Barnsley Council Tax 2026
Yorkshire and The Humber, England · 115,780 domestic properties
Barnsley Band D is £2,325.96 for 2026-27, the 238th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (0% below the UK average of £2,337.00).
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Barnsley's published Band D Council Tax is £2,325.96 for 2026-27 (NEAR). Competition rank is 238th of 350 (higher than 32% of authorities).
- £2,325.96 Band D · NEAR
- 238th of 350 authorities
- -0.5% vs UK average
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Barnsley's Band D Council Tax is £2,325.96 for 2026-27 (NEAR), the 238th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 32% of them) and 0% below the UK average of £2,337.00.
How we calculate this rank & percentile
We compare every UK billing authority with a published 2026-27 Band D rate (350 in total). Rank is one plus the number with a higher charge, so equal charges share a rank. Percentile is round(authorities with a lower charge ÷ 350 × 100). The UK average is the simple mean of every council's Band D rate in our coverage set. Because the rank spans all three nations, it compares what each authority charges, not what each charge buys. English bands rest on 1991 property values in eight bands, A to H, while Scotland uses its own 1991 thresholds and Wales revalued to 2003 values with a ninth band. An English Band D home is therefore not the same property profile as a Welsh or Scottish one. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,325.96
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Near the UK average
- +3.77%
- year-on-year vs £2,241.35
- Lower-quarter rise
- -0.5%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,651.92
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Barnsley · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Barnsley
Barnsley's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,241.35 (2025-26) to £2,325.96 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 323.
How to read this Band D change
This is a change in the published Band D charge, not advice about household bills. Precepts, discounts, and banding decide the amount you pay.
See UK year-on-year changesMHCLG/VOA position brief
Barnsley Band D posture in the 2026-27 corpus
Entity-varying stamps from the joined MHCLG, Scottish CTAS and StatsWales extract plus VOA CTSOP stock counts, ABS(charge) peers, not map neighbours.
- £2,325.96 Published Band D 2026-27 NEAR
- 238th of 350 UK authorities 32nd percentile
- +3.8% Year-on-year Band D MID
- 115,780 VOA dwellings on list AHEAVY
Band D charge neighbourhood
Published 2026-27 Band D among the nearest pound-gap peers (snapshot 2026-10-02).
Derived position reading
What the Barnsley Band D figure shows
The published Band D charge of £2,325.96 places Barnsley 238th out of 350 UK billing authorities when ordered from the highest charge down. That position is derived from the full authority table, rather than from a single quoted comparison. It is 0.5% below the simple UK average of £2,337.00, while the percentile shows that 32% of the recorded authorities have a lower Band D charge.
The more useful local comparison is Yorkshire and The Humber. Here, Barnsley ranks 10th among 15 billing authorities, against a regional average of £2,374.00. The table of nearby authorities therefore compares published charges in the same geography, not property values or the level of service a household receives. Equal Band D charges share a position, so the ranking does not invent a difference where the underlying values match.
Band D is a statutory reference point, not a bill for every household. Charges for the other bands are calculated from the applicable national ratios, and discounts or exemptions can change an individual bill. This page is best used to understand the current published schedule and how this authority sits within the recorded 2026-27 council-tax corpus.
Barnsley bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,550.64 | £155.06 | £1,162.98 |
| B | £1,809.08 | £180.91 | £1,356.81 |
| C | £2,067.52 | £206.75 | £1,550.64 |
| D | £2,325.96 | £232.60 | £1,744.47 |
| E | £2,842.84 | £284.28 | £2,132.13 |
| F | £3,359.72 | £335.97 | £2,519.79 |
| G | £3,876.60 | £387.66 | £2,907.45 |
| H | £4,651.92 | £465.19 | £3,488.94 |
England 1991 valuation ranges (Band A–H)
- Band A: Up to £40,000 (1991 valuation)
- Band B: £40,001 to £52,000
- Band C: £52,001 to £68,000
- Band D: £68,001 to £88,000 (reference band)
- Band E: £88,001 to £120,000
- Band F: £120,001 to £160,000
- Band G: £160,001 to £320,000
- Band H: Over £320,000
Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27 (area Band D) + statutory England band ratios documented in our methodology. Monthly figure is the annual charge / 10 (most councils use 10 monthly instalments). The sole-occupant column applies the statutory 25% single-person discount, payable when only one adult lives in the property.
