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Homes built since 2000, every council ranked

Homes built in 2000 or since, out of every home on the council tax list with a known build date, empty ones among them. Figures for March 2025, published for 318 councils in England and Wales. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: Blackpool, 5.9%. The council in the middle: Wyre Forest, 17.4%. Highest: Tower Hamlets, 45.5%.

Homes built since 2000, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1BlackpoolNorth West5.9%
2Kensington and ChelseaLondon6.7%
3Blaenau GwentWales7.5%
4StockportNorth West7.9%
5HyndburnNorth West8.2%
6 jointRichmond upon ThamesLondon8.5%
6 jointWirralNorth West8.5%
8HastingsSouth East8.8%
9SeftonNorth West8.9%
10Southend-on-SeaEast of England9%
11OldhamNorth West9.4%
12 jointAdurSouth East9.6%
12 jointBexleyLondon9.6%
14South TynesideNorth East10%
15 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East10.1%
15 jointBuryNorth West10.1%
17 jointPendleNorth West10.3%
17 jointWorthingSouth East10.3%
19 jointBurnleyNorth West10.4%
19 jointDudleyWest Midlands10.4%
21BromleyLondon10.5%
22GwyneddWales10.6%
23Rhondda Cynon TafWales10.7%
24Merthyr TydfilWales10.8%
25 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands11.1%
25 jointPortsmouthSouth East11.1%
27 jointErewashEast Midlands11.2%
27 jointNeath Port TalbotWales11.2%
29 jointEnfieldLondon11.3%
29 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands11.3%
29 jointTorfaenWales11.3%
32 jointStaffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands11.4%
32 jointTorbaySouth West11.4%
34 jointBoltonNorth West11.5%
34 jointConwyWales11.5%
36 jointNew ForestSouth East11.7%
36 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands11.7%
38North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber11.8%
39ChesterfieldEast Midlands11.9%
40 jointCaerphillyWales12%
40 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon12%
40 jointMertonLondon12%
40 jointRedbridgeLondon12%
40 jointTamesideNorth West12%
45 jointRossendaleNorth West12.1%
45 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands12.1%
47 jointCastle PointEast of England12.2%
47 jointEastbourneSouth East12.2%
47 jointRochdaleNorth West12.2%
47 jointThanetSouth East12.2%
51Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands12.3%
52 jointBasildonEast of England12.5%
52 jointGatesheadNorth East12.5%
52 jointHavantSouth East12.5%
52 jointLutonEast of England12.5%
52 jointTraffordNorth West12.5%
57 jointHaringeyLondon12.7%
57 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber12.7%
57 jointSunderlandNorth East12.7%
60Epping ForestEast of England12.8%
61WalsallWest Midlands13%
62 jointDenbighshireWales13.2%
62 jointRotherSouth East13.2%
62 jointSuttonLondon13.2%
65 jointHaveringLondon13.5%
65 jointNorth TynesideNorth East13.5%
65 jointWestmorland and FurnessNorth West13.5%
68 jointCamdenLondon13.6%
68 jointDerbyEast Midlands13.6%
68 jointGraveshamSouth East13.6%
71 jointPlymouthSouth West13.7%
71 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East13.7%
73 jointCeredigionWales13.8%
73 jointSandwellWest Midlands13.8%
73 jointSpelthorneSouth East13.8%
76 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West13.9%
76 jointIsles of ScillySouth West13.9%
76 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands13.9%
79 jointFarehamSouth East14%
79 jointLewesSouth East14%
79 jointWaltham ForestLondon14%
82SevenoaksSouth East14.1%
83 jointLancasterNorth West14.2%
83 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands14.2%
83 jointStevenageEast of England14.2%
83 jointSwanseaWales14.2%
87GedlingEast Midlands14.3%
88St. HelensNorth West14.4%
89 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber14.5%
89 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England14.5%
89 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands14.5%
92Three RiversEast of England14.6%
93 jointDoverSouth East14.7%
93 jointIsle of AngleseyWales14.7%
95 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber14.8%
95 jointWorcesterWest Midlands14.8%
97 jointGosportSouth East14.9%
97 jointRedditchWest Midlands14.9%
97 jointWestminsterLondon14.9%
97 jointWrexhamWales14.9%
101 jointHarrowLondon15%
101 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East15%
103 jointCrawleySouth East15.1%
103 jointFlintshireWales15.1%
103 jointFolkestone and HytheSouth East15.1%
103 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber15.1%
103 jointWiganNorth West15.1%
108 jointCroydonLondon15.2%
