Arun Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Arun's largest property group sits in the lower half of the valuation ladder rather than at the Band D reference used in national tables. Its modal Band C charge is eight-ninths of the Band D rate, and 53.5% of the published stock lies below D. The headline alone does not show how often each band occurs. The stock-weighted amount applies the full distribution for an area-level comparison, while remaining an average rather than a household quotation.

Arun has a broad valuation-band profile: the largest 3 groups are needed before the cumulative share passes half of the stock. No single band dominates the local picture, which makes a one-band headline especially incomplete. The weighted result is useful for comparing this authority with peers, but the spread across 8 published bands matters just as much. A broad mix also means the area-level mean is less representative of any one household than it is in a concentrated council.

Arun occupies the middle half of the South East stock-weighted distribution, below its £2,511.00 median. The regional result gives more context than a UK-wide rank without turning the difference into a superlative. It also shows that the council's band mix, not only its published Band D rate, determines where it sits among nearby authorities. The remaining distance from the median is an area-level comparison rather than a household saving or premium.

Closest housing-stock shape: Central Bedfordshire

Central Bedfordshire is the closest full-distribution match for Arun. The profiles are close rather than identical: 4.3% of dwellings would need to shift between valuation bands for their published shares to align. The comparison therefore tests the whole ladder, not just the largest band.

Four largest band differences

• The largest separation sits at lower Band B, where Central Bedfordshire holds 19.0% of its stock and Arun holds 16.3%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
• Another material separation is lower on the ladder at Band A: Arun has 10.7% of dwellings there, against 8.4% in Central Bedfordshire. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
• A smaller distinction falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 20.9% of Arun's stock but 19.9% of Central Bedfordshire's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
• A smaller distinction sits at lower Band C, where Central Bedfordshire holds 27.4% of its stock and Arun holds 26.6%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward Arun
• Band B leans toward Central Bedfordshire
• Band C leans toward Central Bedfordshire
• Band D leans toward Arun
• Band E is closely balanced
• Band F is closely balanced
• Band G leans toward Central Bedfordshire
• Band H is closely balanced

This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.

Other close England matches for Arun: Dorset Council (4.4% redistribution distance); Wiltshire (4.7% redistribution distance); Lewes (5.4% redistribution distance); Rother (6.1% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Central Bedfordshire stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.