Chargeable dwellings classed as second homes for council tax by council, England

MHCLG's Council Taxbase: the chargeable dwellings on each English council's October return classed as second homes for council tax (Line 11).

England

267,894

6 Oct 2025

Verified against source, 6 November 2026, 07:42 UTC

2025-10-06

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In order

Ranked by the hub 6 Oct 2025

Every place, the highest figure first. The number before each is the hub's own position in the list, not the publisher's: equal figures share one, marked =.

1Cornwall13,988
2Westminster10,889
3Kensington and Chelsea7,898
4Tower Hamlets7,567
5North Yorkshire7,344
6Manchester6,838
7Dorset5,981
8North Norfolk5,795
9Westmorland and Furness5,460
10Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole4,278
11South Hams4,184
12East Suffolk4,006
13Camden3,968
14Isle of Wight3,622
15Northumberland3,466
16Leeds3,439
17King's Lynn and West Norfolk3,182
18Salford2,980
19Cumberland2,847
20Bristol, City of2,827
21Southwark2,771
22Coventry2,606
23Great Yarmouth2,603
24Hammersmith and Fulham2,595
25Newcastle upon Tyne2,507
26Chichester2,459
27East Devon2,458
28Wandsworth2,443
29Brighton and Hove2,431
30Bradford2,427
31Somerset2,289
32Leicester2,129
33East Riding of Yorkshire2,069
34North Devon1,990
35Reading1,975
36City of London1,929
37Cotswold1,828
38Shropshire1,799
39Lambeth1,784
40Thanet1,701
41Torridge1,643
42Haringey1,617
43Ealing1,592
44County Durham1,578
45East Lindsey1,521
46New Forest1,453
47Barnet1,432
48Arun1,430
49Wiltshire1,346
50Torbay1,345
51Canterbury1,343
52Milton Keynes1,340
53Oxford1,313
54Cambridge1,245
55Swale1,239
56Cheshire East1,233
57Tendring1,221
58Preston1,191
59Nottingham1,142
60Dover1,137
61Merton1,132
62Kirklees1,125
=63Lincoln1,055
=63Teignbridge1,055
65Lancaster1,051
66Portsmouth1,028
67Blackpool1,026
68Hackney1,021
69Norwich1,004
70Folkestone and Hythe987
71Plymouth973
72Sunderland966
73Southampton965
74Rother951
75Eastbourne940
76Warwick939
77Sheffield937
78Herefordshire, County of911
79Derbyshire Dales903
80Trafford898
81Cheshire West and Chester875
82Buckinghamshire858
83Stratford-on-Avon828
84Islington813
85Doncaster798
86Birmingham782
87Kingston upon Thames778
88Cheltenham763
89Fylde754
90Cherwell752
91West Oxfordshire735
92Wakefield734
93Windsor and Maidenhead731
94Hillingdon729
95Hastings726
96Bath and North East Somerset713
97Wolverhampton649
98Sandwell646
99Enfield641
100Wirral621
101Stroud610
102Southend-on-Sea608
103South Norfolk599
104Sefton583
105Lewisham579
106West Devon574
107Colchester570
108Rotherham564
109St. Helens552
110Redbridge549
111Greenwich531
112Ashford528
113Wealden524
114North Northamptonshire508
115Gateshead507
116York503
117Breckland502
118Stockport496
119Charnwood495
120Bolton494
121Richmond upon Thames490
122Wigan484
123Winchester482
=124West Suffolk466
=124Wyre Forest466
126Broxtowe464
127Babergh459
128Epping Forest454
129Liverpool448
130Worthing433
131East Hampshire430
132Exeter428
