Council tax bands in Rotherham 2026-27
Band D council tax in Rotherham is £2,319.61 a year in 2026-27, about £231.96 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Rotherham
Council tax in Rotherham runs from £1,546.41 a year for Band A to £4,639.22 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,546.41 | £154.64 | £128.87 | £1,159.81 |
| Band B | £1,804.14 | £180.41 | £150.35 | £1,353.11 |
| Band C | £2,061.88 | £206.19 | £171.82 | £1,546.41 |
| Band D | £2,319.61 | £231.96 | £193.30 | £1,739.71 |
| Band E | £2,835.08 | £283.51 | £236.26 | £2,126.31 |
| Band F | £3,350.55 | £335.06 | £279.21 | £2,512.91 |
| Band G | £3,866.02 | £386.60 | £322.17 | £2,899.52 |
| Band H | £4,639.22 | £463.92 | £386.60 | £3,479.42 |
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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 Rotherham
Most homes in Rotherham are in Band A (52%). Semi-detached houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are most often Band A (50%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (40,320 homes), most often Band A (48%). These are shares of all 123,210 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 | 52.2% |
| Band B | 19.9% |
| Band C | 13.3% |
| Band D | 8.1% |
| Band E | 4.2% |
| Band F | 1.7% |
| Band G | 0.7% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the Yorkshire and The Humber average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (72%, against 62%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (2%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 52,000 | 42% | Band A (50%) |
| Terraced houses | 24,400 | 20% | Band A (83%) |
| Detached houses | 17,930 | 15% | Band D (37%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 13,540 | 11% | Band A (91%) |
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 Rotherham goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Rotherham council | £1,944.52 (84%) |
| Police | £280.04 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £95.05 (4%) |
£37.41 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 Rotherham has changed
Band D went up by £93.89 (4.2%), from £2,225.72 in 2025-26 to £2,319.61 in 2026-27.
Including parish charges, the average Band D bill went up by £98.27 (4.3%), from £2,283.26 to £2,381.53.
Band D in Rotherham is £34.67 a year below the Yorkshire and The Humber average of £2,354.28, and its 4.2% rise this year was smaller than most councils in Yorkshire and The Humber (Yorkshire and The Humber average: 4.9%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 11.8%, less than the Yorkshire and The Humber average rise of 15.9%.
Band D in Rotherham is the 8th lowest of 15 councils in Yorkshire and The Humber, and the 95th lowest 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.
Rotherham and other councils
Nearby councils
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Rotherham (123,210 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Walsall | £2,627.48 | 118,970 |
| Bolton | £2,392.33 | 129,920 |
| Sefton | £2,564.73 | 132,270 |
| Wolverhampton | £2,538.99 | 114,270 |
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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