Council Tax Dwellings, 2012-13

This release provides details on the number of dwellings liable for council tax in Welsh local authorities for the period 2012-13.

The key points from the latest release are:

• The total number of dwellings liable for council tax in Wales for 2012-13 is 1,332,591, a rise of 0.4% over the previous year.  In tax raising terms, this total is equivalent to 1,191,546 band D dwellings.  Monmouthshire is showing the highest increase of band D equivalent dwellings at 1.6%.
• Rhondda Cynon Taf has the highest number of band A properties (44,281).  Blaenau Gwent has the highest proportion of dwellings in band A (59%), Monmouthshire has the lowest (1%).
• Around a third of dwellings in Wales receive a 25% discount, generally due to being occupied by only one liable person.
• There are 52,403 dwellings in Wales that are exempt from council tax.  This represents 3.8% of all dwellings. The largest exempt category is empty and unfurnished at 16,470, followed by student dwellings at 13,487, with 5,220 dwellings being exempt as a result of being vacant on death.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3519
E-mail: stats.finance@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

January 2013 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)