66%). Terraced houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band B (52%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (20,580 homes), mostly Band C (52%). These are shares of all 123,450 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 | 39% |
| Band B | 27.1% |
| Band C | 19.2% |
| Band D | 8.4% |
| Band E | 4.3% |
| Band F | 1.5% |
| Band G | 0.5% |
| Band H | 0% |
Compared with the South West average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (66%, against 41%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (2%, against 9%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 42,800 | 35% | Band B (52%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 34,680 | 28% | Band A (80%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 28,380 | 23% | Band C (46%) |
| Detached houses | 8,310 | 7% | Band E (35%) |
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 Plymouth goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Plymouth council | £2,028.97 (83%) |
| Police | £303.20 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £109.68 (4%) |
£38.65 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
How council tax in Plymouth has changed
Band D went up by £116.43 (5.0%), from £2,325.42 in 2025-26 to £2,441.85 in 2026-27.
Band D in Plymouth is £10.34 a year below the South West average of £2,452.19, and its 5.0% 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 15.6%, close to the South West average rise of 16.1%.
Band D in Plymouth is the 14th lowest of 27 councils in the South West, and the 111th 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.
Plymouth and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| South Hams | £2,615.22 |
| West Devon | £2,581.51 |
| Cornwall | £2,389.56 |
| Teignbridge | £2,512.38 |
| Torbay | £2,456.99 |
| Exeter | £2,495.36 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Plymouth (123,450 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Medway | £2,319.29 | 122,610 |
| Hull | £2,295.04 | 125,820 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £2,183.12 | 120,450 |
| Milton Keynes | £2,235.27 | 128,300 |
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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