Council tax bands in Somerset 2026-27
Band D council tax in Somerset is £2,368.18 a year in 2026-27, about £236.82 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge and no special expense.
Somerset also charges special expenses for local services in parts of its area, averaging £0.59 a year at Band D across all homes.
Every band in Somerset
Council tax in Somerset runs from £1,578.79 a year for Band A to £4,736.36 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,578.79 | £157.88 | £131.57 | £1,184.09 |
| Band B | £1,841.92 | £184.19 | £153.49 | £1,381.44 |
| Band C | £2,105.05 | £210.51 | £175.42 | £1,578.79 |
| Band D | £2,368.18 | £236.82 | £197.35 | £1,776.13 |
| Band E | £2,894.44 | £289.44 | £241.20 | £2,170.83 |
| Band F | £3,420.70 | £342.07 | £285.06 | £2,565.52 |
| Band G | £3,946.97 | £394.70 | £328.91 | £2,960.23 |
| Band H | £4,736.36 | £473.64 | £394.70 | £3,552.27 |
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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 Somerset
The most common band in Somerset is Band B (27% of homes). Terraced houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band B (55%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (42,980 homes), mostly Band C (56%). These are shares of all 273,500 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 | 15.9% |
| Band B | 26.5% |
| Band C | 22% |
| Band D | 14.8% |
| Band E | 11.4% |
| Band F | 6.2% |
| Band G | 2.9% |
| Band H | 0.2% |
Compared with the South West average, there are about the same share in Bands A and B (42%, against 41%) and about the same share in Band F and above (9%, against 9%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 69,170 | 25% | Band B (55%) |
| Detached houses | 62,510 | 23% | Band E (33%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 62,460 | 23% | Band C (46%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 36,110 | 13% | Band A (67%) |
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 Somerset goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Somerset council | £1,950.30 (82%) |
| Police | £308.20 (13%) |
| Fire and rescue | £109.68 (5%) |
£37.15 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
Special expenses (averaging £0.59 at Band D) come on top in the parts of Somerset that pay them. Parish and town council charges come on top for homes in their areas.
How council tax in Somerset has changed
Band D went up by £112.69 (5.0%), from £2,255.49 in 2025-26 to £2,368.18 in 2026-27.
Including parish and special charges, the average Band D bill went up by £121.97 (5.0%), from £2,438.62 to £2,560.59.
Band D in Somerset is £84.01 a year below the South West average of £2,452.19, and its 5.0% rise this year was about the middle of the range for councils in the South West (South West average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 17.9%, more than the South West average rise of 16.1%.
Band D in Somerset is the 10th lowest of 27 councils in the South West, and the 135th 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.
Somerset and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Mid Devon | £2,550.34 |
| East Devon | £2,480.97 |
| Exeter | £2,495.36 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | £2,167.79 |
| North Devon | £2,527.21 |
| Cardiff | £2,008.86 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Somerset (273,500 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Cornwall | £2,389.56 | 289,000 |
| County Durham | £2,499.97 | 257,340 |
| North Yorkshire | £2,488.80 | 308,570 |
| Buckinghamshire | £2,418.35 | 240,030 |
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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