Council tax bands in Wiltshire 2026-27
Band D council tax in Wiltshire is £2,376.37 a year in 2026-27, about £237.64 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Wiltshire
Council tax in Wiltshire runs from £1,584.25 a year for Band A to £4,752.74 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,584.25 | £158.43 | £132.02 | £1,188.19 |
| Band B | £1,848.29 | £184.83 | £154.02 | £1,386.22 |
| Band C | £2,112.33 | £211.23 | £176.03 | £1,584.25 |
| Band D | £2,376.37 | £237.64 | £198.03 | £1,782.28 |
| Band E | £2,904.45 | £290.45 | £242.04 | £2,178.34 |
| Band F | £3,432.53 | £343.25 | £286.04 | £2,574.40 |
| Band G | £3,960.62 | £396.06 | £330.05 | £2,970.47 |
| Band H | £4,752.74 | £475.27 | £396.06 | £3,564.56 |
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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 Wiltshire
The most common band in Wiltshire is Band C (25% 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 (41,130 homes), mostly Band C (55%). These are shares of all 234,170 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 | 11.6% |
| Band B | 18.4% |
| Band C | 25.2% |
| Band D | 17.7% |
| Band E | 13.6% |
| Band F | 8% |
| Band G | 4.9% |
| Band H | 0.6% |
Compared with the South West average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (30%, against 41%) and more homes in Band F and above (14%, against 9%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | 61,590 | 26% | Band E (34%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 58,370 | 25% | Band C (49%) |
| Terraced houses | 54,220 | 23% | Band B (38%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 28,960 | 12% | Band A (52%) |
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 Wiltshire goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Wiltshire council | £1,981.15 (83%) |
| Police | £298.27 (13%) |
| Fire and rescue | £96.95 (4%) |
£37.74 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 Wiltshire has changed
Band D went up by £114.16 (5.1%), from £2,262.21 in 2025-26 to £2,376.37 in 2026-27.
Including parish charges, the average Band D bill went up by £128.38 (5.3%), from £2,443.40 to £2,571.78.
Band D in Wiltshire is £75.82 a year below the South West average of £2,452.19, and its 5.1% 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 15.3%, close to the South West average rise of 16.1%.
Band D in Wiltshire is the 11th lowest of 27 councils in the South West, and the 138th 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.
Wiltshire and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Swindon | £2,261.72 |
| Test Valley | £2,247.32 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | £2,317.66 |
| South Gloucestershire | £2,550.59 |
| West Berkshire | £2,406.91 |
| Vale of White Horse | £2,471.75 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Wiltshire (234,170 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire | £2,418.35 | 240,030 |
| Bristol | £2,713.68 | 214,470 |
| County Durham | £2,499.97 | 257,340 |
| Somerset | £2,368.18 | 273,500 |
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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