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. 22 areas have no published figure and are listed at the end with the reason, never counted as zero.

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#Area% of payUK percentile

Areas with no published figure

AreaWhy there is no figure
Blaenau GwentNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
BridgendNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
CaerphillyNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
CardiffNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
CarmarthenshireNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
CeredigionNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
ConwyNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
DenbighshireNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
FlintshireNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
GwyneddNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
Isle of AngleseyNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
Merthyr TydfilNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
MonmouthshireNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
Neath Port TalbotNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
NewportNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
PembrokeshireNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
PowysNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
Rhondda Cynon TafNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
SwanseaNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
TorfaenNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
Vale of GlamorganNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).
WrexhamNo Band D council tax published for this area (Year ending March 2027).

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.