Bath & North East Somerset Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Bath & North East Somerset'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 57.9% 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.

Bath & North East Somerset 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.

Bath & North East Somerset occupies the middle half of the South West stock-weighted distribution, below its £2,376.53 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: South Staffordshire

South Staffordshire is the closest full-distribution match for Bath & North East Somerset. The profiles are close rather than identical: 3.5% 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 A, where South Staffordshire holds 14.0% of its stock and Bath & North East Somerset holds 10.9%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
• A smaller distinction falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 16.7% of Bath & North East Somerset's stock but 15.3% of South Staffordshire's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
• A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band G. Bath & North East Somerset places 6.0% of dwellings there versus 5.0% for South Staffordshire, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
• A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. Bath & North East Somerset places 12.0% of dwellings there versus 11.3% for South Staffordshire, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward South Staffordshire
• Band B is closely balanced
• Band C is closely balanced
• Band D leans toward Bath & North East Somerset
• Band E leans toward Bath & North East Somerset
• Band F is closely balanced
• Band G leans toward Bath & North East Somerset
• Band H is closely balanced

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

Other close England matches for Bath & North East Somerset: Lichfield (3.7% redistribution distance); Bedford (4.2% redistribution distance); Stroud (4.3% redistribution distance); North Somerset (4.9% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether South Staffordshire stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.