Council tax bands in Wokingham 2026-27
Average Band D council tax in Wokingham, including parish charges, is £2,497.70 a year in 2026-27, about £249.77 a month over 10 payments.
Every home in Wokingham is in a parish that charges, so no home pays the basic charge of £2,416.99 alone.
Every band in Wokingham
On average, council tax in Wokingham runs from £1,665.13 a year for Band A to £4,995.40 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,665.13 | £166.51 | £138.76 | £1,248.85 |
| Band B | £1,942.66 | £194.27 | £161.89 | £1,457.00 |
| Band C | £2,220.18 | £222.02 | £185.02 | £1,665.13 |
| Band D | £2,497.70 | £249.77 | £208.14 | £1,873.28 |
| Band E | £3,052.74 | £305.27 | £254.40 | £2,289.55 |
| Band F | £3,607.79 | £360.78 | £300.65 | £2,705.84 |
| Band G | £4,162.83 | £416.28 | £346.90 | £3,122.12 |
| Band H | £4,995.40 | £499.54 | £416.28 | £3,746.55 |
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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 Wokingham
Most homes in Wokingham are in Bands D and E (51%). Detached houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are most often Band E (35%). The most common kind of home is a 4-bedroom detached house (14,770 homes), most often Band F (47%). These are shares of all 75,560 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 | 2.7% |
| Band B | 5.7% |
| Band C | 16.2% |
| Band D | 28.1% |
| Band E | 22.6% |
| Band F | 14.8% |
| Band G | 9.1% |
| Band H | 0.8% |
Compared with the South East average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (8%, against 25%) and more homes in Band F and above (25%, against 15%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | 27,230 | 36% | Band E (35%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 18,320 | 24% | Band D (63%) |
| Terraced houses | 11,940 | 16% | Band D (45%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 10,910 | 14% | Band C (50%) |
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 Wokingham goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Wokingham council | £2,027.40 (81%) |
| Police | £298.28 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £91.31 (4%) |
| Parish and town councils (average) | £80.71 (3%) |
£38.62 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
The parish share is the average across every parish; each parish sets its own.
How council tax in Wokingham has changed
The average Band D including parish charges went up by £121.59 (5.1%), from £2,376.11 in 2025-26 to £2,497.70 in 2026-27.
Band D in Wokingham is £72.41 a year above the South East average of £2,425.29, and its 5.1% rise this year was bigger than most councils in the South East (South East average: 4.8%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.8%, close to the South East average rise of 15.3%.
Band D in Wokingham is the 22nd highest of 64 councils in the South East, and the 72nd 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.
Wokingham and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Reading | £2,612.77 |
| Bracknell Forest | £2,264.80 |
| Hart | £2,400.02 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £1,916.22 |
| Surrey Heath | £2,559.06 |
| Rushmoor | £2,320.28 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Wokingham (75,560 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| North East Lincolnshire | £2,460.36 | 76,450 |
| Isle of Wight | £2,625.79 | 73,280 |
| West Berkshire | £2,406.91 | 72,810 |
| North Lincolnshire | £2,293.48 | 78,540 |
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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