133South Cambridgeshire421
134Harrow417
135Warrington416
136Mid Suffolk412
137Broadland410
138Ipswich395
139Guildford393
140Wychavon382
141North East Lincolnshire381
142West Northamptonshire380
143Chelmsford377
144East Staffordshire372
145Amber Valley367
146Dacorum365
147Huntingdonshire363
148Malvern Hills357
149Lewes356
150North Lincolnshire353
151Calderdale348
152Peterborough344
153Sevenoaks343
154Oldham337
=155Forest of Dean334
=155Kingston upon Hull, City of334
157High Peak330
158North Kesteven329
159North Somerset327
160Medway325
161Runnymede322
162South Kesteven317
163Waverley314
164Vale of White Horse305
165Ashfield300
166Newcastle-under-Lyme296
167North Tyneside295
168East Cambridgeshire294
169Staffordshire Moorlands293
=170Solihull291
=170Stockton-on-Tees291
172St Albans290
173Reigate and Banstead289
=174Bassetlaw281
=174West Lindsey281
176Stoke-on-Trent280
=177Ribble Valley277
=177South Holland277
179Fareham274
180Basingstoke and Deane271
181Mole Valley269
=182Derby268
=182Wokingham268
184Basildon264
185Worcester260
186Dudley255
=187Rushcliffe253
=187South Oxfordshire253
189Telford and Wrekin252
190Bromley251
=191Central Bedfordshire247
=191Eastleigh247
=191Walsall247
194Waltham Forest242
195Tunbridge Wells240
196Slough239
197Uttlesford236
198Brent235
=199Chesterfield233
=199South Staffordshire233
201Harborough232
202Croydon230
203Tewkesbury227
204Welwyn Hatfield224
205Redcar and Cleveland220
206Fenland219
207North West Leicestershire218
208Mid Sussex217
=209Stafford216
=209Tonbridge and Malling216
211Rochdale213
212Maldon212
213South Derbyshire209
214Newham205
215Pendle204
216Hounslow202
217North East Derbyshire201
218Havant200
219Horsham199
=220Thurrock198
=220Woking198
=222Mid Devon196
=222Newark and Sherwood196
224West Berkshire194
=225Barking and Dagenham188
=225Elmbridge188
227Blackburn with Darwen184
=228Hinckley and Bosworth183
=228Rugby183
230Tandridge181
231Gosport180
232Dartford177
=233Bedford174
=233Erewash174
235Bury172
236Burnley169
=237Darlington163
=237East Hertfordshire163
=237Rutland163
240Sutton162
241Maidstone160
242Brentwood157
243Nuneaton and Bedworth153
=244Adur152
=244Blaby152
246North Hertfordshire149
247Gedling144
248Bromsgrove139
249Braintree136
250Bolsover135
251Test Valley134
252Rossendale130
253Hertsmere127
254Boston126
255Gloucester124
=256Harlow123
=256Luton123
=258Lichfield121
=258Surrey Heath121
260Redditch116
261Isles of Scilly115
262Chorley110
263Hart106
264Spelthorne105
265Hartlepool104
266Cannock Chase102
=267Swindon99
=267Tameside99
269Crawley93
270Rushmoor91
271Wyre87
272Barnsley85
273Mansfield78
274Knowsley73
=275Rochford70
=275South Gloucestershire70
277Middlesbrough63
278Epsom and Ewell59
279Halton58
=280Broxbourne56
=280Havering56
282West Lancashire54
=283North Warwickshire53
=283Oadby and Wigston53
285Stevenage46
286South Ribble43
287Bexley42
288Watford41
289Hyndburn40
=290South Tyneside35
=290Three Rivers35
292Melton34
293Bracknell Forest32
294Castle Point30
295Gravesham15
296Tamworth6

