Council tax bands in Sefton 2026-27
Band D council tax in Sefton is £2,564.73 a year in 2026-27, about £256.47 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Sefton's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Sefton
Council tax in Sefton runs from £1,709.82 a year for Band A to £5,129.46 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,709.82 | £170.98 | £142.48 | £1,282.37 |
| Band B | £1,994.79 | £199.48 | £166.23 | £1,496.09 |
| Band C | £2,279.76 | £227.98 | £189.98 | £1,709.82 |
| Band D | £2,564.73 | £256.47 | £213.73 | £1,923.55 |
| Band E | £3,134.67 | £313.47 | £261.22 | £2,351.00 |
| Band F | £3,704.61 | £370.46 | £308.72 | £2,778.46 |
| Band G | £4,274.55 | £427.46 | £356.21 | £3,205.91 |
| Band H | £5,129.46 | £512.95 | £427.46 | £3,847.10 |
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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 Sefton
Most homes in Sefton are in Bands A and B (52%). Semi-detached houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are most often Band C (43%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (39,820 homes), mostly Band C (50%). These are shares of all 132,270 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 | 30.3% |
| Band B | 21.5% |
| Band C | 23.9% |
| Band D | 12.1% |
| Band E | 6.8% |
| Band F | 3% |
| Band G | 2.1% |
| Band H | 0.2% |
Compared with the North West average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (52%, against 60%) and about the same share in Band F and above (5%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 52,740 | 40% | Band C (43%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 27,470 | 21% | Band A (64%) |
| Terraced houses | 26,840 | 20% | Band A (65%) |
| Detached houses | 16,040 | 12% | Band E (33%) |
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 Sefton goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Sefton council | £2,145.51 (84%) |
| Police | £293.97 (11%) |
| Fire and rescue | £101.25 (4%) |
| Combined authority | £24.00 (1%) |
£40.87 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 Sefton has changed
Band D went up by £121.97 (5.0%), from £2,442.76 in 2025-26 to £2,564.73 in 2026-27.
Band D in Sefton is £102.90 a year above the North West average of £2,461.83, and its 5.0% rise this year was about the middle of the range for councils in the North West (North West average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.9%, close to the North West average rise of 16.2%.
Band D in Sefton is the 6th highest of 35 councils in the North West, and the 35th 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.
Sefton and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Liverpool | £2,673.59 |
| Knowsley | £2,448.16 |
| Wirral | £2,500.59 |
| West Lancashire | £2,434.59 |
| St. Helens | £2,394.87 |
| Halton | £2,358.34 |
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Sefton (132,270 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Stockport | £2,618.90 | 134,360 |
| Bolton | £2,392.33 | 129,920 |
| Sunderland | £2,196.25 | 135,520 |
| Sandwell | £2,244.46 | 137,180 |
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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