Gloucester Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Band D is a poor description of the largest group in Gloucester'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 £1,969.79 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 57.6% 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.

Gloucester forms the lower edge of the South West peer set after each authority's housing mix is taken into account. Its position is therefore not just a low Band D headline: the weighted average remains lowest across the region's published stock profiles. The ranking is an area comparison, not a promise about a particular address, and the band table below retains the within-council variation that the rank compresses.

Closest housing-stock shape: Dudley

Dudley is the closest full-distribution match for Gloucester. The profiles are close rather than identical: 3.4% 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 C: Gloucester has 23.9% of dwellings there, against 21.9% in Dudley. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
• A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. Gloucester places 6.5% of dwellings there versus 5.0% for Dudley, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
• A smaller distinction is at reference Band D: its share is 10.2% in Gloucester and 11.5% in Dudley. The familiar benchmark represents a larger slice of the peer's housing stock.
• A smaller distinction sits at lower Band A, where Dudley holds 30.6% of its stock and Gloucester holds 29.4%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward Dudley
• Band B is closely balanced
• Band C leans toward Gloucester
• Band D leans toward Dudley
• Band E leans toward Gloucester
• Band F is closely balanced
• 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 Gloucester: Broxtowe (5.5% redistribution distance); Portsmouth (6.3% redistribution distance); North Kesteven (6.3% redistribution distance); Breckland (6.4% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Dudley stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.