Cost of living · MHCLG · Band D council tax Year ending March 2027, median full-time annual pay 2025

Band D council tax as a share of pay by local authority, ranked

Every area with a published figure, in order of band d council tax as a percentage of median full-time pay, lowest first, because this layer states that lower is better. Equal figures share a rank and are printed as ties; the order within a tie is alphabetical and means nothing. 2 areas have no published figure and are listed at the end with the reason, never counted as zero.

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#	Area	% of pay	UK percentile
1	Wandsworth E09000032	1.88%	0
2	Westminster E09000033	1.99%	0
3	Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	3.17%	1
4	Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	3.22%	1
5	Tower Hamlets E09000030	3.53%	1
6	Southwark E09000028	4.04%	2
7	Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	4.12%	2
8	Camden E09000007	4.15%	2
=9	Hackney E09000012	4.16%	3
=9	Islington E09000019	4.16%	3
11	Lambeth E09000022	4.17%	3
12	Bromley E09000006	4.18%	4
13	St Albans E07000240	4.21%	4
14	Merton E09000024	4.22%	4
15	Richmond upon Thames E09000027	4.34%	5
16	Barnet E09000003	4.52%	5
17	Newham E09000025	4.56%	5
=18	Greenwich E09000011	4.66%	6
=18	Uttlesford E07000077	4.66%	6
20	Solihull E08000029	4.69%	6
21	East Hertfordshire E07000242	4.70%	7
22	Brentwood E07000068	4.75%	7
23	Wokingham E06000041	4.78%	8
24	Hillingdon E09000017	4.84%	8
25	Lewisham E09000023	4.90%	8
26	East Hampshire E07000085	4.92%	9
27	Elmbridge E07000207	4.93%	9
28	North Hertfordshire E07000099	4.97%	9
29	Chelmsford E07000070	4.98%	10
=30	Broxbourne E07000095	4.99%	10
=30	Epping Forest E07000072	4.99%	10
32	Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	5.03%	11
33	Epsom and Ewell E07000208	5.05%	11
34	Warwick E07000222	5.07%	11
35	Tunbridge Wells E07000116	5.11%	12
36	Redbridge E09000026	5.12%	12
=37	Hart E07000089	5.16%	12
=37	Winchester E07000094	5.16%	12
39	Enfield E09000010	5.17%	13
40	South Cambridgeshire E07000012	5.18%	13
41	Fareham E07000087	5.19%	14
=42	Ealing E09000009	5.23%	14
=42	Waverley E07000216	5.23%	14
44	Bracknell Forest E06000036	5.24%	15
=45	Haringey E09000014	5.26%	15
=45	Rugby E07000220	5.26%	15
=45	Waltham Forest E09000031	5.26%	15
48	Havering E09000016	5.27%	16
49	Rochford E07000075	5.28%	16
=50	Runnymede E07000212	5.33%	17
=50	Trafford E08000009	5.33%	17
=52	Hounslow E09000018	5.35%	17
=52	South Oxfordshire E07000179	5.35%	17
54	Sutton E09000029	5.36%	18
=55	Maldon E07000074	5.37%	18
=55	Thurrock E06000034	5.37%	18
57	Bexley E09000004	5.38%	19
58	Dartford E07000107	5.39%	19
59	Dacorum E07000096	5.41%	20
60	Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	5.43%	20
61	Guildford E07000209	5.44%	20
62	Southend-on-Sea E06000033	5.45%	21
63	Hertsmere E07000098	5.49%	21
64	Three Rivers E07000102	5.51%	22
65	Eastleigh E07000086	5.52%	22
66	Fylde E07000119	5.53%	22
=67	Castle Point E07000069	5.55%	23
=67	Harrow E09000015	5.55%	23
69	Kingston upon Thames E09000021	5.57%	23
=70	Mid Sussex E07000228	5.58%	24
=70	West Berkshire E06000037	5.58%	24
=72	Brent E09000005	5.60%	24
=72	Mid Suffolk E07000203	5.60%	24
