South Ribble Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

South Ribble'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 B charge is seven-ninths of the Band D rate, and 70.2% 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.

This is a two-band centre rather than a single-band market. Bands B and C together contain 51.0% of dwellings, so neither band should be presented as a complete account of the area. The stock-weighted result combines both groups and the smaller tails into one comparable measure. The table shows where that mean comes from and prevents the distribution being flattened into an overconfident "typical property" claim.

South Ribble occupies the middle half of the North West stock-weighted distribution, above its £2,089.63 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: Torbay

Torbay is an exceptionally close stock-shape match for South Ribble: moving 1.8% 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 16.5% of South Ribble's stock but 15.6% of Torbay's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
• A smaller distinction sits at lower Band A, where Torbay holds 20.0% of its stock and South Ribble holds 19.3%. 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 Ribble places 8.6% of dwellings there versus 7.9% for Torbay, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
• A smaller distinction is an upper-band difference at Band G. Torbay records 1.9% of dwellings there, compared with 1.2% in South Ribble, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward Torbay
• Band B is closely balanced
• Band C is closely balanced
• Band D leans toward South Ribble
• Band E leans toward South Ribble
• Band F is closely balanced
• Band G leans toward Torbay
• Band H is closely balanced

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

Other close England matches for South Ribble: Exeter (3.5% redistribution distance); Tendring (4.3% redistribution distance); Eastbourne (4.5% redistribution distance); North Norfolk (4.5% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Torbay stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.