Counts follow the size of the place, so the largest places tend to come first.

Data table

296 rows

Area	6 Oct 2025
Cornwall E06000052	13,988
Westminster E09000033	10,889
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	7,898
Tower Hamlets E09000030	7,567
North Yorkshire E06000065	7,344
Manchester E08000003	6,838
Dorset E06000059	5,981
North Norfolk E07000147	5,795
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	5,460
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	4,278
South Hams E07000044	4,184
East Suffolk E07000244	4,006
Camden E09000007	3,968
Isle of Wight E06000046	3,622
Northumberland E06000057	3,466
Leeds E08000035	3,439
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	3,182
Salford E08000006	2,980
Cumberland E06000063	2,847
Bristol, City of E06000023	2,827
Southwark E09000028	2,771
Coventry E08000026	2,606
Great Yarmouth E07000145	2,603
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	2,595
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	2,507
Chichester E07000225	2,459
East Devon E07000040	2,458
Wandsworth E09000032	2,443
Brighton and Hove E06000043	2,431
Bradford E08000032	2,427
Somerset E06000066	2,289
Leicester E06000016	2,129
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	2,069
North Devon E07000043	1,990
Reading E06000038	1,975
City of London E09000001	1,929
Cotswold E07000079	1,828
Shropshire E06000051	1,799
Lambeth E09000022	1,784
Thanet E07000114	1,701
Torridge E07000046	1,643
Haringey E09000014	1,617
Ealing E09000009	1,592
County Durham E06000047	1,578
East Lindsey E07000137	1,521
New Forest E07000091	1,453
Barnet E09000003	1,432
Arun E07000224	1,430
Wiltshire E06000054	1,346
Torbay E06000027	1,345
Canterbury E07000106	1,343
Milton Keynes E06000042	1,340
Oxford E07000178	1,313
Cambridge E07000008	1,245
Swale E07000113	1,239
Cheshire East E06000049	1,233
Tendring E07000076	1,221
Preston E07000123	1,191
Nottingham E06000018	1,142
Dover E07000108	1,137
Merton E09000024	1,132
Kirklees E08000034	1,125
Teignbridge E07000045	1,055
Lincoln E07000138	1,055
Lancaster E07000121	1,051
Portsmouth E06000044	1,028
Blackpool E06000009	1,026
Hackney E09000012	1,021
Norwich E07000148	1,004
Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	987
Plymouth E06000026	973
Sunderland E08000024	966
Southampton E06000045	965
Rother E07000064	951
Eastbourne E07000061	940
Warwick E07000222	939
Sheffield E08000039	937
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	911
Derbyshire Dales E07000035	903
Trafford E08000009	898
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	875
Buckinghamshire E06000060	858
Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	828
Islington E09000019	813
Doncaster E08000017	798
Birmingham E08000025	782
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	778
Cheltenham E07000078	763
Fylde E07000119	754
Cherwell E07000177	752
West Oxfordshire E07000181	735
Wakefield E08000036	734
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	731
Hillingdon E09000017	729
Hastings E07000062	726
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	713
Wolverhampton E08000031	649
Sandwell E08000028	646
Enfield E09000010	641
Wirral E08000015	621
Stroud E07000082	610
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	608
South Norfolk E07000149	599
Sefton E08000014	583
Lewisham E09000023	579
West Devon E07000047	574
Colchester E07000071	570
Rotherham E08000018	564
St. Helens E08000013	552
Redbridge E09000026	549
Greenwich E09000011	531
Ashford E07000105	528
Wealden E07000065	524
North Northamptonshire E06000061	508
Gateshead E08000037	507
York E06000014	503
Breckland E07000143	502
Stockport E08000007	496
Charnwood E07000130	495
Bolton E08000001	494
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	490
Wigan E08000010	484
Winchester E07000094	482
Wyre Forest E07000239	466
West Suffolk E07000245	466
Broxtowe E07000172	464
Babergh E07000200	459
Epping Forest E07000072	454
Liverpool E08000012	448
Worthing E07000229	433
East Hampshire E07000085	430
Exeter E07000041	428
South Cambridgeshire E07000012	421
Harrow E09000015	417
Warrington E06000007	416
Mid Suffolk E07000203	412
Broadland E07000144	410
Ipswich E07000202	395
Guildford E07000209	393
Wychavon E07000238	382
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	381
West Northamptonshire E06000062	380
Chelmsford E07000070	377
East Staffordshire E07000193	372
Amber Valley E07000032	367
Dacorum E07000096	365
Huntingdonshire E07000011	363
Malvern Hills E07000235	357
Lewes E07000063	356
North Lincolnshire E06000013	353
Calderdale E08000033	348
Peterborough E06000031	344
Sevenoaks E07000111	343
Oldham E08000004	337
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	334
Forest of Dean E07000080	334
High Peak E07000037	330
North Kesteven E07000139	329
North Somerset E06000024	327
Medway E06000035	325
Runnymede E07000212	322
South Kesteven E07000141	317
Waverley E07000216	314
Vale of White Horse E07000180	305
Ashfield E07000170	300
Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	296
North Tyneside E08000022	295
East Cambridgeshire E07000009	294
Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	293
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	291
Solihull E08000029	291
St Albans E07000240	290
Reigate and Banstead E07000211	289
West Lindsey E07000142	281
Bassetlaw E07000171	281
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	280
Ribble Valley E07000124	277
South Holland E07000140	277
Fareham E07000087	274
Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	271
Mole Valley E07000210	269
Derby E06000015	268
Wokingham E06000041	268
Basildon E07000066	264
Worcester E07000237	260
Dudley E08000027	255
Rushcliffe E07000176	253
South Oxfordshire E07000179	253
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	252
Bromley E09000006	251
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	247
Eastleigh E07000086	247
Walsall E08000030	247
Waltham Forest E09000031	242
Tunbridge Wells E07000116	240
Slough E06000039	239
Uttlesford E07000077	236
Brent E09000005	235
Chesterfield E07000034	233
South Staffordshire E07000196	233
Harborough E07000131	232
Croydon E09000008	230
Tewkesbury E07000083	227
Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	224
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	220
Fenland E07000010	219
North West Leicestershire E07000134	218
Mid Sussex E07000228	217
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	216
Stafford E07000197	216
Rochdale E08000005	213
Maldon E07000074	212
South Derbyshire E07000039	209
Newham E09000025	205
Pendle E07000122	204
Hounslow E09000018	202
North East Derbyshire E07000038	201
Havant E07000090	200
Horsham E07000227	199
Thurrock E06000034	198
Woking E07000217	198
Mid Devon E07000042	196
Newark and Sherwood E07000175	196
West Berkshire E06000037	194
Elmbridge E07000207	188
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	188
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	184
Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	183
Rugby E07000220	183
Tandridge E07000215	181
Gosport E07000088	180
Dartford E07000107	177
Bedford E06000055	174
Erewash E07000036	174
Bury E08000002	172
Burnley E07000117	169
Darlington E06000005	163
Rutland E06000017	163
East Hertfordshire E07000242	163
Sutton E09000029	162
Maidstone E07000110	160
Brentwood E07000068	157
Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	153
Blaby E07000129	152
Adur E07000223	152
North Hertfordshire E07000099	149
Gedling E07000173	144
Bromsgrove E07000234	139
Braintree E07000067	136
Bolsover E07000033	135
Test Valley E07000093	134
Rossendale E07000125	130
Hertsmere E07000098	127
Boston E07000136	126
Gloucester E07000081	124
Luton E06000032	123
Harlow E07000073	123
Lichfield E07000194	121
Surrey Heath E07000214	121
Redditch E07000236	116
Isles of Scilly E06000053	115
Chorley E07000118	110
Hart E07000089	106
Spelthorne E07000213	105
Hartlepool E06000001	104
Cannock Chase E07000192	102
Swindon E06000030	99
Tameside E08000008	99
Crawley E07000226	93
Rushmoor E07000092	91
Wyre E07000128	87
Barnsley E08000038	85
Mansfield E07000174	78
Knowsley E08000011	73
South Gloucestershire E06000025	70
Rochford E07000075	70
Middlesbrough E06000002	63
Epsom and Ewell E07000208	59
Halton E06000006	58
Broxbourne E07000095	56
Havering E09000016	56
West Lancashire E07000127	54
Oadby and Wigston E07000135	53
North Warwickshire E07000218	53
Stevenage E07000243	46
South Ribble E07000126	43
Bexley E09000004	42
Watford E07000103	41
Hyndburn E07000120	40
Three Rivers E07000102	35
South Tyneside E08000023	35
Melton E07000133	34
Bracknell Forest E06000036	32
Castle Point E07000069	30
Gravesham E07000109	15
Tamworth E07000199	6

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163 to 277
277 to 496
496 to 1,142
1,142 to 14k

Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Verification

Verified against source, 6 November 2026, 07:42 UTC Run at 6 November 2026, 07:42 UTC; 296 of 296 figures matched the live source.

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Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	296 of 296 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	296 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	296 of 296 figures match exactly after downloading 4 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	GOV.UK table is current	latest period 2025-10-06 ended 396 days before retrieval (limit 403), from Council Taxbase: Local authority level data for 2025 (revised)
Pass	The Taxbase's own totals agree	296 councils' bands each add up to their total, England's 267,894 is its councils' sum and Table 4's for 2025, Table 6.06 answers once for each council for 2025-26
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Notes

MHCLG's definition: 'Second homes are those dwellings which are furnished and are not used by anyone as their main home.'
The counts are of chargeable dwellings on each council's Council Taxbase return ('Number of chargeable dwellings adjusted in accordance with lines 5 and 6 (Line 7)') classed as second homes for council tax – not every home its owner treats as a second home.
The headline is England's figure on the same table.