Wandsworth Council Tax 2026
London, England · 158,490 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Wandsworth's Band D Council Tax is £1,028.21 for 2026-27, the 350th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 0% of them) and 56% below the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Hammersmith & Fulham, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Shetland Islands, South Lanarkshire, then City of London, Westminster. Closest published housing-stock shapes include East Hampshire, Horsham, Wealden, Chichester.
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. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Hammersmith & Fulham, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Shetland Islands, South Lanarkshire, then City of London, Westminster. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £1,028.21
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Among the lowest in the UK
- +3.05%
- year-on-year vs £997.75
- Lower-quarter rise
- -56.0%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £2,056.42
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Hammersmith & Fulham, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Shetland Islands, South Lanarkshire, then City of London, Westminster. Closest published housing-stock shapes include East Hampshire, Horsham, Wealden, Chichester. Open Hammersmith & Fulham for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
Wandsworth · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Wandsworth
Wandsworth's Band D Council Tax rose from £997.75 (2025-26) to £1,028.21 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 341.
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 changesWandsworth bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Wandsworth's nearest Band D charges nationwide
Wandsworth is 350th of 350 on the national Band D list at £1,028.21. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Hammersmith & Fulham, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Shetland Islands, South Lanarkshire, then City of London, Westminster. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Hammersmith & Fulham, ignore geography on purpose, so a map neighbour is not mistaken for a charge twin. Read the difference column as a pound gap; cross-check the London ranking further down when you care about local neighbours, and the stock-weighted average when you care what most of Wandsworth's 158,490 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include East Hampshire, Horsham, Wealden, Chichester.
National low-charge outlier: this rate is inside the least costly 10% of the UK corpus, a position the average conceals.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Hammersmith & Fulham | £1,519.51 | +£491.30 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | £1,505.50 | +£477.29 |
| Shetland Islands | £1,487.90 | +£459.69 |
| South Lanarkshire | £1,468.47 | +£440.26 |
| City of London | £1,329.56 | +£301.35 |
| Westminster | £1,049.55 | +£21.34 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £685.47 | £68.55 | £514.10 |
| B | £799.72 | £79.97 | £599.79 |
| C | £913.96 | £91.40 | £685.47 |
| D | £1,028.21 | £102.82 | £771.16 |
| E | £1,256.70 | £125.67 | £942.53 |
| F | £1,485.19 | £148.52 | £1,113.89 |
| G | £1,713.68 | £171.37 | £1,285.26 |
| H | £2,056.42 | £205.64 | £1,542.32 |
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 Wandsworth's 158,490 properties actually pay
Wandsworth's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band C, which covers 37,370 of 158,490 dwellings (23.6%). 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. It takes 3 bands — C, D, E — to cover half the stock, a wider spread than most authorities show. 36.1% of dwellings on the England valuation list here are banded below D.
Weighting each band's statutory charge by the number of properties in it gives a stock-weighted average of £1,152.19 per dwelling, £123.98 (12.1%) above the £1,028.21 Band D headline. On that measure Wandsworth is 318th of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. No billing authority in London charges less per dwelling across its stock than Wandsworth does.
How to read this stock pattern
Wandsworth'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 C charge is eight-ninths of the Band D rate, and 36.1% 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.
Wandsworth has a broad valuation-band profile: the largest 3 groups are needed before the cumulative share passes half of the stock. No single band dominates the local picture, which makes a one-band headline especially incomplete. The weighted result is useful for comparing this authority with peers, but the spread across 8 published bands matters just as much. A broad mix also means the area-level mean is less representative of any one household than it is in a concentrated council.
Wandsworth forms the lower edge of the London peer set after each authority's housing mix is taken into account. Its position is therefore not just a low Band D headline: the weighted average remains lowest across the region's published stock profiles. The ranking is an area comparison, not a promise about a particular address, and the band table below retains the within-council variation that the rank compresses.
Closest housing-stock shape: Epping Forest
Epping Forest is the closest full-distribution match for Wandsworth. The profiles are close rather than identical: 4.3% 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: Wandsworth has 23.6% of dwellings there, against 20.6% in Epping Forest. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
- A smaller distinction is at reference Band D: its share is 22.2% in Wandsworth and 24.2% in Epping Forest. The familiar benchmark represents a larger slice of the peer's housing stock.
- A smaller distinction is an upper-band difference at Band G. Epping Forest records 10.8% of dwellings there, compared with 9.6% in Wandsworth, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
- A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band F. Wandsworth places 13.0% of dwellings there versus 12.2% for Epping Forest, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
How the wider profile compares
Wandsworth has the stronger combined lower-band tilt: Bands A to C account for 3.0% more of its stock than they do in Epping Forest. The nearest match still leaves that bottom-of-ladder difference visible.
