Council tax bands in Worthing 2026-27
Band D council tax in Worthing is £2,456.13 a year in 2026-27, about £245.61 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Worthing
Council tax in Worthing runs from £1,637.42 a year for Band A to £4,912.26 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,637.42 | £163.74 | £136.45 | £1,228.07 |
| Band B | £1,910.32 | £191.03 | £159.19 | £1,432.74 |
| Band C | £2,183.23 | £218.32 | £181.94 | £1,637.42 |
| Band D | £2,456.13 | £245.61 | £204.68 | £1,842.10 |
| Band E | £3,001.94 | £300.19 | £250.16 | £2,251.46 |
| Band F | £3,547.74 | £354.77 | £295.65 | £2,660.81 |
| Band G | £4,093.55 | £409.36 | £341.13 | £3,070.16 |
| Band H | £4,912.26 | £491.23 | £409.36 | £3,684.20 |
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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 Worthing
The most common band in Worthing is Band C (25% of homes). Flats, about 4 in 10 homes here, are most often Band A (43%). The most common kind of home is a 1-bedroom flat (9,140 homes), mostly Band A (76%). These are shares of all 52,170 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 | 16.2% |
| Band B | 22.4% |
| Band C | 25.3% |
| Band D | 18.8% |
| Band E | 10.8% |
| Band F | 4.7% |
| Band G | 1.8% |
| Band H | 0.1% |
Compared with the South East average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (39%, against 25%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (7%, against 15%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flats and maisonettes | 18,970 | 36% | Band A (43%) |
| Terraced houses | 11,360 | 22% | Band C (56%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 8,010 | 15% | Band D (48%) |
| Detached houses | 6,240 | 12% | Band E (36%) |
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 Worthing goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Worthing district council | £283.86 (12%) |
| County council | £1,890.36 (77%) |
| Police | £281.91 (11%) |
How council tax in Worthing has changed
Band D went up by £113.01 (4.8%), from £2,343.12 in 2025-26 to £2,456.13 in 2026-27.
Band D in Worthing is £30.84 a year above the South East average of £2,425.29, and its 4.8% rise this year was about the middle of the range for councils in the South East (South East average: 4.8%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.1%, close to the South East average rise of 15.3%.
Band D in Worthing is the 30th highest of 64 councils in the South East, and the 102nd 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.
Worthing and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Adur | £2,526.26 |
| Arun | £2,393.30 |
| Brighton and Hove | £2,579.44 |
| Horsham | £2,441.01 |
| Chichester | £2,370.07 |
| Lewes | £2,601.71 |
Similar district councils
Other district councils closest in size to Worthing (52,170 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| South Derbyshire | £2,306.78 | 51,890 |
| Mansfield | £2,596.16 | 51,840 |
| Rugby | £2,452.89 | 52,670 |
| Broxtowe | £2,582.05 | 52,680 |
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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