Council tax bands in Wakefield 2026-27
Band D council tax in Wakefield is £2,259.40 a year in 2026-27, about £225.94 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Wakefield's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Wakefield
Council tax in Wakefield runs from £1,506.27 a year for Band A to £4,518.80 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,506.27 | £150.63 | £125.52 | £1,129.70 |
| Band B | £1,757.31 | £175.73 | £146.44 | £1,317.98 |
| Band C | £2,008.36 | £200.84 | £167.36 | £1,506.27 |
| Band D | £2,259.40 | £225.94 | £188.28 | £1,694.55 |
| Band E | £2,761.49 | £276.15 | £230.12 | £2,071.12 |
| Band F | £3,263.58 | £326.36 | £271.96 | £2,447.69 |
| Band G | £3,765.67 | £376.57 | £313.81 | £2,824.25 |
| Band H | £4,518.80 | £451.88 | £376.57 | £3,389.10 |
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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 Wakefield
Most homes in Wakefield are in Bands A and B (67%). Semi-detached houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are most often Band A (47%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (44,860 homes), most often Band A (45%). These are shares of all 165,780 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 | 48.2% |
| Band B | 19% |
| Band C | 15.1% |
| Band D | 9.9% |
| Band E | 5.4% |
| Band F | 1.6% |
| Band G | 0.7% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the Yorkshire and The Humber average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (67%, against 62%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (2%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 59,530 | 36% | Band A (47%) |
| Terraced houses | 39,180 | 24% | Band A (72%) |
| Detached houses | 26,320 | 16% | Band D (40%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 18,900 | 11% | Band A (84%) |
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 Wakefield goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Wakefield council | £1,891.63 (84%) |
| Police | £278.28 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £89.49 (4%) |
£36.03 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 Wakefield has changed
Band D went up by £109.90 (5.1%), from £2,149.50 in 2025-26 to £2,259.40 in 2026-27.
Band D in Wakefield is £94.88 a year below the Yorkshire and The Humber average of £2,354.28, and its 5.1% rise this year was bigger than most councils in Yorkshire and The Humber (Yorkshire and The Humber average: 4.9%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 16.0%, close to the Yorkshire and The Humber average rise of 15.9%.
Band D in Wakefield is the 2nd lowest of 15 councils in Yorkshire and The Humber, and the 54th 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.
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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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