74	Horsham E07000227	5.61%	25
=75	Harborough E07000131	5.63%	25
=75	Lichfield E07000194	5.63%	25
=75	South Derbyshire E07000039	5.63%	25
78	Cambridge E07000008	5.64%	26
79	York E06000014	5.65%	27
=80	Sevenoaks E07000111	5.66%	27
=80	Watford E07000103	5.66%	27
82	Stevenage E07000243	5.67%	28
=83	Derbyshire Dales E07000035	5.68%	28
=83	Test Valley E07000093	5.68%	28
85	Tendring E07000076	5.70%	29
=86	Gravesham E07000109	5.71%	29
=86	Spelthorne E07000213	5.71%	29
=88	Barking and Dagenham E09000002	5.72%	30
=88	Cheltenham E07000078	5.72%	30
90	Milton Keynes E06000042	5.73%	30
91	Braintree E07000067	5.74%	31
92	Rushcliffe E07000176	5.75%	31
93	Wigan E08000010	5.76%	31
=94	Central Bedfordshire E06000056	5.77%	32
=94	Forest of Dean E07000080	5.77%	32
96	Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	5.78%	32
97	Bromsgrove E07000234	5.79%	33
=98	Colchester E07000071	5.80%	33
=98	Cotswold E07000079	5.80%	33
=98	Stafford E07000197	5.80%	33
=98	Vale of White Horse E07000180	5.80%	33
=102	Buckinghamshire E06000060	5.84%	34
=102	Ribble Valley E07000124	5.84%	34
=102	West Oxfordshire E07000181	5.84%	34
105	Basildon E07000066	5.86%	35
=106	Croydon E09000008	5.87%	36
=106	Mole Valley E07000210	5.87%	36
108	Medway E06000035	5.88%	37
109	Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	5.89%	37
=110	Cumberland E06000063	5.91%	37
=110	Reigate and Banstead E07000211	5.91%	37
112	Surrey Heath E07000214	5.92%	38
=113	Oadby and Wigston E07000135	5.93%	38
=113	West Suffolk E07000245	5.93%	38
115	Woking E07000217	5.94%	39
116	South Staffordshire E07000196	5.96%	39
117	Tewkesbury E07000083	5.97%	40
118	Tamworth E07000199	5.98%	40
=119	Cheshire East E06000049	5.99%	40
=119	East Cambridgeshire E07000009	5.99%	40
=119	Harlow E07000073	5.99%	40
=119	Westmorland and Furness E06000064	5.99%	40
123	Bedford E06000055	6.00%	42
124	Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	6.02%	42
125	Dudley E08000027	6.04%	42
126	Warrington E06000007	6.06%	43
127	Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	6.07%	43
=128	Rushmoor E07000092	6.12%	43
=128	Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	6.12%	43
=130	Cherwell E07000177	6.13%	44
=130	Dover E07000108	6.13%	44
=130	West Lindsey E07000142	6.13%	44
133	Crawley E07000226	6.16%	45
134	Chorley E07000118	6.18%	45
=135	Oxford E07000178	6.19%	46
=135	Worcester E07000237	6.19%	46
137	Doncaster E08000017	6.20%	46
138	Leeds E08000035	6.22%	47
=139	Havant E07000090	6.23%	47
=139	North Somerset E06000024	6.23%	47
=139	North West Leicestershire E07000134	6.23%	47
=142	South Gloucestershire E06000025	6.26%	48
=142	Swale E07000113	6.26%	48
=142	Telford and Wrekin E06000020	6.26%	48
=142	Wealden E07000065	6.26%	48
=146	New Forest E07000091	6.27%	49
=146	North Kesteven E07000139	6.27%	49
=146	Slough E06000039	6.27%	49
=146	Swindon E06000030	6.27%	49
150	South Norfolk E07000149	6.30%	51
=151	Charnwood E07000130	6.32%	51
=151	North Warwickshire E07000218	6.32%	51
=153	Derby E06000015	6.33%	52
=153	Gosport E07000088	6.33%	52
=155	Barnsley E08000038	6.35%	53
=155	East Suffolk E07000244	6.35%	53
157	Portsmouth E06000044	6.36%	53
158	Manchester E08000003	6.37%	54
=159	Amber Valley E07000032	6.38%	54
=159	Broadland E07000144	6.38%	54
