Council tax bands in Wolverhampton 2026-27
Band D council tax in Wolverhampton is £2,538.99 a year in 2026-27, about £253.90 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Wolverhampton
Council tax in Wolverhampton runs from £1,692.66 a year for Band A to £5,077.98 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,692.66 | £169.27 | £141.06 | £1,269.50 |
| Band B | £1,974.77 | £197.48 | £164.56 | £1,481.08 |
| Band C | £2,256.88 | £225.69 | £188.07 | £1,692.66 |
| Band D | £2,538.99 | £253.90 | £211.58 | £1,904.24 |
| Band E | £3,103.21 | £310.32 | £258.60 | £2,327.41 |
| Band F | £3,667.43 | £366.74 | £305.62 | £2,750.57 |
| Band G | £4,231.65 | £423.17 | £352.64 | £3,173.74 |
| Band H | £5,077.98 | £507.80 | £423.17 | £3,808.48 |
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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 Wolverhampton
Most homes in Wolverhampton are in Band A (50%). Semi-detached houses, about 4 in 10 homes here, are most often Band B (36%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (34,950 homes), most often Band B (35%). These are shares of all 114,270 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 | 50.4% |
| Band B | 22.4% |
| Band C | 15.5% |
| Band D | 6.5% |
| Band E | 2.8% |
| Band F | 1.5% |
| Band G | 0.9% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the West Midlands average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (73%, against 54%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (3%, against 7%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 44,950 | 39% | Band B (36%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 25,110 | 22% | Band A (87%) |
| Terraced houses | 24,660 | 22% | Band A (73%) |
| Detached houses | 13,420 | 12% | Band D (37%) |
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 Wolverhampton goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Wolverhampton council | £2,209.30 (87%) |
| Police | £244.50 (10%) |
| Fire and rescue | £85.19 (3%) |
£42.09 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
How council tax in Wolverhampton has changed
Band D went up by £125.01 (5.2%), from £2,413.98 in 2025-26 to £2,538.99 in 2026-27.
Band D in Wolverhampton is £178.85 a year above the West Midlands average of £2,360.14, and its 5.2% rise this year was bigger than most councils in the West Midlands (West Midlands average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 16.2%, close to the West Midlands average rise of 17.2%.
Band D in Wolverhampton is the 2nd highest of 30 councils in the West Midlands, and the 49th 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.
Wolverhampton and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Walsall | £2,627.48 |
| South Staffordshire | £2,313.67 |
| Dudley | £2,144.84 |
| Sandwell | £2,244.46 |
| Cannock Chase | £2,344.57 |
| Birmingham | £2,353.17 |
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Other metropolitan boroughs closest in size to Wolverhampton (114,270 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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