Council tax for 2026/27 · England, Scotland and Wales
Aberdeen City council tax 2026/27: a Band D home pays £1,747.54 a year
The cheapest band, A, pays £1,165.03; the dearest, H, pays £4,281.47. 23% of Aberdeen City’s 118,212 homes are in Band B.
Band D costs £1,747.54 a year: £174.75 over 10 payments or £145.63 over 12. 14% of Aberdeen City’s homes are in this band.
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Aberdeen City, street by band. Walls rise to the yearly charge (one scale for all councils); each house is as wide as its band’s share of homes (chargeable dwellings, September 2026, Scottish Government). Narrow bands are kept visible.
Too narrow to draw to scale, so shown at a minimum width: Band H 1% of homes.
Every band in Aberdeen City
Band
A year
Over 10 payments
Over 12 payments
Homes
£1,165.03
£116.50
£97.09
18%
£1,359.20
£135.92
£113.27
23%
£1,553.37
£155.34
£129.45
16%
£1,747.54
£174.75
£145.63
14%
£2,296.07
£229.61
£191.34
13%
£2,839.75
£283.98
£236.65
8%
£3,422.27
£342.23
£285.19
7%
£4,281.47
£428.15
£356.79
1%
Water and sewerage charges are not included in these amounts. Homes are chargeable dwellings as the Scottish Government counts them, not the Valuation Office Agency count of properties used in England and Wales. Monthly figures divide the yearly charge, rounded to the penny.
About Aberdeen City’s figures
In 2016/17 Aberdeen City had the highest Band D in Scotland, £1,230.39. Ten years on it is £1,747.54, which places it fifth of the 32 Scottish councils. The increase over the decade, £517.15 or 42.0%, is below the simple average rise of 46.2% across Scottish councils.
The latest step, from £1,636.27 in 2025/26, was £111.27, or 6.80%. Scottish councils raised Band D by 7.68% on average, and 24 of them by more than Aberdeen City.
These amounts exclude water and sewerage charges. The bands also stand in different proportions from those in England. Here Band E costs £2,296.07, about 1.31 times Band D, whereas in every English council Band E is about 1.22 times Band D. Band H costs £4,281.47.
The Scottish Government counts 118,212 chargeable dwellings in Aberdeen City in September 2026, the eighth highest total in Scotland. That is its own count of dwellings liable for council tax, not the Valuation Office Agency list used in England and Wales. Band B is the largest group, 27,107 or 22.9%, followed by Band A at 17.6%. The four top bands, E to H, hold 29.3% of dwellings, and 1,184 are in Band H. Band D holds 16,453 dwellings, 13.9%.
The band of a particular address in Scotland can be looked up on the Scottish Assessors Association portal, which brings together the lists kept by the local assessors.
Band D is the band the national tables use to compare councils. In Aberdeen City it is £1,747.54 a year. Across the 32 councils in Scotland the simple average of Band D is £1,661.92, and 27 of them charge less than Aberdeen City.
The dearest Band D in Scotland is Midlothian at £1,816.16; the cheapest is South Lanarkshire at £1,468.47.
Where Aberdeen City’s homes sit
The biggest share of homes, 23%, is in Band B. Bands A to C together hold 57% of the 118,212 homes, and bands E to H hold 29%.
Homes are counted as: chargeable dwellings, September 2026, Scottish Government.
Check your own band
The letter is printed on your council tax bill. To look up any home, use the official services: England and Wales or Scotland. Band by Band cannot tell you the band of an address.