108 jointMole ValleySouth East15.2%
108 jointSolihullWest Midlands15.2%
111 jointBirminghamWest Midlands15.3%
111 jointCarmarthenshireWales15.3%
113MedwaySouth East15.4%
114 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West15.6%
114 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber15.6%
114 jointLeicesterEast Midlands15.6%
117 jointPowysWales15.7%
117 jointSouthamptonSouth East15.7%
117 jointSt AlbansEast of England15.7%
120BrentwoodEast of England15.8%
121 jointCheltenhamSouth West15.9%
121 jointCumberlandNorth West15.9%
121 jointDerbyshire DalesEast Midlands15.9%
121 jointHillingdonLondon15.9%
121 jointIsle of WightSouth East15.9%
121 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East15.9%
127 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber16%
127 jointRochfordEast of England16%
129 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East16.1%
129 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands16.1%
129 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England16.1%
132PembrokeshireWales16.2%
133BroxbourneEast of England16.3%
134 jointHammersmith and FulhamLondon16.4%
134 jointSurrey HeathSouth East16.4%
136WaverleySouth East16.5%
137 jointBridgendWales16.7%
137 jointDacorumEast of England16.7%
137 jointMansfieldEast Midlands16.7%
140 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands16.8%
140 jointTamworthWest Midlands16.8%
140 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East16.8%
143 jointHarlowEast of England16.9%
143 jointHertsmereEast of England16.9%
143 jointLambethLondon16.9%
143 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber16.9%
143 jointWest LancashireNorth West16.9%
148 jointEast SuffolkEast of England17%
148 jointHaltonNorth West17%
148 jointWyreNorth West17%
151 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West17.1%
151 jointCounty DurhamNorth East17.1%
151 jointNorthumberlandNorth East17.1%
151 jointSheffieldYorkshire and the Humber17.1%
151 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber17.1%
156 jointGuildfordSouth East17.3%
156 jointLewishamLondon17.3%
156 jointTendringEast of England17.3%
159Wyre ForestWest Midlands17.4%
160IpswichEast of England17.5%
161 jointBristolSouth West17.7%
161 jointDorsetSouth West17.7%
161 jointNewcastle upon TyneNorth East17.7%
164WarringtonNorth West17.8%
165 jointTandridgeSouth East17.9%
165 jointTeignbridgeSouth West17.9%
165 jointThurrockEast of England17.9%
168South RibbleNorth West18%
169 jointSouth HamsSouth West18.1%
169 jointWokingSouth East18.1%
171 jointArunSouth East18.2%
171 jointNorwichEast of England18.2%
173 jointEalingLondon18.3%
173 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England18.3%
175 jointBolsoverEast Midlands18.4%
175 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands18.4%
175 jointElmbridgeSouth East18.4%
175 jointMonmouthshireWales18.4%
175 jointWakefieldYorkshire and the Humber18.4%
180Vale of GlamorganWales18.5%
181Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West18.6%
182 jointBarnetLondon18.7%
182 jointEast Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber18.7%
182 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber18.7%
182 jointNorth YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber18.7%
186 jointAshfieldEast Midlands18.8%
186 jointHerefordshireWest Midlands18.8%
186 jointKnowsleyNorth West18.8%
189 jointCoventryWest Midlands18.9%
189 jointDarlingtonNorth East18.9%
189 jointFyldeNorth West18.9%
189 jointHartlepoolNorth East18.9%
189 jointLiverpoolNorth West18.9%
194Cannock ChaseWest Midlands19%
195 jointBlabyEast Midlands19.1%
195 jointIslingtonLondon19.1%
195 jointOxfordSouth East19.1%
195 jointWealdenSouth East19.1%
199Stockton-on-TeesNorth East19.4%
200 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber19.5%
200 jointForest of DeanSouth West19.5%
202 jointLincolnEast Midlands19.6%
202 jointPrestonNorth West19.6%
204 jointMaldonEast of England19.7%
204 jointNottinghamEast Midlands19.7%
206 jointBroadlandEast of England19.8%
206 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands19.8%
208StroudSouth West19.9%
209 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England20%
209 jointWest BerkshireSouth East20%
211 jointCardiffWales20.1%
211 jointMeltonEast Midlands20.1%
211 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East20.1%
214 jointCanterburySouth East20.2%
214 jointNorth DevonSouth West20.2%
214 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England20.2%
217 jointHounslowLondon20.3%
217 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands20.3%
