Mid Devon Council Tax 2026
South West, England · 38,730 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Mid Devon's Band D Council Tax is £2,656.41 for 2026-27, the 14th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 96% of them) and 14% above the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Eastbourne, Bassetlaw, Rushcliffe, Teignbridge, then North Devon, Pendle. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Shropshire, Herefordshire, Forest of Dean, Teignbridge.
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 Eastbourne, Bassetlaw, Rushcliffe, Teignbridge, then North Devon, Pendle. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,656.41
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Among the highest in the UK
- +5.36%
- year-on-year vs £2,521.17
- Upper-quarter rise
- +13.7%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £5,312.82
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Eastbourne, Bassetlaw, Rushcliffe, Teignbridge, then North Devon, Pendle. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Shropshire, Herefordshire, Forest of Dean, Teignbridge. Open Eastbourne for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
Mid Devon · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Mid Devon
Mid Devon's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,521.17 (2025-26) to £2,656.41 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 64.
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 changesMid Devon bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Mid Devon's nearest Band D charges nationwide
Mid Devon is 14th of 350 on the national Band D list at £2,656.41. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Eastbourne, Bassetlaw, Rushcliffe, Teignbridge, then North Devon, Pendle. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Eastbourne, 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 Mid Devon's 38,730 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Shropshire, Herefordshire, Forest of Dean, Teignbridge.
National high-charge outlier: this rate is inside the costliest 10% of the UK corpus, so nearby national peers are a more useful benchmark than the UK average alone.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Eastbourne | £2,654.28 | −£2.13 |
| Bassetlaw | £2,644.95 | −£11.46 |
| Rushcliffe | £2,643.27 | −£13.14 |
| Teignbridge | £2,643.12 | −£13.29 |
| North Devon | £2,642.21 | −£14.20 |
| Pendle | £2,640.18 | −£16.23 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,770.94 | £177.09 | £1,328.21 |
| B | £2,066.10 | £206.61 | £1,549.57 |
| C | £2,361.25 | £236.13 | £1,770.94 |
| D | £2,656.41 | £265.64 | £1,992.31 |
| E | £3,246.72 | £324.67 | £2,435.04 |
| F | £3,837.04 | £383.70 | £2,877.78 |
| G | £4,427.35 | £442.74 | £3,320.51 |
| H | £5,312.82 | £531.28 | £3,984.62 |
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 Mid Devon's 38,730 properties actually pay
Mid Devon's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band B, which covers 9,410 of 38,730 dwellings (24.3%). A Band B home is charged at seven-ninths of the Band D rate, which is why the typical bill here lands under the headline figure. It takes 3 bands — B, C, D — to cover half the stock, a wider spread than most authorities show. 60.1% 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 £2,513.59 per dwelling, £142.82 (5.4%) below the £2,656.41 Band D headline, because most of the stock sits in bands charged at less than the Band D rate. On that measure Mid Devon is 63rd of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. That places Mid Devon 8th of the 27 billing authorities in South West, above the regional median of £2,376.53.
How to read this stock pattern
Mid Devon'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 B charge is seven-ninths of the Band D rate, and 60.1% 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.
Mid Devon has a broad valuation-band profile: the largest 3 groups are needed before the cumulative share passes half of the stock. No single band dominates the local picture, which makes a one-band headline especially incomplete. The weighted result is useful for comparing this authority with peers, but the spread across 8 published bands matters just as much. A broad mix also means the area-level mean is less representative of any one household than it is in a concentrated council.
Mid Devon 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: West Devon
West Devon is the closest full-distribution match for Mid Devon. The profiles are close rather than identical: 4.4% 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 A: Mid Devon has 16.9% of dwellings there, against 13.3% in West Devon. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
- Another material separation sits at lower Band C, where West Devon holds 21.0% of its stock and Mid Devon holds 18.9%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction is an upper-band difference at Band G. West Devon records 3.8% of dwellings there, compared with 2.5% in Mid Devon, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
- A smaller distinction falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 17.4% of Mid Devon's stock but 16.6% of West Devon's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
How the wider profile compares
Mid Devon has the stronger combined lower-band tilt: Bands A to C account for 1.3% more of its stock than they do in West Devon. The nearest match still leaves that bottom-of-ladder difference visible.
