Council tax bands in Wigan 2026-27
Band D council tax in Wigan is £2,151.54 a year in 2026-27, about £215.15 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Wigan's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Wigan
Council tax in Wigan runs from £1,434.36 a year for Band A to £4,303.08 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,434.36 | £143.44 | £119.53 | £1,075.77 |
| Band B | £1,673.42 | £167.34 | £139.45 | £1,255.07 |
| Band C | £1,912.48 | £191.25 | £159.37 | £1,434.36 |
| Band D | £2,151.54 | £215.15 | £179.30 | £1,613.66 |
| Band E | £2,629.66 | £262.97 | £219.14 | £1,972.25 |
| Band F | £3,107.78 | £310.78 | £258.98 | £2,330.84 |
| Band G | £3,585.90 | £358.59 | £298.83 | £2,689.43 |
| Band H | £4,303.08 | £430.31 | £358.59 | £3,227.31 |
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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 Wigan
Most homes in Wigan are in Bands A and B (68%). Semi-detached houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are most often Band B (38%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (42,530 homes), most often Band B (39%). These are shares of all 154,550 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 | 44.8% |
| Band B | 22.7% |
| Band C | 16.9% |
| Band D | 8.8% |
| Band E | 5.1% |
| Band F | 1.3% |
| Band G | 0.4% |
| Band H | 0% |
Compared with the North West average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (68%, against 60%) 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 | 54,780 | 35% | Band B (38%) |
| Terraced houses | 43,340 | 28% | Band A (80%) |
| Detached houses | 23,520 | 15% | Band D (40%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 15,550 | 10% | Band A (83%) |
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 Wigan goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Wigan council | £1,712.29 (80%) |
| Police | £285.30 (13%) |
| Combined authority | £153.95 (7%) |
£32.62 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 Wigan has changed
Band D went up by £121.39 (6.0%), from £2,030.15 in 2025-26 to £2,151.54 in 2026-27.
Band D in Wigan is £310.29 a year below the North West average of £2,461.83, and its 6.0% 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 17.5%, more than the North West average rise of 16.2%.
Band D in Wigan is the lowest of 35 councils in the North West, and the 23rd 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.
Wigan and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Bolton | £2,392.33 |
| St. Helens | £2,394.87 |
| Salford | £2,594.45 |
| Warrington | £2,403.03 |
| Trafford | £2,289.79 |
| Chorley | £2,404.87 |
Similar metropolitan boroughs
Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Wigan (154,550 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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