Hackney Council Tax 2026
London, England · 120,930 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Hackney's Band D Council Tax is £2,060.30 for 2026-27, the 305th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 13% of them) and 12% below the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Newport, Caerphilly, Isles of Scilly, Lambeth, then Hillingdon, Cardiff. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Lewisham, Colchester, Canterbury, Braintree.
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 Newport, Caerphilly, Isles of Scilly, Lambeth, then Hillingdon, Cardiff. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,060.30
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Below the UK average
- +4.77%
- year-on-year vs £1,966.51
- Middle-half rise
- -11.8%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,120.60
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Newport, Caerphilly, Isles of Scilly, Lambeth, then Hillingdon, Cardiff. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Lewisham, Colchester, Canterbury, Braintree. Open Newport for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
Hackney · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Hackney
Hackney's Band D Council Tax rose from £1,966.51 (2025-26) to £2,060.30 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 225.
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 changesHackney bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Hackney's nearest Band D charges nationwide
Hackney is 305th of 350 on the national Band D list at £2,060.30. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Newport, Caerphilly, Isles of Scilly, Lambeth, then Hillingdon, Cardiff. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Newport, 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 London ranking further down when you care about local neighbours, and the stock-weighted average when you care what most of Hackney's 120,930 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Lewisham, Colchester, Canterbury, Braintree.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Newport | £2,088.48 | +£28.18 |
| Caerphilly | £2,082.88 | +£22.58 |
| Isles of Scilly | £2,047.96 | −£12.34 |
| Lambeth | £2,047.11 | −£13.19 |
| Hillingdon | £2,045.46 | −£14.84 |
| Cardiff | £2,013.18 | −£47.12 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,373.53 | £137.35 | £1,030.15 |
| B | £1,602.46 | £160.25 | £1,201.85 |
| C | £1,831.38 | £183.14 | £1,373.54 |
| D | £2,060.30 | £206.03 | £1,545.23 |
| E | £2,518.14 | £251.81 | £1,888.61 |
| F | £2,975.99 | £297.60 | £2,231.99 |
| G | £3,433.83 | £343.38 | £2,575.37 |
| H | £4,120.60 | £412.06 | £3,090.45 |
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 Hackney's 120,930 properties actually pay
Hackney's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band C, which covers 36,050 of 120,930 dwellings (29.8%). 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. Bands B and C between them account for 56.0% of the stock. 62.8% 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 £1,930.12 per dwelling, £130.18 (6.3%) below the £2,060.30 Band D headline, because most of the stock sits in bands charged at less than the Band D rate. On that measure Hackney is 278th of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. That places Hackney 26th of the 33 billing authorities in London, below the regional median of £2,261.38.
How to read this stock pattern
Hackney'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 62.8% 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.
This is a two-band centre rather than a single-band market. Bands B and C together contain 56.0% 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.
Hackney falls in the lower quarter of the London stock-weighted ordering, below the regional median of £2,261.38. Its Band D figure may sit elsewhere in the national table, but applying the local stock mix produces a cheaper regional comparison. That difference is precisely why both measures are shown. Neither replaces an address-level bill, which depends on the property's valuation band and any applicable reductions.
Closest housing-stock shape: Broadland
Broadland is the nearest available full-distribution peer for Hackney, although the match is not tight. Aligning the two published profiles would require 6.8% of dwellings to move between valuation bands. Even the closest council therefore has a materially different housing-stock shape.
Four largest band differences
- The largest separation sits at lower Band C, where Broadland holds 34.9% of its stock and Hackney holds 29.8%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- Another material separation falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 20.9% of Hackney's stock but 17.0% of Broadland's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
- Another material separation appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. Hackney places 11.2% of dwellings there versus 9.1% for Broadland, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band A, where Broadland holds 8.1% of its stock and Hackney holds 6.8%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
How the wider profile compares
Broadland is more concentrated across Bands A to C in aggregate, by 5.8% of its stock. Hackney's closest match is therefore achieved despite the peer carrying more homes below the reference band.
Hackney carries 2.0% more of its stock in Bands E and above than Broadland. 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 H is the most stable point in the comparison, with shares of 0.0% and 0.2%. 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 leans toward Broadland
- Band B leans toward Hackney
- Band C leans toward Broadland
- Band D leans toward Hackney
- Band E leans toward Hackney
- 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 Hackney: Lewisham (7.4% redistribution distance); Colchester (7.8% redistribution distance); Canterbury (7.9% redistribution distance); Braintree (8.1% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Broadland stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 8,170 | 6.8% | £1,373.53 |
| B | 31,670 | 26.2% | £1,602.46 |
| C | 36,050 | 29.8% | £1,831.38 |
| D | 25,230 | 20.9% | £2,060.30 |
| E | 13,500 | 11.2% | £2,518.14 |
| F | 4,940 | 4.1% | £2,975.99 |
| G | 1,320 | 1.1% | £3,433.83 |
| H | 50 | 0.0% | £4,120.60 |
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 Hackney 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.
- Leeds£1,931.89
- Blackburn with Darwen£1,931.18
- Bolton£1,930.45
- Southampton£1,927.33
- Telford and the Wrekin£1,926.34
Hackney's nearest year-on-year movers
Hackney moved Band D from £1,966.51 to £2,060.30 (+4.77%, competition rank 225th of 350). The closest published movements sit with Amber Valley, Barnet, Greenwich.
- Amber Valley4.77%
- Barnet4.77%
- Greenwich4.77%
- Hillingdon4.77%
- Islington4.77%
- Lambeth4.77%
How Hackney compares in London
Among the 33 billing authorities in London, Hackney's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,060.30 ranks 23rd of 33, higher than 30% of them (£29.70 below the London average of £2,090.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 21st | Islington | £2,108.15 |
| 22nd | Greenwich | £2,107.86 |
| 23rd | Hackney | £2,060.30 |
| 24th | Lambeth | £2,047.11 |
| 25th | Hillingdon | £2,045.46 |
Regional rank out of 33 London billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
Questions answered from Hackney's data
These answers use Hackney's £2,060.30 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band C, 62.8% below D).
Is Hackney Council Tax above the UK average?
Hackney's 2026-27 Band D rate is £2,060.30, 11.8% below the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 305th of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Newport, Caerphilly, Isles of Scilly, Lambeth, then Hillingdon, Cardiff.
Which councils have charges closest to Hackney?
The closest published Band D rates are Newport (£2,088.48), Caerphilly (£2,082.88), Isles of Scilly (£2,047.96), Lambeth (£2,047.11), Hillingdon (£2,045.46), Cardiff (£2,013.18). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from Hackney.
What is the average Council Tax bill in Hackney?
Across Hackney's 120,930 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £1,930.12 for 2026-27. That is £130.18 below the £2,060.30 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band C (29.8% of the stock) and 62.8% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Lewisham, Colchester, Canterbury, Braintree. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did Hackney Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £1,966.51 to £2,060.30, a 4.77% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 225th of 350; the closest movements include Amber Valley, Barnet, Greenwich.
Advice boundary for Hackney
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. Hackney's Band D already includes the borough charge plus the Mayor of London's GLA precept for capital-wide services. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Newport, Caerphilly, Isles of Scilly, Lambeth, then Hillingdon, Cardiff. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Lewisham, Colchester, Canterbury, Braintree. For a binding figure consult your Hackney 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 Hackney are the area Band D and statutory band multiples, including the GLA precept. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Newport, Caerphilly, Isles of Scilly, Lambeth, then Hillingdon, Cardiff.