South Hams Council Tax 2026
South West, England · 47,940 domestic properties
South Hams Band D is £2,615.22 for 2026-27, the 26th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (12% above the UK average of £2,337.00).
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, South Hams's published Band D Council Tax is £2,615.22 for 2026-27 (CEILING). Competition rank is 26th of 350 (higher than 93% of authorities).
- £2,615.22 Band D · CEILING
- 26th of 350 authorities
- +11.9% vs UK average
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, South Hams's Band D Council Tax is £2,615.22 for 2026-27 (CEILING), the 26th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 93% of them) and 12% above the UK average of £2,337.00.
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. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,615.22
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Among the highest in the UK
- +4.96%
- year-on-year vs £2,491.75
- Middle-half rise
- +11.9%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £5,230.44
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
South Hams · year-on-year Band D
What changed for South Hams
South Hams's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,491.75 (2025-26) to £2,615.22 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 166.
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 changesMHCLG/VOA position brief
South Hams Band D posture in the 2026-27 corpus
Entity-varying stamps from the joined MHCLG, Scottish CTAS and StatsWales extract plus VOA CTSOP stock counts, ABS(charge) peers, not map neighbours.
- £2,615.22 Published Band D 2026-27 CEILING
- 26th of 350 UK authorities 93rd percentile
- +5.0% Year-on-year Band D MID
- 47,940 VOA dwellings on list BALANCED
Band D charge neighbourhood
Published 2026-27 Band D among the nearest pound-gap peers (snapshot 2026-10-02).
Derived position reading
What the South Hams Band D figure shows
The published Band D charge of £2,615.22 places South Hams 26th out of 350 UK billing authorities when ordered from the highest charge down. That position is derived from the full authority table, rather than from a single quoted comparison. It is 11.9% above the simple UK average of £2,337.00, while the percentile shows that 93% of the recorded authorities have a lower Band D charge.
The more useful local comparison is South West. Here, South Hams ranks 7th among 27 billing authorities, against a regional average of £2,511.00. The table of nearby authorities therefore compares published charges in the same geography, not property values or the level of service a household receives. Equal Band D charges share a position, so the ranking does not invent a difference where the underlying values match.
Band D is a statutory reference point, not a bill for every household. Charges for the other bands are calculated from the applicable national ratios, and discounts or exemptions can change an individual bill. This page is best used to understand the current published schedule and how this authority sits within the recorded 2026-27 council-tax corpus.
South Hams bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,743.48 | £174.35 | £1,307.61 |
| B | £2,034.06 | £203.41 | £1,525.55 |
| C | £2,324.64 | £232.46 | £1,743.48 |
| D | £2,615.22 | £261.52 | £1,961.42 |
| E | £3,196.38 | £319.64 | £2,397.29 |
| F | £3,777.54 | £377.75 | £2,833.15 |
| G | £4,358.70 | £435.87 | £3,269.02 |
| H | £5,230.44 | £523.04 | £3,922.83 |
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 South Hams's 47,940 properties actually pay
South Hams's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band C, which covers 9,590 of 47,940 dwellings (20.0%). 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. VOA CTSOP stamp BALANCED: 50.2% of dwellings here are banded below D.
Stock-weighted average £2,678.74 is £63.52 (2.4%) above Band D £2,615.22 - 38th of 318 authorities with published counts (corpus mean £2,269.00). That places South Hams 2nd of the 27 billing authorities in South West, above the regional median of £2,376.53.
South Hams property mix · A–C / D / E–H · BALANCED
Sums to 47,940 VOA dwellings, band mix, not a household bill.
Closest housing-stock shape: Ribble Valley
Ribble Valley is an exceptionally close stock-shape match for South Hams: moving 2.5% 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 sits at lower Band A, where Ribble Valley holds 13.1% of its stock and South Hams holds 11.2%. 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 Hams places 15.9% of dwellings there versus 14.5% for Ribble Valley, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
- A smaller distinction falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 17.8% of South Hams's stock but 17.2% of Ribble Valley's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
- A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band C: South Hams has 20.0% of dwellings there, against 19.6% in Ribble Valley. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
Other close England matches for South Hams: Bromsgrove (3.8% redistribution distance); Harborough (3.9% redistribution distance); Rushcliffe (4.4% redistribution distance); East Devon (4.5% redistribution distance).
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 5,370 | 11.2% | £1,743.48 |
| B | 9,110 | 19.0% | £2,034.06 |
| C | 9,590 | 20.0% | £2,324.64 |
| D | 8,540 | 17.8% | £2,615.22 |
| E | 7,610 | 15.9% | £3,196.38 |
| F | 4,140 | 8.6% | £3,777.54 |
| G | 3,200 | 6.7% | £4,358.70 |
| H | 380 | 0.8% | £5,230.44 |
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
Closest to South Hams on stock-weighted charge (BALANCED) - a different ordering from Band D twins.
- Mid Sussex£2,699.99
- Tonbridge & Malling£2,696.51
- West Oxfordshire£2,679.22
- Stratford-on-Avon£2,673.37
- West Berkshire£2,672.16
South Hams's nearest year-on-year movers · MID
South Hams moved Band D from £2,491.75 to £2,615.22 (+4.96%, MID; competition rank 166th of 350). Closest published movements: Dacorum, North Hertfordshire, Sefton.
- Dacorum4.98%
- North Hertfordshire4.97%
- Sefton4.97%
- Test Valley4.96%
- Redcar & Cleveland4.95%
- Breckland4.94%
How South Hams compares in South West
Among the 27 billing authorities in South West, South Hams's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,615.22 ranks 7th of 27, higher than 74% of them (£104.22 above the South West average of £2,511.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 5th | Teignbridge | £2,643.12 |
| 6th | North Devon | £2,642.21 |
| 7th | South Hams | £2,615.22 |
| 8th | Torridge | £2,601.42 |
| 9th | East Devon | £2,595.46 |
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.
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 South Hams: district charge plus county, police, fire where separate, and the average parish precept across the district. For a binding figure consult your South Hams Council Tax bill or the official gov.uk Council Tax service. Figures published in 2026 reflect the 2026/2027 financial year only.
UK directories, Band D rollup and band challenge
Charges shown for South Hams are the area Band D and statutory band multiples, already including county, police, fire and average parish precepts where they apply.