East Staffordshire Council Tax 2026
West Midlands, England · 56,530 domestic properties
East Staffordshire Band D is £2,351.34 for 2026-27, the 219th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (1% above the UK average of £2,337.00).
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, East Staffordshire's published Band D Council Tax is £2,351.34 for 2026-27 (NEAR). Competition rank is 219th of 350 (higher than 37% of authorities).
- £2,351.34 Band D · NEAR
- 219th of 350 authorities
- +0.6% vs UK average
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, East Staffordshire's Band D Council Tax is £2,351.34 for 2026-27 (NEAR), the 219th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 37% of them) and 1% above 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.
- £2,351.34
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Near the UK average
- +4.16%
- year-on-year vs £2,257.48
- Lower-quarter rise
- +0.6%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,702.68
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
East Staffordshire · year-on-year Band D
What changed for East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,257.48 (2025-26) to £2,351.34 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 288.
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
East Staffordshire 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.
- £2,351.34 Published Band D 2026-27 NEAR
- 219th of 350 UK authorities 37th percentile
- +4.2% Year-on-year Band D MID
- 56,530 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 East Staffordshire Band D figure shows
The published Band D charge of £2,351.34 places East Staffordshire 219th 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 0.6% above the simple UK average of £2,337.00, while the percentile shows that 37% of the recorded authorities have a lower Band D charge.
The more useful local comparison is West Midlands. Here, East Staffordshire ranks 20th among 30 billing authorities, against a regional average of £2,400.00. 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.
East Staffordshire bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,567.56 | £156.76 | £1,175.67 |
| B | £1,828.82 | £182.88 | £1,371.62 |
| C | £2,090.08 | £209.01 | £1,567.56 |
| D | £2,351.34 | £235.13 | £1,763.51 |
| E | £2,873.86 | £287.39 | £2,155.40 |
| F | £3,396.38 | £339.64 | £2,547.29 |
| G | £3,918.90 | £391.89 | £2,939.18 |
| H | £4,702.68 | £470.27 | £3,527.01 |
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 Staffordshire's 56,530 properties actually pay
Most homes in East Staffordshire sit in Band A, the bottom of the valuation list: 18,430 of 56,530 dwellings (32.6%). 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: 71.5% of dwellings here are banded below D.
Stock-weighted average £2,074.97 is £276.37 (11.8%) below Band D £2,351.34 - 225th of 318 authorities with published counts (corpus mean £2,269.00). That places East Staffordshire 20th of the 30 billing authorities in West Midlands, below the regional median of £2,132.00.
East Staffordshire property mix · A–C / D / E–H · AHEAVY
Sums to 56,530 VOA dwellings, band mix, not a household bill.
Closest housing-stock shape: South Kesteven
South Kesteven is the closest full-distribution match for East Staffordshire. The profiles are close rather than identical: 3.9% 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 is lower on the ladder at Band A: East Staffordshire has 32.6% of dwellings there, against 29.7% in South Kesteven. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
- Another material separation is at reference Band D: its share is 12.0% in East Staffordshire and 14.3% in South Kesteven. The familiar benchmark represents a larger slice of the peer's housing stock.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band B, where South Kesteven holds 23.1% of its stock and East Staffordshire holds 21.8%. 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 G. East Staffordshire places 2.3% of dwellings there versus 1.7% for South Kesteven, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
Other close England matches for East Staffordshire: King's Lynn & West Norfolk (4.1% redistribution distance); Chorley (4.7% redistribution distance); Warrington (5.2% redistribution distance); Telford and the Wrekin (5.9% redistribution distance).
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 18,430 | 32.6% | £1,567.56 |
| B | 12,350 | 21.8% | £1,828.82 |
| C | 9,650 | 17.1% | £2,090.08 |
| D | 6,810 | 12.0% | £2,351.34 |
| E | 5,210 | 9.2% | £2,873.86 |
| F | 2,680 | 4.7% | £3,396.38 |
| G | 1,300 | 2.3% | £3,918.90 |
| H | 100 | 0.2% | £4,702.68 |
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 East Staffordshire on stock-weighted charge (AHEAVY) - a different ordering from Band D twins.
- Fenland£2,078.59
- Durham£2,075.09
- Newport£2,073.12
- City of Nottingham£2,071.05
- Darlington£2,070.55
East Staffordshire's nearest year-on-year movers · MID
East Staffordshire moved Band D from £2,257.48 to £2,351.34 (+4.16%, MID; competition rank 288th of 350). Closest published movements: Thanet, Folkestone & Hythe, Stafford.
- Thanet4.17%
- Folkestone & Hythe4.16%
- Stafford4.16%
- Bassetlaw4.15%
- Dartford4.15%
- Colchester4.14%
How East Staffordshire compares in West Midlands
Among the 30 billing authorities in West Midlands, East Staffordshire's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,351.34 ranks 20th of 30, higher than 33% of them (£48.66 below the West Midlands average of £2,400.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 18th | Birmingham | £2,362.90 |
| 19th | Lichfield | £2,351.90 |
| 20th | East Staffordshire | £2,351.34 |
| 21st | Staffordshire Moorlands | £2,338.21 |
| 22nd | Newcastle-under-Lyme | £2,334.25 |
Regional rank out of 30 West Midlands 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. This area Band D is a two-tier total for East Staffordshire: district charge plus county, police, fire where separate, and the average parish precept across the district. For a binding figure consult your East Staffordshire 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 East Staffordshire are the area Band D and statutory band multiples, already including county, police, fire and average parish precepts where they apply.