Isles of Scilly Council Tax 2026
South West, England · 1,170 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Isles of Scilly's Band D Council Tax is £2,047.96 for 2026-27, the 306th 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, Hackney, Lambeth, then Hillingdon, Cardiff. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Richmond upon Thames, St Albans, Wokingham, Hart.
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, Hackney, Lambeth, then Hillingdon, Cardiff. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,047.96
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Below the UK average
- +5.02%
- year-on-year vs £1,950.03
- Middle-half rise
- -12.4%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,095.92
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Newport, Caerphilly, Hackney, Lambeth, then Hillingdon, Cardiff. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Richmond upon Thames, St Albans, Wokingham, Hart. Open Newport for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
Isles of Scilly · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Isles of Scilly
Isles of Scilly's Band D Council Tax rose from £1,950.03 (2025-26) to £2,047.96 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 146.
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 changesIsles of Scilly bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Isles of Scilly's nearest Band D charges nationwide
Isles of Scilly is 306th of 350 on the national Band D list at £2,047.96. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Newport, Caerphilly, Hackney, 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 South West ranking further down when you care about local neighbours, and the stock-weighted average when you care what most of Isles of Scilly's 1,170 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Richmond upon Thames, St Albans, Wokingham, Hart.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Newport | £2,088.48 | +£40.52 |
| Caerphilly | £2,082.88 | +£34.92 |
| Hackney | £2,060.30 | +£12.34 |
| Lambeth | £2,047.11 | −£0.85 |
| Hillingdon | £2,045.46 | −£2.50 |
| Cardiff | £2,013.18 | −£34.78 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,365.31 | £136.53 | £1,023.98 |
| B | £1,592.86 | £159.29 | £1,194.65 |
| C | £1,820.41 | £182.04 | £1,365.31 |
| D | £2,047.96 | £204.80 | £1,535.97 |
| E | £2,503.06 | £250.31 | £1,877.30 |
| F | £2,958.16 | £295.82 | £2,218.62 |
| G | £3,413.27 | £341.33 | £2,559.95 |
| H | £4,095.92 | £409.59 | £3,071.94 |
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 Isles of Scilly's 1,170 properties actually pay
Isles of Scilly is unusual in having its stock peak above the reference band: Band E is the commonest, at 330 of 1,170 dwellings (28.2%), and is charged at eleven-ninths of the Band D rate. The headline Band D figure understates what a typical household here is billed. Bands D and E between them account for 51.3% of the stock. 13.7% 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 £2,512.79 per dwelling, £464.83 (22.7%) above the £2,047.96 Band D headline. On that measure Isles of Scilly is 65th of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. That places Isles of Scilly 9th of the 27 billing authorities in South West, above the regional median of £2,376.53.
How to read this stock pattern
Isles of Scilly's housing stock is tilted above the Band D reference point, so the usual headline works in the opposite direction from lower-banded areas. The modal Band E is charged at eleven-ninths of the Band D rate, and the £2,512.79 stock-weighted result captures that upper-band pressure. In this case Band D tends to understate the centre of the council's published stock. Individual liability can still differ through the property's exact band, discounts, exemptions and local collection arrangements.
This is a two-band centre rather than a single-band market. Bands D and E together contain 51.3% 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.
Isles of Scilly occupies the middle half of the South West stock-weighted distribution, above its £2,376.53 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: Epsom & Ewell
Epsom & Ewell is the nearest available full-distribution peer for Isles of Scilly, although the match is not tight. Aligning the two published profiles would require 14.1% 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 appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band F. Isles of Scilly places 23.1% of dwellings there versus 14.5% for Epsom & Ewell, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
- Another material separation sits at lower Band C, where Epsom & Ewell holds 16.8% of its stock and Isles of Scilly holds 9.4%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- Another material separation is at reference Band D: its share is 23.1% in Isles of Scilly and 27.9% in Epsom & Ewell. The familiar benchmark represents a larger slice of the peer's housing stock.
- Another material separation appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. Isles of Scilly places 28.2% of dwellings there versus 23.5% for Epsom & Ewell, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
How the wider profile compares
Epsom & Ewell is more concentrated across Bands A to C in aggregate, by 7.5% of its stock. Isles of Scilly's closest match is therefore achieved despite the peer carrying more homes below the reference band.
