Council tax bands in Stockport 2026-27
Band D council tax in Stockport is £2,618.90 a year in 2026-27, about £261.89 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Stockport
Council tax in Stockport runs from £1,745.93 a year for Band A to £5,237.80 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,745.93 | £174.59 | £145.49 | £1,309.45 |
| Band B | £2,036.92 | £203.69 | £169.74 | £1,527.69 |
| Band C | £2,327.91 | £232.79 | £193.99 | £1,745.93 |
| Band D | £2,618.90 | £261.89 | £218.24 | £1,964.18 |
| Band E | £3,200.88 | £320.09 | £266.74 | £2,400.66 |
| Band F | £3,782.86 | £378.29 | £315.24 | £2,837.15 |
| Band G | £4,364.83 | £436.48 | £363.74 | £3,273.62 |
| Band H | £5,237.80 | £523.78 | £436.48 | £3,928.35 |
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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 Stockport
The most common band in Stockport is Band A (24% of homes). Semi-detached houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are most often Band C (40%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (35,890 homes), most often Band C (48%). These are shares of all 134,360 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 | 23.9% |
| Band B | 21.9% |
| Band C | 21.5% |
| Band D | 14.9% |
| Band E | 10% |
| Band F | 4.9% |
| Band G | 2.7% |
| Band H | 0.2% |
Compared with the North West average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (46%, against 60%) and more homes in Band F and above (8%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 48,070 | 36% | Band C (40%) |
| Terraced houses | 30,570 | 23% | Band A (43%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 24,020 | 18% | Band A (62%) |
| Detached houses | 22,030 | 16% | Band E (36%) |
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 Stockport goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Stockport council | £2,179.65 (83%) |
| Police | £285.30 (11%) |
| Combined authority | £153.95 (6%) |
£41.52 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
How council tax in Stockport has changed
Band D went up by £143.59 (5.8%), from £2,475.31 in 2025-26 to £2,618.90 in 2026-27.
Band D in Stockport is £157.07 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 Stockport is the 2nd highest of 35 councils in the North West, and the 12th 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.
Stockport and other councils
Nearby councils
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Stockport (134,360 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Sunderland | £2,196.25 | 135,520 |
| Sefton | £2,564.73 | 132,270 |
| Sandwell | £2,244.46 | 137,180 |
| Bolton | £2,392.33 | 129,920 |
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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