Council tax bands in Test Valley 2026-27
Band D council tax in Test Valley is £2,247.32 a year in 2026-27, about £224.73 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge and no special expense.
Test Valley also charges special expenses for local services in parts of its area, averaging £6.85 a year at Band D across all homes.
Every band in Test Valley
Council tax in Test Valley runs from £1,498.21 a year for Band A to £4,494.64 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,498.21 | £149.82 | £124.85 | £1,123.66 |
| Band B | £1,747.92 | £174.79 | £145.66 | £1,310.94 |
| Band C | £1,997.62 | £199.76 | £166.47 | £1,498.22 |
| Band D | £2,247.32 | £224.73 | £187.28 | £1,685.49 |
| Band E | £2,746.72 | £274.67 | £228.89 | £2,060.04 |
| Band F | £3,246.13 | £324.61 | £270.51 | £2,434.60 |
| Band G | £3,745.53 | £374.55 | £312.13 | £2,809.15 |
| Band H | £4,494.64 | £449.46 | £374.55 | £3,370.98 |
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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 Test Valley
The most common band in Test Valley is Band C (27% of homes). Detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are most often Band E (34%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (8,910 homes), most often Band C (48%). These are shares of all 59,140 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 | 5.3% |
| Band B | 17% |
| Band C | 26.5% |
| Band D | 19.5% |
| Band E | 15% |
| Band F | 9% |
| Band G | 6.7% |
| Band H | 0.9% |
Compared with the South East average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (22%, against 25%) and about the same share in Band F and above (17%, against 15%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | 17,360 | 29% | Band E (34%) |
| Terraced houses | 13,910 | 24% | Band C (54%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 12,380 | 21% | Band C (48%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 8,440 | 14% | Band B (64%) |
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 Test Valley goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Test Valley district council | £173.91 (8%) |
| County council | £1,690.11 (75%) |
| Police | £290.46 (13%) |
| Fire and rescue | £92.84 (4%) |
Special expenses (averaging £6.85 at Band D) come on top in the parts of Test Valley that pay them. Parish and town council charges come on top for homes in their areas.
How council tax in Test Valley has changed
Band D went up by £105.28 (4.9%), from £2,142.04 in 2025-26 to £2,247.32 in 2026-27.
Including parish and special charges, the average Band D bill went up by £108.99 (5.0%), from £2,196.53 to £2,305.52.
Band D in Test Valley is £177.97 a year below the South East average of £2,425.29, and its 4.9% rise this year was bigger than most councils in the South East (South East average: 4.8%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.2%, close to the South East average rise of 15.3%.
Band D in Test Valley is the 5th lowest of 64 councils in the South East, and the 50th 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.
Test Valley and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Winchester | £2,267.51 |
| Eastleigh | £2,342.21 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | £2,224.83 |
| Southampton | £2,381.48 |
| New Forest | £2,285.33 |
| Fareham | £2,270.55 |
Similar district councils
Other district councils closest in size to Test Valley (59,140 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Newark and Sherwood | £2,582.04 | 59,160 |
| Epping Forest | £2,277.21 | 58,890 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £2,313.24 | 58,800 |
| Ashford | £2,342.93 | 59,760 |
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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