East Hampshire Council Tax 2026
South East, England · 56,680 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, East Hampshire's Band D Council Tax is £2,343.92 for 2026-27, the 223rd highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 36% of them) and 0% above the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Gosport, Eastleigh, Babergh, Tewkesbury, then South Derbyshire, Chesterfield. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Winchester, Chichester, Wandsworth, Buckinghamshire.
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. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Gosport, Eastleigh, Babergh, Tewkesbury, then South Derbyshire, Chesterfield. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,343.92
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Near the UK average
- +5.03%
- year-on-year vs £2,231.64
- Middle-half rise
- +0.3%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,687.84
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Gosport, Eastleigh, Babergh, Tewkesbury, then South Derbyshire, Chesterfield. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Winchester, Chichester, Wandsworth, Buckinghamshire. Open Gosport for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
East Hampshire · year-on-year Band D
What changed for East Hampshire
East Hampshire's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,231.64 (2025-26) to £2,343.92 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 143.
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 changesEast Hampshire bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
East Hampshire's nearest Band D charges nationwide
East Hampshire is 223rd of 350 on the national Band D list at £2,343.92. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Gosport, Eastleigh, Babergh, Tewkesbury, then South Derbyshire, Chesterfield. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Gosport, ignore geography on purpose, so a map neighbour is not mistaken for a charge twin. Read the difference column as a pound gap; cross-check the South East ranking further down when you care about local neighbours, and the stock-weighted average when you care what most of East Hampshire's 56,680 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Winchester, Chichester, Wandsworth, Buckinghamshire.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Gosport | £2,344.29 | +£0.37 |
| Eastleigh | £2,342.21 | −£1.71 |
| Babergh | £2,341.55 | −£2.37 |
| Tewkesbury | £2,340.53 | −£3.39 |
| South Derbyshire | £2,339.61 | −£4.31 |
| Chesterfield | £2,339.49 | −£4.43 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,562.61 | £156.26 | £1,171.96 |
| B | £1,823.05 | £182.31 | £1,367.29 |
| C | £2,083.48 | £208.35 | £1,562.61 |
| D | £2,343.92 | £234.39 | £1,757.94 |
| E | £2,864.79 | £286.48 | £2,148.59 |
| F | £3,385.66 | £338.57 | £2,539.25 |
| G | £3,906.53 | £390.65 | £2,929.90 |
| H | £4,687.84 | £468.78 | £3,515.88 |
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 East Hampshire's 56,680 properties actually pay
East Hampshire's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band C, which covers 13,490 of 56,680 dwellings (23.8%). A Band C home is charged at eight-ninths of the Band D rate, which is why the typical bill here lands under the headline figure. It takes 3 bands — C, D, E — to cover half the stock, a wider spread than most authorities show. 40.5% of dwellings on the England valuation list here are banded below D.
Weighting each band's statutory charge by the number of properties in it gives a stock-weighted average of £2,564.79 per dwelling, £220.87 (9.4%) above the £2,343.92 Band D headline. On that measure East Hampshire is 56th of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. That places East Hampshire 31st of the 64 billing authorities in South East, above the regional median of £2,511.00.
How to read this stock pattern
East Hampshire'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 40.5% 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.
East Hampshire 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.
East Hampshire occupies the middle half of the South East stock-weighted distribution, above 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: Wealden
Wealden is an exceptionally close stock-shape match for East Hampshire: 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 appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band F. East Hampshire places 12.3% of dwellings there versus 10.8% for Wealden, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
- A smaller distinction is at reference Band D: its share is 20.5% in East Hampshire and 21.4% in Wealden. The familiar benchmark represents a larger slice of the peer's housing stock.
- A smaller distinction is an upper-band difference at Band G. Wealden records 9.7% of dwellings there, compared with 9.1% in East Hampshire, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
- A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. East Hampshire places 16.4% of dwellings there versus 16.0% for Wealden, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
How the wider profile compares
Across Bands A to C the combined shares differ by only 0.3%. That net figure can hide opposing band-level gaps, so the individual Band A, B and C comparisons above remain the safer guide to where the lower-band stock differs.
East Hampshire carries 1.2% more of its stock in Bands E and above than Wealden. The extra upper-tail weight is small enough for this to remain the nearest peer, but large enough to distinguish the two areas.
Both profiles peak in Band C, so the peer match agrees on the most common valuation group as well as the full-distribution distance. The band-by-band gaps above show why a shared mode does not make the profiles interchangeable.
