Council tax bands in Rochdale 2026-27
Band D council tax in Rochdale is £2,600.83 a year in 2026-27, about £260.08 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Rochdale
Council tax in Rochdale runs from £1,733.89 a year for Band A to £5,201.66 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,733.89 | £173.39 | £144.49 | £1,300.42 |
| Band B | £2,022.87 | £202.29 | £168.57 | £1,517.15 |
| Band C | £2,311.85 | £231.19 | £192.65 | £1,733.89 |
| Band D | £2,600.83 | £260.08 | £216.74 | £1,950.62 |
| Band E | £3,178.79 | £317.88 | £264.90 | £2,384.09 |
| Band F | £3,756.75 | £375.68 | £313.06 | £2,817.56 |
| Band G | £4,334.72 | £433.47 | £361.23 | £3,251.04 |
| Band H | £5,201.66 | £520.17 | £433.47 | £3,901.25 |
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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 Rochdale
Most homes in Rochdale are in Band A (53%). Terraced houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band A (76%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (19,330 homes), most often Band C (35%). These are shares of all 98,520 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 | 52.8% |
| Band B | 17.7% |
| Band C | 13.6% |
| Band D | 8.5% |
| Band E | 4.7% |
| Band F | 1.8% |
| Band G | 0.9% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the North West average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (70%, 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 | 37,500 | 38% | Band A (76%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 27,350 | 28% | Band B (31%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 14,160 | 14% | Band A (90%) |
| Detached houses | 12,130 | 12% | Band D (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 Rochdale goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Rochdale council | £2,161.58 (83%) |
| Police | £285.30 (11%) |
| Combined authority | £153.95 (6%) |
£41.18 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
How council tax in Rochdale has changed
Band D went up by £142.74 (5.8%), from £2,458.09 in 2025-26 to £2,600.83 in 2026-27.
Band D in Rochdale is £139.00 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 Rochdale is the 3rd highest of 35 councils in the North West, and the 18th 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.
Rochdale and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Oldham | £2,595.47 |
| Bury | £2,555.15 |
| Rossendale | £2,516.04 |
| Tameside | £2,446.63 |
| Manchester | £2,312.04 |
| Calderdale | £2,401.96 |
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Rochdale (98,520 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Solihull | £2,172.96 | 96,190 |
| Gateshead | £2,715.52 | 95,940 |
| North Tyneside | £2,461.77 | 102,470 |
| 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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