Bassetlaw Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Band D is a poor description of the largest group in Bassetlaw's housing stock. The dominant group is Band A, where the statutory charge is two-thirds of the Band D rate, while the reference band describes a different part of the valuation list. The £2,180.74 stock-weighted figure is therefore the more representative area-level comparison. It does not predict an individual bill, because discounts, exemptions and the property's actual valuation band still determine liability.

This is a two-band centre rather than a single-band market. Bands A and B together contain 64.8% of dwellings, so neither band should be presented as a complete account of the area. The stock-weighted result combines both groups and the smaller tails into one comparable measure. The table shows where that mean comes from and prevents the distribution being flattened into an overconfident "typical property" claim.

Bassetlaw occupies the middle half of the East Midlands stock-weighted distribution, above its £2,103.94 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: Rossendale

Rossendale is an exceptionally close stock-shape match for Bassetlaw: moving 2.6% 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 falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 12.3% of Bassetlaw's stock but 10.5% of Rossendale's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
• A smaller distinction sits at lower Band A, where Rossendale holds 50.1% of its stock and Bassetlaw holds 49.0%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
• A smaller distinction sits at lower Band C, where Rossendale holds 13.5% of its stock and Bassetlaw holds 12.4%. 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 F. Bassetlaw places 3.0% of dwellings there versus 2.2% for Rossendale, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward Rossendale
• Band B is closely balanced
• Band C leans toward Rossendale
• Band D leans toward Bassetlaw
• Band E is closely balanced
• Band F leans toward Bassetlaw
• Band G is closely balanced
• Band H is closely balanced

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

Other close England matches for Bassetlaw: Cumberland (5.4% redistribution distance); Wakefield (5.9% redistribution distance); Northumberland (6.5% redistribution distance); Bolton (6.6% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Rossendale stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.