South Tyneside Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Band D is a poor description of the largest group in South Tyneside'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 £1,849.26 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.

The distribution is unusually concentrated: one band alone contains 62.6% of all published dwellings. That gives the modal-band comparison real descriptive weight and makes the gap between its charge and Band D easier to interpret. It also means the statutory charge shown for that band applies to the largest share of the local stock before discounts or exemptions. The table remains necessary because the other 7 bands describe the minority of properties that the headline cannot represent.

South Tyneside falls in the lower quarter of the North East stock-weighted ordering, below the regional median of £2,065.00. Its Band D figure may sit elsewhere in the national table, but applying the local stock mix produces a cheaper regional comparison. That difference is precisely why both measures are shown. Neither replaces an address-level bill, which depends on the property's valuation band and any applicable reductions.

Closest housing-stock shape: City of Nottingham

City of Nottingham is the closest full-distribution match for South Tyneside. The profiles are close rather than identical: 3.2% 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 sits at lower Band B, where City of Nottingham holds 17.4% of its stock and South Tyneside holds 14.3%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
• A smaller distinction falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 6.8% of South Tyneside's stock but 5.3% of City of Nottingham's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
• A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. South Tyneside places 2.5% of dwellings there versus 1.8% for City of Nottingham, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
• A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band C: South Tyneside has 12.2% of dwellings there, against 11.6% in City of Nottingham. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A is closely balanced
• Band B leans toward City of Nottingham
• Band C leans toward South Tyneside
• Band D leans toward South Tyneside
• Band E leans toward South Tyneside
• 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 Tyneside: Sunderland (3.2% redistribution distance); Burnley (4.0% redistribution distance); Liverpool (4.7% redistribution distance); Sheffield (4.9% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether City of Nottingham stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.