Epping Forest carries the heavier upper tail across Bands E and above, exceeding Wandsworth's combined share there by 1.0%. Total-variation distance counts those absolute band gaps without assuming they offset the lower-band pattern.
Wandsworth and Epping Forest do not even peak in the same valuation band: the peer's largest group is Band D. Their total-variation match is therefore built from offsetting shares across the ladder, not from one identical headline category.
Band H is the most stable point in the comparison, with shares of 1.9% and 2.1%. Reading that near-match beside the largest gaps prevents the peer label from hiding where the two published distributions actually agree.
Show every band direction
- Band A leans toward Wandsworth
- Band B leans toward Epping Forest
- Band C leans toward Wandsworth
- Band D leans toward Epping Forest
- Band E is closely balanced
- Band F leans toward Wandsworth
- Band G leans toward Epping Forest
- Band H is closely balanced
This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.
Other close England matches for Wandsworth: East Hampshire (4.4% redistribution distance); Horsham (4.6% redistribution distance); Wealden (4.9% redistribution distance); Chichester (5.1% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Epping Forest stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 6,560 | 4.1% | £685.47 |
| B | 13,280 | 8.4% | £799.72 |
| C | 37,370 | 23.6% | £913.96 |
| D | 35,230 | 22.2% | £1,028.21 |
| E | 27,170 | 17.1% | £1,256.70 |
| F | 20,580 | 13.0% | £1,485.19 |
| G | 15,250 | 9.6% | £1,713.68 |
| H | 3,050 | 1.9% | £2,056.42 |
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
These are the closest authorities to Wandsworth on the stock-weighted measure, which is a different ordering from the Band D neighbours above because it accounts for how each area's properties are banded.
- Sunderland£1,685.90
- Doncaster£1,680.73
- Kingston upon Hull£1,678.56
- Stoke-on-Trent£1,635.04
- Westminster£1,397.87
Wandsworth's nearest year-on-year movers
Wandsworth moved Band D from £997.75 to £1,028.21 (+3.05%, competition rank 341st of 350). The closest published movements sit with South Holland, Oadby & Wigston, West Lindsey.
Muted-rise signal for Wandsworth: the increase is below 4%, placing this authority among the slower-moving part of the current dataset.
- South Holland3.31%
- Oadby & Wigston3.30%
- West Lindsey3.27%
- Boston3.22%
- Westminster3.00%
- Harborough2.79%
How Wandsworth compares in London
Among the 33 billing authorities in London, Wandsworth's 2026-27 Band D charge of £1,028.21 ranks 33rd of 33, higher than 0% of them (£1,061.79 below the London average of £2,090.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
Regional low-charge outlier: this authority sits in the least costly fifth of London.
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 31st | City of London | £1,329.56 |
| 32nd | Westminster | £1,049.55 |
| 33rd | Wandsworth | £1,028.21 |
Regional rank out of 33 London billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
Questions answered from Wandsworth's data
These answers use Wandsworth's £1,028.21 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band C, 36.1% below D).
Is Wandsworth Council Tax above the UK average?
Wandsworth's 2026-27 Band D rate is £1,028.21, 56.0% below the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 350th of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Hammersmith & Fulham, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Shetland Islands, South Lanarkshire, then City of London, Westminster.
Which councils have charges closest to Wandsworth?
The closest published Band D rates are Hammersmith & Fulham (£1,519.51), Na h-Eileanan Siar (£1,505.50), Shetland Islands (£1,487.90), South Lanarkshire (£1,468.47), City of London (£1,329.56), Westminster (£1,049.55). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from Wandsworth.
What is the average Council Tax bill in Wandsworth?
Across Wandsworth's 158,490 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £1,152.19 for 2026-27. That is £123.98 above the £1,028.21 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band C (23.6% of the stock) and 36.1% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include East Hampshire, Horsham, Wealden, Chichester. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did Wandsworth Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £997.75 to £1,028.21, a 3.05% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 341st of 350; the closest movements include South Holland, Oadby & Wigston, West Lindsey.
Advice boundary for Wandsworth
They are not personalised advice - expand a question for the figure that matches the tables above for the 2026-27 vintage, then follow the methodology or gov.uk links for a binding bill on a specific property.
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. Wandsworth's Band D already includes the borough charge plus the Mayor of London's GLA precept for capital-wide services. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Hammersmith & Fulham, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Shetland Islands, South Lanarkshire, then City of London, Westminster. Closest published housing-stock shapes include East Hampshire, Horsham, Wealden, Chichester. For a binding figure consult your Wandsworth Council Tax bill or the official gov.uk Council Tax service. Figures published in 2026 reflect the 2026/2027 financial year only.
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Charges shown for Wandsworth are the area Band D and statutory band multiples, including the GLA precept. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Hammersmith & Fulham, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Shetland Islands, South Lanarkshire, then City of London, Westminster.