=159	East Staffordshire E07000193	6.38%	54
162	North Northamptonshire E06000061	6.39%	55
=163	High Peak E07000037	6.41%	55
=163	Southampton E06000045	6.41%	55
=165	Canterbury E07000106	6.42%	56
=165	Reading E06000038	6.42%	56
=167	Ashford E07000105	6.44%	57
=167	St. Helens E08000013	6.44%	57
=169	South Ribble E07000126	6.45%	57
=169	Stroud E07000082	6.45%	57
=169	West Lancashire E07000127	6.45%	57
172	Rutland E06000017	6.46%	58
=173	East Devon E07000040	6.47%	59
=173	South Kesteven E07000141	6.47%	59
=173	Wyre E07000128	6.47%	59
=176	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	6.50%	60
=176	Erewash E07000036	6.50%	60
=178	Blaby E07000129	6.51%	60
=178	Chesterfield E07000034	6.51%	60
=180	Peterborough E06000031	6.52%	61
=180	Tandridge E07000215	6.52%	61
=182	Adur E07000223	6.53%	62
=182	Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	6.53%	62
=182	Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	6.53%	62
185	West Northamptonshire E06000062	6.54%	63
186	Maidstone E07000110	6.55%	63
=187	Brighton and Hove E06000043	6.56%	63
=187	East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	6.56%	63
=187	Wychavon E07000238	6.56%	63
=190	Birmingham E08000025	6.57%	65
=190	Cannock Chase E07000192	6.57%	65
192	Wirral E08000015	6.58%	65
193	King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	6.60%	66
=194	Knowsley E08000011	6.63%	66
=194	Sheffield E08000039	6.63%	66
196	North Tyneside E08000022	6.64%	67
197	Stockport E08000007	6.66%	67
198	Coventry E08000026	6.67%	67
=199	Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	6.68%	68
=199	Wakefield E08000036	6.68%	68
201	Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	6.69%	68
=202	Sunderland E08000024	6.71%	69
=202	Worthing E07000229	6.71%	69
=204	Calderdale E08000033	6.72%	69
=204	Huntingdonshire E07000011	6.72%	69
=206	Halton E06000006	6.73%	70
=206	Ipswich E07000202	6.73%	70
208	Lewes E07000063	6.75%	71
209	North Lincolnshire E06000013	6.76%	71
=210	Lincoln E07000138	6.77%	71
=210	North East Derbyshire E07000038	6.77%	71
=210	South Hams E07000044	6.77%	71
=213	Sandwell E08000028	6.80%	72
=213	Wiltshire E06000054	6.80%	72
=215	Gloucester E07000081	6.81%	73
=215	Kirklees E08000034	6.81%	73
217	Shropshire E06000051	6.83%	74
218	Rotherham E08000018	6.86%	74
219	Bristol, City of E06000023	6.87%	74
=220	Broxtowe E07000172	6.88%	75
=220	Northumberland E06000057	6.88%	75
=222	Darlington E06000005	6.90%	75
=222	Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	6.90%	75
224	Babergh E07000200	6.91%	76
=225	Gedling E07000173	6.92%	76
=225	Malvern Hills E07000235	6.92%	76
=225	North Yorkshire E06000065	6.92%	76
=225	Preston E07000123	6.92%	76
=229	Great Yarmouth E07000145	6.94%	78
=229	Plymouth E06000026	6.94%	78
231	Thanet E07000114	6.96%	78
=232	Redditch E07000236	6.99%	79
=232	Sefton E08000014	6.99%	79
=234	Chichester E07000225	7.00%	80
=234	West Devon E07000047	7.00%	80
236	Bolton E08000001	7.02%	80
237	Luton E06000032	7.03%	81
238	Bradford E08000032	7.04%	81
=239	Hyndburn E07000120	7.05%	81
=239	South Holland E07000140	7.05%	81
241	Somerset E06000066	7.06%	82
242	Wolverhampton E08000031	7.08%	82
=243	North East Lincolnshire E06000012	7.09%	83