Isles of Scilly carries 12.3% more of its stock in Bands E and above than Epsom & Ewell. The extra upper-tail weight is small enough for this to remain the nearest peer, but large enough to distinguish the two areas.
Isles of Scilly and Epsom & Ewell do not even peak in the same valuation band: the peer's largest group is Band D. Their total-variation match is therefore built from offsetting shares across the ladder, not from one identical headline category.
Band A is the most stable point in the comparison, with shares of 0.9% and 0.5%. 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 leans toward Epsom & Ewell
- Band D leans toward Epsom & Ewell
- Band E leans toward Isles of Scilly
- Band F leans toward Isles of Scilly
- Band G leans toward Epsom & Ewell
- Band H is closely balanced
This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.
Other close England matches for Isles of Scilly: Richmond upon Thames (15.1% redistribution distance); St Albans (15.6% redistribution distance); Wokingham (15.8% redistribution distance); Hart (17.7% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Epsom & Ewell stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 10 | 0.9% | £1,365.31 |
| B | 40 | 3.4% | £1,592.86 |
| C | 110 | 9.4% | £1,820.41 |
| D | 270 | 23.1% | £2,047.96 |
| E | 330 | 28.2% | £2,503.06 |
| F | 270 | 23.1% | £2,958.16 |
| G | 130 | 11.1% | £3,413.27 |
| H | 10 | 0.9% | £4,095.92 |
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 Isles of Scilly 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.
- Cherwell£2,520.98
- Mid Devon£2,513.59
- Warwick£2,513.22
- Conwy£2,509.71
- Herefordshire£2,509.52
Isles of Scilly's nearest year-on-year movers
Isles of Scilly moved Band D from £1,950.03 to £2,047.96 (+5.02%, competition rank 146th of 350). The closest published movements sit with Bristol, Derby City, St Helens.
- Bristol5.02%
- Derby City5.02%
- St Helens5.02%
- Three Rivers5.02%
- Forest of Dean5.01%
- Plymouth5.01%
How Isles of Scilly compares in South West
Among the 27 billing authorities in South West, Isles of Scilly's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,047.96 ranks 27th of 27, higher than 0% of them (£463.04 below the South West average of £2,511.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
Regional low-charge outlier: this authority sits in the least costly fifth of South West.
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 25th | Gloucester | £2,355.84 |
| 26th | Tewkesbury | £2,340.53 |
| 27th | Isles of Scilly | £2,047.96 |
Regional rank out of 27 South West billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
Questions answered from Isles of Scilly's data
These answers use Isles of Scilly's £2,047.96 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band E, 13.7% below D).
Is Isles of Scilly Council Tax above the UK average?
Isles of Scilly's 2026-27 Band D rate is £2,047.96, 12.4% below the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 306th of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Newport, Caerphilly, Hackney, Lambeth, then Hillingdon, Cardiff.
Which councils have charges closest to Isles of Scilly?
The closest published Band D rates are Newport (£2,088.48), Caerphilly (£2,082.88), Hackney (£2,060.30), 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 Isles of Scilly.
What is the average Council Tax bill in Isles of Scilly?
Across Isles of Scilly's 1,170 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £2,512.79 for 2026-27. That is £464.83 above the £2,047.96 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band E (28.2% of the stock) and 13.7% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Richmond upon Thames, St Albans, Wokingham, Hart. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did Isles of Scilly Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £1,950.03 to £2,047.96, a 5.02% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 146th of 350; the closest movements include Bristol, Derby City, St Helens.
Advice boundary for Isles of Scilly
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. Isles of Scilly is unitary, so this figure combines its own charge (including adult social care) with police and fire precepts where separate, plus any average parish precept. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Newport, Caerphilly, Hackney, Lambeth, then Hillingdon, Cardiff. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Richmond upon Thames, St Albans, Wokingham, Hart. For a binding figure consult your Isles of Scilly 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 Isles of Scilly are the area Band D and statutory band multiples with no county tier. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Newport, Caerphilly, Hackney, Lambeth, then Hillingdon, Cardiff.