Council Tax Levels, 2011-12

Statistics on Council Tax Levels include data for Wales for the period 2011-12. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 25 March 2010.

The key points from the latest release are:

• Average band D council tax for Wales for 2011-12 is £1,162.  This includes £954 for county councils, £183 for police authorities and £25 for community councils.  Figures for billing authorities, including the police authority elements, vary from £923 in Pembrokeshire to £1,426 in Blaenau Gwent.
• County council increases in band D council tax for 2011-12 average £28 or 2.9%. Police authority increases average £8 or 4.3%. These increases combine to produce an average band D rise of £35 or 3.1%.  This is the smallest percentage increase since council tax began in 1993-94."
• Gwynedd has the largest band D percentage increase (including community council and police) of 3.9% Caerphilly has the smallest overall band D percentage increase of 0.6% with no increase to their county council element.
• In Wales, average band D council tax will increase by 3.1%.  In England, authorities receive funding in return for freezing their council tax in 2011-12.  As a result, council tax in England is unchanged compared to the previous year.
• Welsh average band D council tax is 81% of the latest estimated figure of £1,439 for England.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5355
E-mail: stats.finance@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

March 2012 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)