North Somerset Council

Council Tax and Business Rates

North Somerset Council is a Unitary Authority in England. It contains approximately 96,830 residential properties subject to Council Tax, and approximately 6,279 commercial properties subject to Business Rates.

The most common Council Tax band in North Somerset is C, and the median Council Tax band is C.

The average (mean) Council Tax value in North Somerset is £1,828.06.

See these figures compared to other councils on our Council Tax Comparison page.

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Council Tax Bands

Band Amount Properties
Band A £1,267 13,535
Band B £1,478 21,007
Band C £1,689 22,736
Band D £1,900 17,178
Band E £2,322 12,539
Band F £2,745 6,304
Band G £3,167 3,259
Band H £3,800 272

Business Rate Stats

Number of Rateable Premises 6,279
Number of premises with rateable value greater than £10,000 2,459
Number of premises with rateable value greater than £100,000 217
Number of premises with rateable value greater than £1,000,000 13
Highest Rateable Value £5,100,000
Average Rateable Value (Mean) £23,938
Median Rateable Value £7,200
Typical Rateable Value (Mode) £10,250

Business Rate Multipliers

Rating Band Values Up To Multiplier
Small £18,000 48.4%
Large all higher values 49.7%

Statistical information (eg, number of properties per council tax band, average business rates) are a snapshot from the time when this data was last updated. New constuction, demolition, change of use and revaluing means that the number of properties continuously changes, and this takes time to feed through to the published data.

Although North Somerset Council sends out the bills and collects the money, it is not responsible for the entire amount that you owe.

Council tax is levied by a variety of different bodies, including Fire authorities and Police authorities as well as the local councils. Not all of these will apply to every location, but there will usually be more than one authority which levies council tax.

Business rates are set centrally by national government, according to a formula based on the nominal rental value of a property. Local authorities have some discretion to allow Business Rate Relief under certain circumstances, but they cannot vary the basic level at which Business Rates are charged.

Postcodes in North Somerset Council

Active geographic postcodes only. Non-geographic and "large user" codes are not listed here, as they do not have taxable addresses. For details of all postcodes in an area, see Check My Postcode.