South Derbyshire Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Band D is a poor description of the largest group in South Derbyshire'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 £2,131.41 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.

South Derbyshire 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.

South Derbyshire occupies the middle half of the East Midlands stock-weighted distribution, above its £2,103.94 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: East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire is an exceptionally close stock-shape match for South Derbyshire: moving 1.7% 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 falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 16.4% of South Derbyshire's stock but 15.5% of East Riding of Yorkshire's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
• A smaller distinction sits at lower Band A, where East Riding of Yorkshire holds 24.1% of its stock and South Derbyshire holds 23.2%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
• A smaller distinction sits at lower Band C, where East Riding of Yorkshire holds 20.0% of its stock and South Derbyshire holds 19.2%. 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 E. South Derbyshire places 11.2% of dwellings there versus 10.5% for East Riding of Yorkshire, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward East Riding of Yorkshire
• Band B is closely balanced
• Band C leans toward East Riding of Yorkshire
• Band D leans toward South Derbyshire
• Band E leans toward South Derbyshire
• 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 South Derbyshire: East Suffolk (3.1% redistribution distance); Stockport (3.9% redistribution distance); Westmorland and Furness (3.9% redistribution distance); North Devon (4.4% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether East Riding of Yorkshire stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.