What Barnsley's 115,780 properties actually pay
Most homes in Barnsley sit in Band A, the bottom of the valuation list: 65,320 of 115,780 dwellings (56.4%). Band A is charged at two-thirds of the Band D rate, so the headline figure above describes a property type that is in the minority here. VOA CTSOP stamp AHEAVY: 85.8% of dwellings here are banded below D.
Stock-weighted average £1,813.10 is £512.86 (22.0%) below Band D £2,325.96 - 303rd of 318 authorities with published counts (corpus mean £2,269.00). That places Barnsley 13th of the 15 billing authorities in Yorkshire and The Humber, below the regional median of £1,939.70.
Barnsley property mix · A–C / D / E–H · AHEAVY
Sums to 115,780 VOA dwellings, band mix, not a household bill.
Closest housing-stock shape: Bolsover
Bolsover is an exceptionally close stock-shape match for Barnsley: moving 2.0% of dwellings between valuation bands would make the two published distributions align. That is a stricter comparison than sharing a modal band, because all published bands contribute to the distance.
Four largest band differences
- The largest separation sits at lower Band B, where Bolsover holds 17.8% of its stock and Barnsley holds 16.8%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band A, where Bolsover holds 57.4% of its stock and Barnsley holds 56.4%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. Barnsley places 3.6% of dwellings there versus 2.9% for Bolsover, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
- A smaller distinction falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 8.5% of Barnsley's stock but 7.9% of Bolsover's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
Other close England matches for Barnsley: Durham (2.6% redistribution distance); Sheffield (2.6% redistribution distance); Blackburn with Darwen (2.6% redistribution distance); Manchester (2.8% redistribution distance).
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 65,320 | 56.4% | £1,550.64 |
| B | 19,450 | 16.8% | £1,809.08 |
| C | 14,620 | 12.6% | £2,067.52 |
| D | 9,800 | 8.5% | £2,325.96 |
| E | 4,180 | 3.6% | £2,842.84 |
| F | 1,640 | 1.4% | £3,359.72 |
| G | 710 | 0.6% | £3,876.60 |
| H | 60 | 0.1% | £4,651.92 |
Property-stock source, rounding and weighting notes
Property counts: VOA, Council Tax: stock of properties 2025 (Table CTSOP1.0_SUP, as at 9 September 2025), Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts are published rounded to the nearest 10, so shares are approximate and may not sum to exactly 100%. The stock-weighted average is our calculation: each band's 2026/2027 charge multiplied by its property count, divided by the total. It is a mean across the whole stock, not a bill any individual household receives.
Authorities charging a similar average across their stock
Closest to Barnsley on stock-weighted charge (AHEAVY) - a different ordering from Band D twins.
- Chesterfield£1,830.17
- Derby City£1,829.57
- Caerphilly£1,828.97
- Boston£1,805.28
- Manchester£1,804.66
Barnsley's nearest year-on-year movers · MID
Barnsley moved Band D from £2,241.35 to £2,325.96 (+3.77%, MID; competition rank 323rd of 350). Closest published movements: South Ribble, Burnley, Ribble Valley.
MID signal for Barnsley: increase below 4% - slower-moving part of the current dataset.
- South Ribble3.85%
- Burnley3.81%
- Ribble Valley3.78%
- Chorley3.73%
- City of Nottingham3.73%
- Harlow3.71%
How Barnsley compares in Yorkshire and The Humber
Among the 15 billing authorities in Yorkshire and The Humber, Barnsley's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,325.96 ranks 10th of 15, higher than 33% of them (£48.04 below the Yorkshire and The Humber average of £2,374.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 8th | Bradford | £2,360.73 |
| 9th | North Lincolnshire | £2,348.46 |
| 10th | Barnsley | £2,325.96 |
| 11th | Wakefield | £2,296.89 |
| 12th | Kingston upon Hull | £2,295.04 |
Regional rank out of 15 Yorkshire and The Humber billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
Council Tax figure, precept and liability disclaimer
Council Tax charges shown on this page are derived from the published England Band D dataset and statutory England band ratios. They are intended as informational guidance, not as a personalised tax statement or legal advice. Your actual bill depends on your property's assigned band and on any discounts or exemptions that apply to your household. Barnsley is a metropolitan borough: own charge plus policing and fire precepts, with parish elements uncommon. For a binding figure consult your Barnsley Council Tax bill or the official gov.uk Council Tax service. Figures published in 2026 reflect the 2026/2027 financial year only.
UK directories, Band D rollup and band challenge
Charges shown for Barnsley are the area Band D and statutory band multiples with no county tier.