Council tax bands in Wirral 2026-27
Band D council tax in Wirral is £2,500.59 a year in 2026-27, about £250.06 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Wirral
Council tax in Wirral runs from £1,667.06 a year for Band A to £5,001.18 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,667.06 | £166.71 | £138.92 | £1,250.30 |
| Band B | £1,944.90 | £194.49 | £162.08 | £1,458.68 |
| Band C | £2,222.75 | £222.28 | £185.23 | £1,667.06 |
| Band D | £2,500.59 | £250.06 | £208.38 | £1,875.44 |
| Band E | £3,056.28 | £305.63 | £254.69 | £2,292.21 |
| Band F | £3,611.96 | £361.20 | £301.00 | £2,708.97 |
| Band G | £4,167.65 | £416.77 | £347.30 | £3,125.74 |
| Band H | £5,001.18 | £500.12 | £416.77 | £3,750.89 |
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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 Wirral
Most homes in Wirral are in Bands A and B (62%). Semi-detached houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are most often Band C (36%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (40,870 homes), most often Band C (40%). These are shares of all 152,700 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 | 40.2% |
| Band B | 21.8% |
| Band C | 18.2% |
| Band D | 9% |
| Band E | 5.6% |
| Band F | 2.9% |
| Band G | 2.1% |
| Band H | 0.2% |
Compared with the North West average, there are about the same share in Bands A and B (62%, against 60%) and about the same share in Band F and above (5%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 54,130 | 35% | Band C (36%) |
| Terraced houses | 39,250 | 26% | Band A (73%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 29,100 | 19% | Band A (76%) |
| Detached houses | 17,940 | 12% | 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 Wirral goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Wirral council | £2,081.37 (83%) |
| Police | £293.97 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £101.25 (4%) |
| Combined authority | £24.00 (1%) |
£39.65 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
How council tax in Wirral has changed
Band D went up by £118.93 (5.0%), from £2,381.66 in 2025-26 to £2,500.59 in 2026-27.
Band D in Wirral is £38.76 a year above the North West average of £2,461.83, and its 5.0% rise this year was about the middle of the range for councils in the North West (North West average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.9%, close to the North West average rise of 16.2%.
Band D in Wirral is the 13th highest of 35 councils in the North West, and the 70th 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.
Wirral and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Liverpool | £2,673.59 |
| Sefton | £2,564.73 |
| Knowsley | £2,448.16 |
| Flintshire | £2,313.17 |
| Halton | £2,358.34 |
| St. Helens | £2,394.87 |
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Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Wirral (152,700 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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