Council tax bands in Torbay 2026-27
Band D council tax in Torbay is £2,456.99 a year in 2026-27, about £245.70 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Torbay's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Torbay
Council tax in Torbay runs from £1,637.99 a year for Band A to £4,913.98 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,637.99 | £163.80 | £136.50 | £1,228.49 |
| Band B | £1,910.99 | £191.10 | £159.25 | £1,433.24 |
| Band C | £2,183.99 | £218.40 | £182.00 | £1,637.99 |
| Band D | £2,456.99 | £245.70 | £204.75 | £1,842.74 |
| Band E | £3,002.99 | £300.30 | £250.25 | £2,252.24 |
| Band F | £3,548.99 | £354.90 | £295.75 | £2,661.74 |
| Band G | £4,094.98 | £409.50 | £341.25 | £3,071.24 |
| Band H | £4,913.98 | £491.40 | £409.50 | £3,685.48 |
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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 Torbay
Most homes in Torbay are in Bands B and C (51%). Flats, about 3 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band A (55%). The most common kind of home is a 2-bedroom flat (10,200 homes), most often Band B (35%). These are shares of all 69,010 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 | 20.1% |
| Band B | 25.9% |
| Band C | 24.9% |
| Band D | 15.6% |
| Band E | 7.9% |
| Band F | 3.5% |
| Band G | 1.9% |
| Band H | 0.2% |
Compared with the South West average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (46%, against 41%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (6%, against 9%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flats and maisonettes | 22,280 | 32% | Band A (55%) |
| Terraced houses | 17,310 | 25% | Band B (53%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 10,490 | 15% | Band C (49%) |
| Detached houses | 7,350 | 11% | 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 Torbay goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Torbay council | £2,044.11 (83%) |
| Police | £303.20 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £109.68 (4%) |
£38.94 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 Torbay has changed
Band D went up by £117.15 (5.0%), from £2,339.84 in 2025-26 to £2,456.99 in 2026-27.
Band D in Torbay is £4.80 a year above the South West average of £2,452.19, and its 5.0% rise this year was bigger than most councils in the South West (South West average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.2%, close to the South West average rise of 16.1%.
Band D in Torbay is the 13th highest of 27 councils in the South West, and the 100th 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.
Torbay and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Teignbridge | £2,512.38 |
| South Hams | £2,615.22 |
| Exeter | £2,495.36 |
| East Devon | £2,480.97 |
| West Devon | £2,581.51 |
| Plymouth | £2,441.85 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Torbay (69,010 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £1,916.22 | 68,000 |
| Thurrock | £2,254.68 | 70,490 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £2,526.22 | 67,180 |
| Middlesbrough | £2,548.05 | 66,860 |
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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