Westmorland and Furness Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Band D is a poor description of the largest group in Westmorland and Furness'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 £2,307.16 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.

Westmorland and Furness 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.

Westmorland and Furness sits in the upper quarter of North West on the stock-weighted ordering, above the regional median of £2,089.63. This narrows the comparison from a UK rank to authorities facing the same broad regional context, while still correcting each one for its different band mix. The placement says the council's average published stock is relatively costly within that peer set; it does not convert the mean into an individual household charge.

Closest housing-stock shape: East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire is an exceptionally close stock-shape match for Westmorland and Furness: moving 2.9% 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 sits at lower Band B, where East Riding of Yorkshire holds 23.1% of its stock and Westmorland and Furness holds 20.8%. 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 G. Westmorland and Furness places 2.9% of dwellings there versus 2.1% for East Riding of Yorkshire, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
• A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band F. Westmorland and Furness places 5.5% of dwellings there versus 4.7% for East Riding of Yorkshire, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
• A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band A: Westmorland and Furness has 24.8% of dwellings there, against 24.1% in East Riding of Yorkshire. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward Westmorland and Furness
• Band B leans toward East Riding of Yorkshire
• Band C is closely balanced
• Band D is closely balanced
• Band E is closely balanced
• Band F leans toward Westmorland and Furness
• Band G leans toward Westmorland and Furness
• Band H is closely balanced

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

Other close England matches for Westmorland and Furness: Stockport (2.9% redistribution distance); South Derbyshire (3.9% redistribution distance); West Lancashire (4.0% redistribution distance); East Suffolk (4.9% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether East Riding of Yorkshire stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.