Council tax for 2026/27 · England, Scotland and Wales
East Riding of Yorkshire council tax 2026/27: a Band D home pays £2,466.08 a year
The cheapest band, A, pays £1,644.05; the dearest, H, pays £4,932.16. 24% of East Riding of Yorkshire’s 168,180 homes are in Band A.
Band D costs £2,466.08 a year: £246.61 over 10 payments or £205.51 over 12. 16% of East Riding of Yorkshire’s homes are in this band.
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H
East Riding of Yorkshire, 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 (all properties on the list at 31 March 2026, Valuation Office Agency). Narrow bands are kept visible.
Too narrow to draw to scale, so shown at a minimum width: Band G 2%, Band H 0.2% of homes.
Every band in East Riding of Yorkshire
Band
A year
Over 10 payments
Over 12 payments
Homes
£1,644.05
£164.41
£137.00
24%
£1,918.06
£191.81
£159.84
23%
£2,192.07
£219.21
£182.67
20%
£2,466.08
£246.61
£205.51
16%
£3,014.10
£301.41
£251.18
11%
£3,562.12
£356.21
£296.84
5%
£4,110.13
£411.01
£342.51
2%
£4,932.16
£493.22
£411.01
0.2%
These are averages for the whole council area, parish charges included: your own bill may be higher or lower depending on your parish. Monthly figures divide the yearly charge, rounded to the penny.
About East Riding of Yorkshire’s figures
East Riding of Yorkshire has 172 parishes, the ninth highest number among English council areas. Taken together, their precepts work out at £75.60 on a Band D bill in 2026/27, 3.1% of the area's total of £2,466.08. The real parish charge on a given bill can be more or less than that average.
Since 2025/26, when the figure was £2,343.55, the East Riding total has risen by £122.53, a 5.2% increase; it now ranks 124th of 296, £55.11 higher than the simple English mean. Excluding parishes, the council's charge is £1,968.90. Policing accounts for £313.66, 12.7% of Band D, and only 63 English areas have a larger police precept; fire adds £107.92. Neither a county council nor a combined authority appears in the breakdown.
Its 168,180 properties are spread fairly evenly over the three lowest bands, with 40,260 valued in A, 38,780 in B and 33,620 in C. Band D comes next at 26,120 and Band E at 17,790, while Band G holds 3,460 homes at £4,110.13. Homes in Band A are charged £1,644.05 on average, and the 310 homes in Band H £4,932.16. Band E bills average £3,014.10, Band F bills £3,562.12.
With 172 parishes each setting its own precept, the £75.60 is only a guide to the parish part of a particular bill. The council expects to collect 98% of the tax, from a base of 129,814.5 weighted to Band D, or 0.77 per property.
Band D is the band the national tables use to compare councils. In East Riding of Yorkshire it is £2,466.08 a year. Across the 296 councils in England the simple average of Band D is £2,410.97, and 172 of them charge less than East Riding of Yorkshire.
The dearest Band D in England is Dorset at £2,765.02; the cheapest is Wandsworth at £1,028.21.
Where East Riding of Yorkshire’s homes sit
The biggest share of homes, 24%, is in Band A. Bands A to C together hold 67% of the 168,180 homes, and bands E to H hold 17%.
Homes are counted as: all properties on the list at 31 March 2026, Valuation Office Agency.
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.