Band B is the most stable point in the comparison, with shares of 11.3% and 11.3%. Reading that near-match beside the largest gaps prevents the peer label from hiding where the two published distributions actually agree.
Show every band direction
- Band A is closely balanced
- Band B is closely balanced
- Band C is closely balanced
- Band D leans toward Wealden
- Band E is closely balanced
- Band F leans toward East Hampshire
- Band G leans toward Wealden
- Band H is closely balanced
This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.
Other close England matches for East Hampshire: Winchester (2.6% redistribution distance); Chichester (3.3% redistribution distance); Wandsworth (4.4% redistribution distance); Buckinghamshire (5.5% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Wealden stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 3,080 | 5.4% | £1,562.61 |
| B | 6,390 | 11.3% | £1,823.05 |
| C | 13,490 | 23.8% | £2,083.48 |
| D | 11,610 | 20.5% | £2,343.92 |
| E | 9,290 | 16.4% | £2,864.79 |
| F | 6,980 | 12.3% | £3,385.66 |
| G | 5,160 | 9.1% | £3,906.53 |
| H | 680 | 1.2% | £4,687.84 |
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
These are the closest authorities to East Hampshire on the stock-weighted measure, which is a different ordering from the Band D neighbours above because it accounts for how each area's properties are banded.
- Epping Forest£2,577.30
- Bromsgrove£2,572.64
- Dacorum£2,567.37
- Wiltshire£2,563.60
- Ceredigion£2,551.72
East Hampshire's nearest year-on-year movers
East Hampshire moved Band D from £2,231.64 to £2,343.92 (+5.03%, competition rank 143rd of 350). The closest published movements sit with Brighton & Hove, Slough, South Cambridgeshire.
- Brighton & Hove5.04%
- Slough5.04%
- South Cambridgeshire5.04%
- Stoke-on-Trent5.04%
- Hart5.03%
- Leicester City5.03%
How East Hampshire compares in South East
Among the 64 billing authorities in South East, East Hampshire's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,343.92 ranks 54th of 64, higher than 16% of them (£131.08 below the South East average of £2,475.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
Regional low-charge outlier: this authority sits in the least costly fifth of South East.
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 52nd | Winchester | £2,359.76 |
| 53rd | Gosport | £2,344.29 |
| 54th | East Hampshire | £2,343.92 |
| 55th | Eastleigh | £2,342.21 |
| 56th | Medway | £2,328.55 |
Regional rank out of 64 South East billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
Questions answered from East Hampshire's data
These answers use East Hampshire's £2,343.92 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band C, 40.5% below D).
Is East Hampshire Council Tax above the UK average?
East Hampshire's 2026-27 Band D rate is £2,343.92, 0.3% above the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 223rd of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Gosport, Eastleigh, Babergh, Tewkesbury, then South Derbyshire, Chesterfield.
Which councils have charges closest to East Hampshire?
The closest published Band D rates are Gosport (£2,344.29), Eastleigh (£2,342.21), Babergh (£2,341.55), Tewkesbury (£2,340.53), South Derbyshire (£2,339.61), Chesterfield (£2,339.49). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from East Hampshire.
What is the average Council Tax bill in East Hampshire?
Across East Hampshire's 56,680 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £2,564.79 for 2026-27. That is £220.87 above the £2,343.92 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band C (23.8% of the stock) and 40.5% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Winchester, Chichester, Wandsworth, Buckinghamshire. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did East Hampshire Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £2,231.64 to £2,343.92, a 5.03% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 143rd of 350; the closest movements include Brighton & Hove, Slough, South Cambridgeshire.
Advice boundary for East Hampshire
They are not personalised advice - expand a question for the figure that matches the tables above for the 2026-27 vintage, then follow the methodology or gov.uk links for a binding bill on a specific property.
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. This area Band D is a two-tier total for East Hampshire: district charge plus county, police, fire where separate, and the average parish precept across the district. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Gosport, Eastleigh, Babergh, Tewkesbury, then South Derbyshire, Chesterfield. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Winchester, Chichester, Wandsworth, Buckinghamshire. For a binding figure consult your East Hampshire Council Tax bill or the official gov.uk Council Tax service. Figures published in 2026 reflect the 2026/2027 financial year only.
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Charges shown for East Hampshire are the area Band D and statutory band multiples, already including county, police, fire and average parish precepts where they apply. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Gosport, Eastleigh, Babergh, Tewkesbury, then South Derbyshire, Chesterfield.