Council tax bands in Trafford 2026-27
Band D council tax in Trafford is £2,289.79 a year in 2026-27, about £228.98 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Trafford's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Trafford
Council tax in Trafford runs from £1,526.53 a year for Band A to £4,579.58 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,526.53 | £152.65 | £127.21 | £1,144.90 |
| Band B | £1,780.95 | £178.10 | £148.41 | £1,335.71 |
| Band C | £2,035.37 | £203.54 | £169.61 | £1,526.53 |
| Band D | £2,289.79 | £228.98 | £190.82 | £1,717.34 |
| Band E | £2,798.63 | £279.86 | £233.22 | £2,098.97 |
| Band F | £3,307.47 | £330.75 | £275.62 | £2,480.60 |
| Band G | £3,816.32 | £381.63 | £318.03 | £2,862.24 |
| Band H | £4,579.58 | £457.96 | £381.63 | £3,434.69 |
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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 Trafford
The most common band in Trafford is Band C (27% of homes). Semi-detached houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are most often Band C (47%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (31,800 homes), mostly Band C (54%). These are shares of all 104,690 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 | 19.2% |
| Band B | 22.2% |
| Band C | 26.5% |
| Band D | 14.9% |
| Band E | 7.6% |
| Band F | 4.5% |
| Band G | 4% |
| Band H | 1% |
Compared with the North West average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (41%, against 60%) and more homes in Band F and above (10%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 40,400 | 39% | Band C (47%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 24,360 | 23% | Band A (48%) |
| Terraced houses | 22,850 | 22% | Band B (39%) |
| Detached houses | 13,170 | 13% | Band E (28%) |
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 Trafford goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Trafford council | £1,850.54 (81%) |
| Police | £285.30 (12%) |
| Combined authority | £153.95 (7%) |
£34.43 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 Trafford has changed
Band D went up by £168.95 (8.0%), from £2,120.84 in 2025-26 to £2,289.79 in 2026-27.
Band D in Trafford is £172.04 a year below the North West average of £2,461.83, and its 8.0% 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 22.0%, more than the North West average rise of 16.2%.
Band D in Trafford is the 2nd lowest of 35 councils in the North West, and the 69th 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.
Trafford and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Salford | £2,594.45 |
| Manchester | £2,312.04 |
| Warrington | £2,403.03 |
| Stockport | £2,618.90 |
| Wigan | £2,151.54 |
| Bury | £2,555.15 |
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Trafford (104,690 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Tameside | £2,446.63 | 105,990 |
| North Tyneside | £2,461.77 | 102,470 |
| Oldham | £2,595.47 | 99,570 |
| Rochdale | £2,600.83 | 98,520 |
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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