West Devon carries the heavier upper tail across Bands E and above, exceeding Mid Devon's combined share there by 2.1%. Total-variation distance counts those absolute band gaps without assuming they offset the lower-band pattern.
Both profiles peak in Band B, 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 0.2% and 0.3%. 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 Mid Devon
- Band B is closely balanced
- Band C leans toward West Devon
- Band D leans toward Mid Devon
- Band E leans toward West Devon
- Band F is closely balanced
- Band G leans toward West Devon
- Band H is closely balanced
This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.
Other close England matches for Mid Devon: Shropshire (5.0% redistribution distance); Herefordshire (5.0% redistribution distance); Forest of Dean (5.4% redistribution distance); Teignbridge (5.4% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether West Devon stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 6,550 | 16.9% | £1,770.94 |
| B | 9,410 | 24.3% | £2,066.10 |
| C | 7,330 | 18.9% | £2,361.25 |
| D | 6,720 | 17.4% | £2,656.41 |
| E | 5,040 | 13.0% | £3,246.72 |
| F | 2,640 | 6.8% | £3,837.04 |
| G | 980 | 2.5% | £4,427.35 |
| H | 60 | 0.2% | £5,312.82 |
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 Mid Devon 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
- Warwick£2,513.22
- Isles of Scilly£2,512.79
- Conwy£2,509.71
- Herefordshire£2,509.52
Mid Devon's nearest year-on-year movers
Mid Devon moved Band D from £2,521.17 to £2,656.41 (+5.36%, competition rank 64th of 350). The closest published movements sit with Ceredigion, Northumberland, North Tyneside.
- Ceredigion5.37%
- Northumberland5.37%
- North Tyneside5.36%
- Newcastle upon Tyne5.35%
- Carmarthenshire5.34%
- Cornwall5.33%
How Mid Devon compares in South West
Among the 27 billing authorities in South West, Mid Devon's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,656.41 ranks 4th of 27, higher than 85% of them (£145.41 above the South West average of £2,511.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
Regional high-charge outlier: this authority sits in the costliest fifth of South West.
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Bristol | £2,713.68 |
| 3rd | West Devon | £2,705.33 |
| 4th | Mid Devon | £2,656.41 |
| 5th | Teignbridge | £2,643.12 |
| 6th | North Devon | £2,642.21 |
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 Mid Devon's data
These answers use Mid Devon's £2,656.41 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band B, 60.1% below D).
Is Mid Devon Council Tax above the UK average?
Mid Devon's 2026-27 Band D rate is £2,656.41, 13.7% above the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 14th of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Eastbourne, Bassetlaw, Rushcliffe, Teignbridge, then North Devon, Pendle.
Which councils have charges closest to Mid Devon?
The closest published Band D rates are Eastbourne (£2,654.28), Bassetlaw (£2,644.95), Rushcliffe (£2,643.27), Teignbridge (£2,643.12), North Devon (£2,642.21), Pendle (£2,640.18). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from Mid Devon.
What is the average Council Tax bill in Mid Devon?
Across Mid Devon's 38,730 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £2,513.59 for 2026-27. That is £142.82 below the £2,656.41 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band B (24.3% of the stock) and 60.1% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Shropshire, Herefordshire, Forest of Dean, Teignbridge. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did Mid Devon Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £2,521.17 to £2,656.41, a 5.36% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 64th of 350; the closest movements include Ceredigion, Northumberland, North Tyneside.
Advice boundary for Mid Devon
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. This area Band D is a two-tier total for Mid Devon: district charge plus county, police, fire where separate, and the average parish precept across the district. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Eastbourne, Bassetlaw, Rushcliffe, Teignbridge, then North Devon, Pendle. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Shropshire, Herefordshire, Forest of Dean, Teignbridge. For a binding figure consult your Mid Devon 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 Mid Devon are the area Band D and statutory band multiples, already including county, police, fire and average parish precepts where they apply. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Eastbourne, Bassetlaw, Rushcliffe, Teignbridge, then North Devon, Pendle.