Worthing Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Worthing'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 63.8% 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.

Worthing 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.

Worthing falls in the lower quarter of the South East stock-weighted ordering, below the regional median of £2,511.00. 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: Havant

Havant is the closest full-distribution match for Worthing. The profiles are close rather than identical: 3.5% 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 Havant holds 25.9% of its stock and Worthing holds 22.4%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
• A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band C: Worthing has 25.4% of dwellings there, against 24.0% in Havant. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
• A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band A: Worthing has 16.1% of dwellings there, against 15.0% in Havant. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
• A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. Worthing places 10.8% of dwellings there versus 10.4% for Havant, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward Worthing
• Band B leans toward Havant
• Band C leans toward Worthing
• Band D is closely balanced
• Band E is closely balanced
• 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 Worthing: Swale (3.6% redistribution distance); Isle of Wight (3.7% redistribution distance); Cheltenham (4.8% redistribution distance); Swindon (5.0% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Havant stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.