219 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon20.4%
219 jointNorth SomersetSouth West20.4%
221BaberghEast of England20.5%
222 jointEast LindseyEast Midlands20.6%
222 jointNewportWales20.6%
224BassetlawEast Midlands20.7%
225 jointRushmoorSouth East20.8%
225 jointWandsworthLondon20.8%
227East HampshireSouth East21.1%
228BuckinghamshireSouth East21.3%
229StaffordWest Midlands21.4%
230South OxfordshireSouth East21.5%
231 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands21.6%
231 jointShropshireWest Midlands21.6%
233 jointGloucesterSouth West21.7%
233 jointReadingSouth East21.7%
233 jointSloughSouth East21.7%
233 jointWest DevonSouth West21.7%
237 jointCheshire EastNorth West21.8%
237 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands21.8%
237 jointWatfordEast of England21.8%
240 jointChelmsfordEast of England21.9%
240 jointChorleyNorth West21.9%
240 jointEast DevonSouth West21.9%
243SwaleSouth East22%
244 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England22.1%
244 jointRibble ValleyNorth West22.1%
244 jointSomersetSouth West22.1%
247CornwallSouth West22.2%
248RunnymedeSouth East22.4%
249 jointBracknell ForestSouth East22.5%
249 jointMid DevonSouth West22.5%
249 jointWest NorthamptonshireEast Midlands22.5%
249 jointWiltshireSouth West22.5%
253 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands22.7%
253 jointChichesterSouth East22.7%
255East StaffordshireWest Midlands22.9%
256 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West23%
256 jointWarwickWest Midlands23%
258BrentLondon23.1%
259 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England23.2%
259 jointWest SuffolkEast of England23.2%
261BostonEast Midlands23.3%
262HorshamSouth East23.4%
263 jointBraintreeEast of England23.5%
263 jointCotswoldSouth West23.5%
263 jointHackneyLondon23.5%
263 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East23.5%
267South KestevenEast Midlands23.7%
268HartSouth East23.8%
269LichfieldWest Midlands23.9%
270 jointEastleighSouth East24.1%
270 jointMid SussexSouth East24.1%
270 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands24.1%
273Test ValleySouth East24.2%
274SwindonSouth West24.3%
275 jointBrecklandEast of England24.5%
275 jointPeterboroughEast of England24.5%
275 jointRutlandEast Midlands24.5%
278 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East24.6%
278 jointCherwellSouth East24.6%
280BedfordEast of England24.8%
281 jointExeterSouth West24.9%
281 jointWychavonWest Midlands24.9%
283WokinghamSouth East25.1%
284 jointFenlandEast of England25.4%
284 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands25.4%
286 jointMaidstoneSouth East25.8%
286 jointWinchesterSouth East25.8%
288ColchesterEast of England25.9%
289TorridgeSouth West26%
290 jointGreenwichLondon26.4%
290 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands26.4%
292 jointCity of LondonLondon26.5%
292 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands26.5%
294ManchesterNorth West26.8%
295North West LeicestershireEast Midlands26.9%
296 jointCambridgeEast of England27.6%
296 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East27.6%
298AshfordSouth East27.7%
299South HollandEast Midlands27.8%
300 jointRugbyWest Midlands27.9%
300 jointSouthwarkLondon27.9%
302Central BedfordshireEast of England28.3%
303Mid SuffolkEast of England28.5%
304 jointDartfordSouth East28.6%
304 jointVale of White HorseSouth East28.6%
306Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands28.8%
307 jointNewhamLondon29%
307 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands29%
309TewkesburySouth West29.5%
310 jointSalfordNorth West29.6%
310 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England29.6%
312 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England29.8%
312 jointSouth CambridgeshireEast of England29.8%
312 jointUttlesfordEast of England29.8%
315HarboroughEast Midlands31.7%
316Milton KeynesSouth East32.6%
317South DerbyshireEast Midlands34.1%
318Tower HamletsLondon45.5%

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  • Northern Ireland. Only the Valuation Office Agency, for England and Wales, publishes a count of homes by when they were built.
  • Scotland. Only the Valuation Office Agency, for England and Wales, publishes a count of homes by when they were built.

Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, 2025, table CTSOP4.1, build period by council · March 2025 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured

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