Council tax bands in Sunderland 2026-27
Band D council tax in Sunderland is £2,196.25 a year in 2026-27, about £219.63 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Sunderland's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Sunderland
Council tax in Sunderland runs from £1,464.17 a year for Band A to £4,392.50 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,464.17 | £146.42 | £122.01 | £1,098.13 |
| Band B | £1,708.19 | £170.82 | £142.35 | £1,281.14 |
| Band C | £1,952.22 | £195.22 | £162.69 | £1,464.17 |
| Band D | £2,196.25 | £219.63 | £183.02 | £1,647.19 |
| Band E | £2,684.31 | £268.43 | £223.69 | £2,013.23 |
| Band F | £3,172.36 | £317.24 | £264.36 | £2,379.27 |
| Band G | £3,660.42 | £366.04 | £305.04 | £2,745.32 |
| Band H | £4,392.50 | £439.25 | £366.04 | £3,294.38 |
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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 Sunderland
Most homes in Sunderland are in Band A (59%). Semi-detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band A (51%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (27,880 homes), most often Band A (43%). These are shares of all 135,520 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 | 59.4% |
| Band B | 15% |
| Band C | 13.7% |
| Band D | 7.6% |
| Band E | 2.9% |
| Band F | 0.9% |
| Band G | 0.5% |
| Band H | 0% |
Compared with the North East average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (74%, against 68%) and about the same share in Band F and above (1%, against 3%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 45,390 | 34% | Band A (51%) |
| Terraced houses | 35,990 | 27% | Band A (76%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 19,900 | 15% | Band A (82%) |
| Detached houses | 13,500 | 10% | Band D (44%) |
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 Sunderland goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Sunderland council | £1,876.80 (85%) |
| Police | £214.34 (10%) |
| Fire and rescue | £105.11 (5%) |
£35.92 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 Sunderland has changed
Band D went up by £104.32 (5.0%), from £2,091.93 in 2025-26 to £2,196.25 in 2026-27.
Band D in Sunderland is £295.23 a year below the North East average of £2,491.48, and its 5.0% rise this year was about the middle of the range for councils in the North East (North East average: 4.4%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.7%, close to the North East average rise of 15.0%.
Band D in Sunderland is the lowest of 12 councils in the North East, and the 29th 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.
Sunderland and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| South Tyneside | £2,434.43 |
| Gateshead | £2,715.52 |
| North Tyneside | £2,461.77 |
| Hartlepool | £2,556.88 |
| Newcastle | £2,540.66 |
| County Durham | £2,499.97 |
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Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Sunderland (135,520 homes).
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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