Details of the levels of average band D council tax by local authority for April 2020 to March 2021.
This is not the latest release in the series: Council Tax levels
Main points
Average band D council tax for Wales for 2020-21 is £1,667. This includes £1,354 for county councils, £275 for police and £38 for community councils. Band D figures for billing authorities, including police and community councils, vary from £1,445 in Pembrokeshire to £2,009 in Blaenau Gwent.
County council increases in band D council tax for 2020-21 average £62 or 4.6% over the previous year. Police increases average £14 or 5.5%. These increases combine to produce an average band D rise of £76 or 4.8%.
Newport has the largest overall band D percentage increase of 6.9%. Rhondda Cynon Taf has the smallest overall band D percentage increase of 3.3%.
Gwent Police have the largest band D increase of 6.8%. North Wales Police have the smallest band D increase of 4.5%.
In England, the estimated Band D percentage increase is 3.7%.
Welsh average band D council tax is 92% of the latest estimated figure of £1,815 for England.
Reports
Council Tax levels, April 2020 to March 2021 , file type: PDF, file size: 444 KB
Contact
Anthony Newby
Telephone: 0300 025 3963
Email: stats.finance@gov.wales
Rydym yn croesawu galwadau a gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg / We welcome calls and correspondence in Welsh.
Media
Telephone: 0300 025 8099
Rydym yn croesawu galwadau yn Gymraeg / We welcome calls in Welsh.