Solihull Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Solihull'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 52.6% 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.

Solihull 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.

Solihull occupies the middle half of the West Midlands stock-weighted distribution, above its £2,132.00 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: Fylde

Fylde is the nearest available full-distribution peer for Solihull, although the match is not tight. Aligning the two published profiles would require 6.1% 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 sits at lower Band B, where Fylde holds 16.8% of its stock and Solihull holds 13.0%. 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 F. Solihull places 9.7% of dwellings there versus 7.1% for Fylde, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
• Another material separation appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band G. Solihull places 6.1% of dwellings there versus 4.0% for Fylde, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
• A smaller distinction sits at lower Band A, where Fylde holds 17.2% of its stock and Solihull holds 15.2%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward Fylde
• Band B leans toward Fylde
• Band C leans toward Solihull
• Band D is closely balanced
• Band E is closely balanced
• Band F leans toward Solihull
• Band G leans toward Solihull
• Band H is closely balanced

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

Other close England matches for Solihull: Tewkesbury (6.7% redistribution distance); Wiltshire (7.2% redistribution distance); Maldon (7.6% redistribution distance); Rother (8.2% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Fylde stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.