Hastings Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Band D is a poor description of the largest group in Hastings'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 £2,223.14 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 61.6% 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.

Hastings falls in the lower quarter of the South East stock-weighted ordering, below the regional median of £2,511.00. 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: Fenland

Fenland is the closest full-distribution match for Hastings. The profiles are close rather than identical: 3.7% 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 falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 13.0% of Hastings's stock but 10.4% of Fenland's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
• Another material separation sits at lower Band A, where Fenland holds 36.1% of its stock and Hastings holds 33.5%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
• A smaller distinction sits at lower Band C, where Fenland holds 18.8% of its stock and Hastings holds 17.6%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
• A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band B: Hastings has 28.0% of dwellings there, against 27.6% in Fenland. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward Fenland
• Band B is closely balanced
• Band C leans toward Fenland
• Band D leans toward Hastings
• Band E is closely balanced
• 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 Hastings: Birmingham (3.8% redistribution distance); Telford and the Wrekin (4.0% redistribution distance); Broxtowe (4.6% redistribution distance); Dudley (4.8% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Fenland stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.