Swansea council tax 2026/27: a Band D home pays £2,238.29 a year

The cheapest band, A, pays £1,492.19; the dearest, I, pays £5,222.68. 25% of Swansea’s 116,820 homes are in Band B.

Band D costs £2,238.29 a year: £223.83 over 10 payments or £186.52 over 12. 15% of Swansea’s homes are in this band.

Swansea, 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 H 1%, Band I 0.5% of homes.

Every band in Swansea

A year	Over 10 payments	Over 12 payments	Homes
£1,492.19	£149.22	£124.35	15%
£1,740.89	£174.09	£145.07	25%
£1,989.59	£198.96	£165.80	22%
£2,238.29	£223.83	£186.52	15%
£2,735.69	£273.57	£227.97	11%
£3,233.09	£323.31	£269.42	7%
£3,730.48	£373.05	£310.87	3%
£4,476.58	£447.66	£373.05	1%
£5,222.68	£522.27	£435.22	0.5%

Wales has an extra band, I, above band H. These amounts include an average of community council charges across the whole council area: your own bill may be higher or lower depending on your community. Monthly figures divide the yearly charge, rounded to the penny.

About Swansea’s figures

Swansea's Band D for 2026/27 is £2,238.29, and StatsWales splits it three ways. The county council's own share is £1,807.38, or 80.7%. Community councils add £25.77 on average across the area. The police take £405.14, 18.1% of the total. That police amount is the highest in Wales, and Swansea shares it with six other councils, among them Cardiff and Bridgend.

Ten years earlier, in 2016/17, Band D in Swansea was £1,394.60. The increase since then is £843.69, or 60.5%. Across the 22 Welsh councils the simple average rise over the same period was 67.3%, and 16 of them went up faster than Swansea.

Over the last year the rise was £95.41, or 4.45%, against an average of 5.30% for Welsh councils; 19 rose by more.

Wales has a ninth band, I, above Band H. In Swansea it costs £5,222.68 a year, and the Valuation Office Agency places 550 homes in it, 0.5% of the 116,820 on the list. Only three Welsh councils have more homes in Band I. Band B is the largest group, with 29,230 homes (25.0%), followed by Band C with 25,200. Band A is charged £1,492.19 and holds 17,800 homes; Band D holds 17,440, or 14.9%.

Source: Composition of average band D council tax by billing authority, 2026-27 (Welsh Government, StatsWales), accessed 4 November 2026.

How Swansea’s Band D compares

Band D is the band the national tables use to compare councils. In Swansea it is £2,238.29 a year. Across the 22 councils in Wales the simple average of Band D is £2,326.14, and 6 of them charge less than Swansea.

The dearest Band D in Wales is Merthyr Tydfil at £2,593.60; the cheapest is Cardiff at £2,013.18.

Where Swansea’s homes sit

The biggest share of homes, 25%, is in Band B. Bands A to C together hold 62% of the 116,820 homes, and bands E to H hold 23%.

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.

Band D in every council