South Oxfordshire Council Tax 2026
South East, England · 67,410 domestic properties
South Oxfordshire Band D is £2,597.57 for 2026-27, the 38th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (11% above the UK average of £2,337.00).
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, South Oxfordshire's published Band D Council Tax is £2,597.57 for 2026-27 (DEAR). Competition rank is 38th of 350 (higher than 89% of authorities).
- £2,597.57 Band D · DEAR
- 38th of 350 authorities
- +11.1% vs UK average
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, South Oxfordshire's Band D Council Tax is £2,597.57 for 2026-27 (DEAR), the 38th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 89% of them) and 11% 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.
- £2,597.57
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Above the UK average
- +4.98%
- year-on-year vs £2,474.44
- Middle-half rise
- +11.1%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £5,195.14
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
South Oxfordshire · year-on-year Band D
What changed for South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,474.44 (2025-26) to £2,597.57 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 161.
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 Oxfordshire 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.
- £2,597.57 Published Band D 2026-27 DEAR
- 38th of 350 UK authorities 89th percentile
- +5.0% Year-on-year Band D MID
- 67,410 VOA dwellings on list DHEAVY
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 Oxfordshire Band D figure shows
The published Band D charge of £2,597.57 places South Oxfordshire 38th 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 11.1% above the simple UK average of £2,337.00, while the percentile shows that 89% of the recorded authorities have a lower Band D charge.
The more useful local comparison is South East. Here, South Oxfordshire ranks 11th among 64 billing authorities, against a regional average of £2,475.00. 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 Oxfordshire bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,731.71 | £173.17 | £1,298.78 |
| B | £2,020.33 | £202.03 | £1,515.25 |
| C | £2,308.95 | £230.89 | £1,731.71 |
| D | £2,597.57 | £259.76 | £1,948.18 |
| E | £3,174.81 | £317.48 | £2,381.11 |
| F | £3,752.05 | £375.21 | £2,814.04 |
| G | £4,329.28 | £432.93 | £3,246.96 |
| H | £5,195.14 | £519.51 | £3,896.36 |
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 Oxfordshire's 67,410 properties actually pay
South Oxfordshire's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band C, which covers 18,620 of 67,410 dwellings (27.6%). 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 DHEAVY: 39.8% of dwellings here are banded below D.
Stock-weighted average £2,853.05 is £255.48 (9.8%) above Band D £2,597.57 - 19th of 318 authorities with published counts (corpus mean £2,269.00). That places South Oxfordshire 14th of the 64 billing authorities in South East, above the regional median of £2,511.00.
South Oxfordshire property mix · A–C / D / E–H · DHEAVY
Sums to 67,410 VOA dwellings, band mix, not a household bill.
Closest housing-stock shape: Tonbridge & Malling
Tonbridge & Malling is the closest full-distribution match for South Oxfordshire. The profiles are close rather than identical: 3.8% 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 at reference Band D: its share is 22.7% in South Oxfordshire and 25.3% in Tonbridge & Malling. The familiar benchmark represents a larger slice of the peer's housing stock.
- A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band B: South Oxfordshire has 9.1% of dwellings there, against 7.1% in Tonbridge & Malling. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
- A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band H. South Oxfordshire places 1.5% of dwellings there versus 0.8% for Tonbridge & Malling, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band C, where Tonbridge & Malling holds 28.2% of its stock and South Oxfordshire holds 27.6%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
Other close England matches for South Oxfordshire: Vale of White Horse (4.0% redistribution distance); West Berkshire (4.6% redistribution distance); Chichester (5.1% redistribution distance); Wandsworth (5.2% redistribution distance).
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2,130 | 3.2% | £1,731.71 |
| B | 6,110 | 9.1% | £2,020.33 |
| C | 18,620 | 27.6% | £2,308.95 |
| D | 15,290 | 22.7% | £2,597.57 |
| E | 11,000 | 16.3% | £3,174.81 |
| F | 6,830 | 10.1% | £3,752.05 |
| G | 6,430 | 9.5% | £4,329.28 |
| H | 1,000 | 1.5% | £5,195.14 |
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 Oxfordshire on stock-weighted charge (DHEAVY) - a different ordering from Band D twins.
- Woking£2,914.95
- Buckinghamshire£2,887.01
- St Albans£2,872.96
- Three Rivers£2,863.88
- Wokingham£2,860.70
South Oxfordshire's nearest year-on-year movers · MID
South Oxfordshire moved Band D from £2,474.44 to £2,597.57 (+4.98%, MID; competition rank 161st of 350). Closest published movements: Liverpool, Sunderland, Tandridge.
- Liverpool4.99%
- Sunderland4.99%
- Tandridge4.99%
- Wirral4.99%
- Dacorum4.98%
- Westmorland and Furness4.98%
How South Oxfordshire compares in South East
Among the 64 billing authorities in South East, South Oxfordshire's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,597.57 ranks 11th of 64, higher than 83% of them (£122.57 above the South East average of £2,475.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
Regional high-charge outlier: this authority sits in the costliest fifth of South East.
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 9th | Waverley | £2,604.87 |
| 10th | Woking | £2,598.04 |
| 11th | South Oxfordshire | £2,597.57 |
| 12th | Tandridge | £2,594.85 |
| 13th | Surrey Heath | £2,585.16 |
Regional rank out of 64 South East 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 Oxfordshire: district charge plus county, police, fire where separate, and the average parish precept across the district. For a binding figure consult your South Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire are the area Band D and statutory band multiples, already including county, police, fire and average parish precepts where they apply.