Merthyr Tydfil Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Band D is a poor description of the largest group in Merthyr Tydfil'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 £2,056.16 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.

The distribution is unusually concentrated: one band alone contains 51.2% of all published dwellings. That gives the modal-band comparison real descriptive weight and makes the gap between its charge and Band D easier to interpret. It also means the statutory charge shown for that band applies to the largest share of the local stock before discounts or exemptions. The table remains necessary because the other 7 bands describe the minority of properties that the headline cannot represent.

Merthyr Tydfil falls in the lower quarter of the Wales stock-weighted ordering, below the regional median of £2,258.00. 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: Blaenau Gwent

Blaenau Gwent is the nearest available full-distribution peer for Merthyr Tydfil, although the match is not tight. Aligning the two published profiles would require 7.0% 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 A, where Blaenau Gwent holds 57.8% of its stock and Merthyr Tydfil holds 51.2%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
• Another material separation appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. Merthyr Tydfil places 5.6% of dwellings there versus 2.7% for Blaenau Gwent, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
• Another material separation falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 8.0% of Merthyr Tydfil's stock but 5.5% of Blaenau Gwent's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
• A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band F. Merthyr Tydfil places 2.1% of dwellings there versus 1.1% for Blaenau Gwent, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward Blaenau Gwent
• Band B is closely balanced
• Band C is closely balanced
• Band D leans toward Merthyr Tydfil
• Band E leans toward Merthyr Tydfil
• Band F leans toward Merthyr Tydfil
• Band G is closely balanced
• Band I is closely balanced

This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.

Other close Wales matches for Merthyr Tydfil: Rhondda Cynon Taf (10.5% redistribution distance); Neath Port Talbot (30.6% redistribution distance); Caerphilly (32.0% redistribution distance); Swansea (35.8% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the Wales valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Blaenau Gwent stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.