Vale of White Horse Council Tax 2026
South East, England · 64,860 domestic properties
Vale of White Horse Band D is £2,577.44 for 2026-27, the 50th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (10% above the UK average of £2,337.00).
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Vale of White Horse's published Band D Council Tax is £2,577.44 for 2026-27 (DEAR). Competition rank is 50th of 350 (higher than 86% of authorities).
- £2,577.44 Band D · DEAR
- 50th of 350 authorities
- +10.3% vs UK average
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Vale of White Horse's Band D Council Tax is £2,577.44 for 2026-27 (DEAR), the 50th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 86% of them) and 10% 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.
- £2,577.44
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Above the UK average
- +4.91%
- year-on-year vs £2,456.82
- Middle-half rise
- +10.3%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £5,154.88
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Vale of White Horse · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Vale of White Horse
Vale of White Horse's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,456.82 (2025-26) to £2,577.44 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 177.
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
Vale of White Horse 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.
- £2,577.44 Published Band D 2026-27 DEAR
- 50th of 350 UK authorities 86th percentile
- +4.9% Year-on-year Band D MID
- 64,860 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 Vale of White Horse Band D figure shows
The published Band D charge of £2,577.44 places Vale of White Horse 50th 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 10.3% above the simple UK average of £2,337.00, while the percentile shows that 86% of the recorded authorities have a lower Band D charge.
The more useful local comparison is South East. Here, Vale of White Horse ranks 16th 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.
Vale of White Horse bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,718.29 | £171.83 | £1,288.72 |
| B | £2,004.68 | £200.47 | £1,503.51 |
| C | £2,291.06 | £229.11 | £1,718.30 |
| D | £2,577.44 | £257.74 | £1,933.08 |
| E | £3,150.20 | £315.02 | £2,362.65 |
| F | £3,722.97 | £372.30 | £2,792.23 |
| G | £4,295.73 | £429.57 | £3,221.80 |
| H | £5,154.88 | £515.49 | £3,866.16 |
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 Vale of White Horse's 64,860 properties actually pay
Vale of White Horse's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band C, which covers 19,430 of 64,860 dwellings (30.0%). 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 DHEAVY: 43.5% of dwellings here are banded below D.
Stock-weighted average £2,764.08 is £186.64 (7.2%) above Band D £2,577.44 - 27th of 318 authorities with published counts (corpus mean £2,269.00). That places Vale of White Horse 19th of the 64 billing authorities in South East, above the regional median of £2,511.00.
Vale of White Horse property mix · A–C / D / E–H · DHEAVY
Sums to 64,860 VOA dwellings, band mix, not a household bill.
Closest housing-stock shape: South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire is the closest full-distribution match for Vale of White Horse. The profiles are close rather than identical: 4.0% 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 lower on the ladder at Band C: Vale of White Horse has 30.0% of dwellings there, against 27.6% in South Oxfordshire. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
- Another material separation is an upper-band difference at Band G. South Oxfordshire records 9.5% of dwellings there, compared with 7.5% in Vale of White Horse, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
- A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band B: Vale of White Horse has 10.6% of dwellings there, against 9.1% in South Oxfordshire. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
- A smaller distinction is at reference Band D: its share is 21.9% in Vale of White Horse and 22.7% in South Oxfordshire. The familiar benchmark represents a larger slice of the peer's housing stock.
Other close England matches for Vale of White Horse: West Berkshire (4.1% redistribution distance); South Cambridgeshire (4.4% redistribution distance); West Oxfordshire (4.8% redistribution distance); Dacorum (5.0% redistribution distance).
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1,910 | 2.9% | £1,718.29 |
| B | 6,870 | 10.6% | £2,004.68 |
| C | 19,430 | 30.0% | £2,291.06 |
| D | 14,180 | 21.9% | £2,577.44 |
| E | 10,460 | 16.1% | £3,150.20 |
| F | 6,640 | 10.2% | £3,722.97 |
| G | 4,880 | 7.5% | £4,295.73 |
| H | 490 | 0.8% | £5,154.88 |
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 Vale of White Horse on stock-weighted charge (DHEAVY) - a different ordering from Band D twins.
- Lewes£2,771.09
- Rother£2,769.67
- Spelthorne£2,766.31
- Horsham£2,760.42
- Hertsmere£2,754.58
Vale of White Horse's nearest year-on-year movers · MID
Vale of White Horse moved Band D from £2,456.82 to £2,577.44 (+4.91%, MID; competition rank 177th of 350). Closest published movements: East Hertfordshire, Mid Suffolk, St Albans.
- East Hertfordshire4.92%
- Mid Suffolk4.91%
- St Albans4.91%
- Arun4.90%
- Cumberland4.90%
- Fareham4.90%
How Vale of White Horse compares in South East
Among the 64 billing authorities in South East, Vale of White Horse's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,577.44 ranks 16th of 64, higher than 75% of them (£102.44 above the South East average of £2,475.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 14th | Cherwell | £2,582.96 |
| 15th | Brighton & Hove | £2,580.54 |
| 16th | Vale of White Horse | £2,577.44 |
| 17th | West Oxfordshire | £2,566.95 |
| 18th | Reigate & Banstead | £2,566.61 |
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 Vale of White Horse: district charge plus county, police, fire where separate, and the average parish precept across the district. For a binding figure consult your Vale of White Horse 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 Vale of White Horse are the area Band D and statutory band multiples, already including county, police, fire and average parish precepts where they apply.