=243	Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	7.09%	83
=245	Breckland E07000143	7.10%	83
=245	Norwich E07000148	7.10%	83
247	Eastbourne E07000061	7.13%	84
=248	Bury E08000002	7.14%	84
=248	Rossendale E07000125	7.14%	84
250	North Norfolk E07000147	7.16%	85
=251	Lancaster E07000121	7.17%	85
=251	Melton E07000133	7.17%	85
=251	Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	7.17%	85
254	Mid Devon E07000042	7.18%	86
=255	Arun E07000224	7.20%	87
=255	Liverpool E08000012	7.20%	87
257	Tameside E08000008	7.21%	87
=258	East Lindsey E07000137	7.22%	88
=258	South Tyneside E08000023	7.22%	88
=260	Exeter E07000041	7.23%	88
=260	Newark and Sherwood E07000175	7.23%	88
=262	Middlesbrough E06000002	7.25%	89
=262	Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	7.25%	89
=262	Wyre Forest E07000239	7.25%	89
265	Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	7.30%	90
=266	Dorset E06000059	7.38%	90
=266	Torbay E06000027	7.38%	90
268	Cornwall E06000052	7.40%	91
269	Herefordshire, County of E06000019	7.41%	91
=270	Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	7.42%	92
=270	Salford E08000006	7.42%	92
272	Fenland E07000010	7.43%	92
=273	Rother E07000064	7.46%	93
=273	Teignbridge E07000045	7.46%	93
275	Rochdale E08000005	7.50%	94
276	Torridge E07000046	7.56%	94
277	Bassetlaw E07000171	7.61%	94
278	Oldham E08000004	7.64%	95
279	Burnley E07000117	7.68%	95
280	Hastings E07000062	7.71%	95
281	Walsall E08000030	7.72%	96
282	Boston E07000136	7.75%	96
283	Bolsover E07000033	7.78%	96
284	Leicester E06000016	7.83%	97
285	County Durham E06000047	7.84%	97
286	Blackpool E06000009	7.89%	97
287	Gateshead E08000037	7.94%	98
288	Mansfield E07000174	8.00%	98
289	Ashfield E07000170	8.01%	98
290	Hartlepool E06000001	8.03%	99
291	North Devon E07000043	8.08%	99
292	Isle of Wight E06000046	8.42%	99
293	Pendle E07000122	8.71%	100
294	Nottingham E06000018	8.95%	100

Areas with no published figure

Area	Why there is no figure
City of London	No median full-time annual pay published for this area (2025).
Isles of Scilly	No median full-time annual pay published for this area (2025).

How this ranking is made

Band D council tax as a percentage of median full-time pay: Band D council tax ÷ median full-time annual pay × 100, both as published.. Band D council tax as a share of median full-time annual pay, by local authority.

Source: MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 · Band D council tax: 2026 to 2027; median full-time annual pay: 2025 provisional. Boundaries: 2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2. Percentiles are calculated across the whole UK, so they do not change when the table is filtered to one nation. A ranking compares areas of very different sizes and populations; the figure is the publisher’s own, and its rank is Civometry’s ordering of those published figures.

Wandsworth has the lowest band d council tax as a percentage of median full-time pay of 294 England local authorities with a published figure, at 1.88% (Band D council tax Year ending March 2027, median full-time annual pay 2025). Source: MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027.

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