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Council tax for 2026/27 England, Scotland and Wales

Band G council tax 2026/27: from £1,713.68 to £4,608.37 a year

Across the 350 councils of England, Scotland and Wales, Band G costs least in Wandsworth (£1,713.68 a year) and most in Dorset (£4,608.37), a gap of £2,894.69. Band G is 167% of the Band D charge in England and Wales, and 196% in Scotland.

Band G in your council

Manchester: Band G costs £3,853.40 a year, £385.34 over 10 payments or £321.12 over 12. It is 105th of 350 councils, cheapest first. 0.5% of its homes are in Band G.

The ten cheapest for Band G

CouncilA yearOver 12 payments
Wandsworth£1,713.68£142.81
Westminster£1,749.25£145.77
City of London£2,215.93£184.66
Hammersmith and Fulham£2,532.52£211.04
Kensington and Chelsea£2,777.75£231.48
South Lanarkshire£2,875.76£239.65
Shetland Islands£2,913.80£242.82
Na h-Eileanan Siar£2,948.27£245.69
North Lanarkshire£3,044.35£253.70
Tower Hamlets£3,062.97£255.25

The ten dearest for Band G

CouncilA yearOver 12 payments
Dorset£4,608.37£384.03
Lewes£4,593.62£382.80
Nottingham£4,592.32£382.69
Rutland£4,562.63£380.22
Wealden£4,547.38£378.95
Gateshead£4,526.35£377.20
Bristol£4,522.80£376.90
West Devon£4,508.88£375.74
Rother£4,501.58£375.13
Newark and Sherwood£4,470.17£372.51

England: averages for the whole council area, parish charges included. Scotland: water and sewerage charges are not included, and homes are chargeable dwellings. Shares of homes leave out councils where the source does not publish the count for Band G. Monthly figures divide the yearly charge, rounded to the penny.

Councils where Band G is the most common band

Band G is the most common band in 2 of the 347 councils that publish the count of every band: Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster.

Where Band G is at least 1.5 times as common as in its nation

87 councils, each compared with its own nation’s share of homes in Band G, from the largest share down:

Kensington and Chelsea 22%, Mole Valley 20%, Elmbridge 19%, Westminster 19%, City of London 19%, East Renfrewshire 18%, Tandridge 17%, Waverley 16%, Richmond upon Thames 16%, East Dunbartonshire 15%, Sevenoaks 15%, Windsor and Maidenhead 15%, Surrey Heath 14%, Stirling 14%, Three Rivers 13%, Buckinghamshire 13%, St Albans 13%, Hammersmith and Fulham 13%, Epsom and Ewell 13%, Monmouthshire 12%, Uttlesford 12%, Guildford 12%, Horsham 12%, Woking 12%, Reigate and Banstead 12%, Brentwood 12%, Camden 12%, Isles of Scilly 11%, Epping Forest 11%, Cotswold 11%, Tunbridge Wells 11%, Hertsmere 10%, Barnet 10%, East Lothian 10%, Winchester 10%, Bromley 10%, Aberdeenshire 10%, Chichester 10%, Wealden 10%, Wandsworth 10%, City of Edinburgh 10%, South Oxfordshire 10%, Vale of Glamorgan 9%, Hart 9%, Wokingham 9%, East Hampshire 9%, Perth & Kinross 9%, Tonbridge and Malling 9%, Stratford-on-Avon 9%, East Hertfordshire 9%, Runnymede 8%, Welwyn Hatfield 8%, Wychavon 8%, Dacorum 8%, Rutland 7%, Vale of White Horse 7%, Mid Sussex 7%, Cheshire East 7%, Ribble Valley 7%, Bromsgrove 7%, Warwick 7%, West Berkshire 7%, Test Valley 7%, South Hams 7%, Malvern Hills 7%, Islington 7%, South Cambridgeshire 7%, Cardiff 6%, Harrow 6%, Kingston upon Thames 6%, Harborough 6%, Powys 6%, North Hertfordshire 6%, Solihull 6%, Ashford 6%, Derbyshire Dales 6%, Maidstone 6%, Bath and North East Somerset 6%, Rother 6%, West Oxfordshire 6%, Broxbourne 6%, East Devon 6%, Chelmsford 6%, New Forest 6%, Maldon 6%, Lichfield 5%, Cambridge 5%.

Scotland, the eight councils with the largest share of homes in Band G: East Renfrewshire 18%, East Dunbartonshire 15%, Stirling 14%, East Lothian 10%, Aberdeenshire 10%, City of Edinburgh 10%, Perth & Kinross 9%, Scottish Borders 8%.

Wales, the eight councils with the largest share of homes in Band G: Monmouthshire 12%, Vale of Glamorgan 9%, Cardiff 6%, Powys 6%, Flintshire 4%, Denbighshire 4%, Wrexham 4%, Newport 4%.

The most homes in Band G

CouncilHomes
Buckinghamshire31,670
Westminster24,630
City of Edinburgh24,066
Kensington and Chelsea20,010
Barnet16,830
Wandsworth15,350
Bromley14,170
North Yorkshire14,100
Richmond upon Thames13,320
Cheshire East13,270
Camden13,160
Hammersmith and Fulham12,270
Aberdeenshire11,803
Wiltshire11,590
Elmbridge11,490
Cardiff10,700
Windsor and Maidenhead10,030
Waverley9,010
Aberdeen City8,426
St Albans8,320

Where Band G is rarest

CouncilHomes in Band G
Kingston upon Hullunder 0.1%
Sandwellunder 0.1%
Barking and Dagenhamunder 0.1%
Stoke-on-Trent0.2%
Newham0.2%
Knowsley0.2%
Na h-Eileanan Siar0.2%
Blaenau Gwent0.2%
Ashfield0.2%
Orkney Islands0.2%
Boston0.2%
South Holland0.3%
Lincoln0.3%
Gloucester0.3%
Burnley0.3%
Nuneaton and Bedworth0.3%
Luton0.3%
Blackpool0.3%
Tamworth0.4%
North Tyneside0.4%