North Somerset Council Tax 2026
South West, England · 102,300 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, North Somerset's Band D Council Tax is £2,491.22 for 2026-27, the 105th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 70% of them) and 7% above the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Darlington, Runnymede, Stroud, Thanet, then Blaby, Knowsley. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Stroud, West Devon, South Staffordshire, North Yorkshire.
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 Darlington, Runnymede, Stroud, Thanet, then Blaby, Knowsley. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,491.22
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Above the UK average
- +8.55%
- year-on-year vs £2,294.94
- Among the steepest rises
- +6.6%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,982.44
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Darlington, Runnymede, Stroud, Thanet, then Blaby, Knowsley. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Stroud, West Devon, South Staffordshire, North Yorkshire. Open Darlington for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
North Somerset · year-on-year Band D
What changed for North Somerset
North Somerset's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,294.94 (2025-26) to £2,491.22 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 11.
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 changesNorth Somerset bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
North Somerset's nearest Band D charges nationwide
North Somerset is 105th of 350 on the national Band D list at £2,491.22. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Darlington, Runnymede, Stroud, Thanet, then Blaby, Knowsley. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Darlington, 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 North Somerset's 102,300 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Stroud, West Devon, South Staffordshire, North Yorkshire.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Darlington | £2,493.83 | +£2.61 |
| Runnymede | £2,492.99 | +£1.77 |
| Stroud | £2,491.36 | +£0.14 |
| Thanet | £2,490.90 | −£0.32 |
| Blaby | £2,490.22 | −£1.00 |
| Knowsley | £2,488.25 | −£2.97 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,660.81 | £166.08 | £1,245.61 |
| B | £1,937.62 | £193.76 | £1,453.22 |
| C | £2,214.42 | £221.44 | £1,660.82 |
| D | £2,491.22 | £249.12 | £1,868.42 |
| E | £3,044.82 | £304.48 | £2,283.62 |
| F | £3,598.43 | £359.84 | £2,698.82 |
| G | £4,152.03 | £415.20 | £3,114.02 |
| H | £4,982.44 | £498.24 | £3,736.83 |
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 North Somerset's 102,300 properties actually pay
North Somerset's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band C, which covers 23,910 of 102,300 dwellings (23.4%). 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. It takes 3 bands — B, C, D — to cover half the stock, a wider spread than most authorities show. 58.7% 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 £2,403.82 per dwelling, £87.40 (3.5%) below the £2,491.22 Band D headline, because most of the stock sits in bands charged at less than the Band D rate. On that measure North Somerset is 96th of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. That places North Somerset 11th of the 27 billing authorities in South West, above the regional median of £2,376.53.
How to read this stock pattern
North Somerset'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 58.7% 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.
North Somerset 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.
North Somerset 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: Teignbridge
Teignbridge is an exceptionally close stock-shape match for North Somerset: moving 2.0% of dwellings between valuation bands would make the two published distributions align. That is a stricter comparison than sharing a modal band, because all published bands contribute to the distance.
Four largest band differences
- The largest separation is lower on the ladder at Band C: North Somerset has 23.4% of dwellings there, against 22.2% in Teignbridge. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
- A smaller distinction is at reference Band D: its share is 17.7% in North Somerset and 18.7% in Teignbridge. The familiar benchmark represents a larger slice of the peer's housing stock.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band B, where Teignbridge holds 22.5% of its stock and North Somerset holds 21.7%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band F. North Somerset places 6.8% of dwellings there versus 6.3% for Teignbridge, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
How the wider profile compares
Across Bands A to C the combined shares differ by only 0.2%. That net figure can hide opposing band-level gaps, so the individual Band A, B and C comparisons above remain the safer guide to where the lower-band stock differs.
North Somerset carries 0.8% more of its stock in Bands E and above than Teignbridge. The extra upper-tail weight is small enough for this to remain the nearest peer, but large enough to distinguish the two areas.
North Somerset and Teignbridge do not even peak in the same valuation band: the peer's largest group is Band B. Their total-variation match is therefore built from offsetting shares across the ladder, not from one identical headline category.
Band E is the most stable point in the comparison, with shares of 13.1% and 13.1%. 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 leans toward Teignbridge
- Band C leans toward North Somerset
- Band D leans toward Teignbridge
- 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 North Somerset: Stroud (3.3% redistribution distance); West Devon (3.9% redistribution distance); South Staffordshire (4.1% redistribution distance); North Yorkshire (4.2% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Teignbridge stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 13,960 | 13.6% | £1,660.81 |
| B | 22,220 | 21.7% | £1,937.62 |
| C | 23,910 | 23.4% | £2,214.42 |
| D | 18,110 | 17.7% | £2,491.22 |
| E | 13,430 | 13.1% | £3,044.82 |
| F | 6,910 | 6.8% | £3,598.43 |
| G | 3,470 | 3.4% | £4,152.03 |
| H | 290 | 0.3% | £4,982.44 |
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 North Somerset 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.
- Maldon£2,412.80
- Fylde£2,410.19
- Rochford£2,406.43
- Test Valley£2,403.95
- Somerset£2,400.81
North Somerset's nearest year-on-year movers
North Somerset moved Band D from £2,294.94 to £2,491.22 (+8.55%, competition rank 11th of 350). The closest published movements sit with Falkirk, Stirling, Dumfries & Galloway.
Steep-rise signal for North Somerset: the increase is at least 7%, so the movement cohort, not councils with a similar current charge, is the sharper budget-change comparison.
- Falkirk8.77%
- Stirling8.75%
- Dumfries & Galloway8.50%
- Na h-Eileanan Siar8.50%
- North Ayrshire8.50%
- Scottish Borders8.50%
How North Somerset compares in South West
Among the 27 billing authorities in South West, North Somerset's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,491.22 ranks 16th of 27, higher than 41% of them (£19.78 below the South West average of £2,511.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 14th | Exeter | £2,495.36 |
| 15th | Stroud | £2,491.36 |
| 16th | North Somerset | £2,491.22 |
| 17th | Torbay | £2,470.25 |
| 18th | Forest of Dean | £2,443.42 |
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 North Somerset's data
These answers use North Somerset's £2,491.22 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band C, 58.7% below D).
Is North Somerset Council Tax above the UK average?
North Somerset's 2026-27 Band D rate is £2,491.22, 6.6% above the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 105th of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Darlington, Runnymede, Stroud, Thanet, then Blaby, Knowsley.
Which councils have charges closest to North Somerset?
The closest published Band D rates are Darlington (£2,493.83), Runnymede (£2,492.99), Stroud (£2,491.36), Thanet (£2,490.90), Blaby (£2,490.22), Knowsley (£2,488.25). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from North Somerset.
What is the average Council Tax bill in North Somerset?
Across North Somerset's 102,300 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £2,403.82 for 2026-27. That is £87.40 below the £2,491.22 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band C (23.4% of the stock) and 58.7% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Stroud, West Devon, South Staffordshire, North Yorkshire. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did North Somerset Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £2,294.94 to £2,491.22, a 8.55% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 11th of 350; the closest movements include Falkirk, Stirling, Dumfries & Galloway.
Advice boundary for North Somerset
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. North Somerset 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 Darlington, Runnymede, Stroud, Thanet, then Blaby, Knowsley. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Stroud, West Devon, South Staffordshire, North Yorkshire. For a binding figure consult your North Somerset 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 North Somerset are the area Band D and statutory band multiples with no county tier. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Darlington, Runnymede, Stroud, Thanet, then Blaby, Knowsley.