Dorset council tax
Here is council tax in Dorset for 2026/27, band by band, with the average Band D charge of £2,765.02 as the starting point. Each band in Dorset is shown as a yearly bill and as monthly payments.
| Band | A year | A month (10 instalments) | A month (12 instalments) | Single person discount (25%) a year | Single person discount (25%) a month (10 instalments) | Single person discount (25%) a month (12 instalments) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,843.35 | £184.34 | £153.61 | £1,382.51 | £138.25 | £115.21 |
| Band B | £2,150.57 | £215.06 | £179.21 | £1,612.93 | £161.29 | £134.41 |
| Band C | £2,457.80 | £245.78 | £204.82 | £1,843.35 | £184.34 | £153.61 |
| Band D | £2,765.02 | £276.50 | £230.42 | £2,073.77 | £207.38 | £172.81 |
| Band E | £3,379.47 | £337.95 | £281.62 | £2,534.60 | £253.46 | £211.22 |
| Band F | £3,993.92 | £399.39 | £332.83 | £2,995.44 | £299.54 | £249.62 |
| Band G | £4,608.37 | £460.84 | £384.03 | £3,456.28 | £345.63 | £288.02 |
| Band H | £5,530.04 | £553.00 | £460.84 | £4,147.53 | £414.75 | £345.63 |
Set against the other councils, Dorset comes out as the 1st highest of the 296 councils in England.
Council tax is usually split into 10 monthly payments, which makes £276.50 a month at Band D in Dorset. You can ask Dorset for 12 payments instead, and the table gives that monthly figure too.
Homes in Dorset pay according to the band they are placed in. The lower bands pay a set fraction of £2,765.02, and the higher bands pay a set multiple of it.
Someone living alone in Dorset can apply for the single person discount, as can someone whose fellow residents are not counted for council tax. The discount column shows what the bill in Dorset would then be for each band.
Parish and town councils in Dorset add their own charges, and the £2,765.02 figure is the area average with those charges included.
We take the Dorset figures from the published 2026/27 council tax table for England. The sources page links to the table for England.
To see your exact figure, check the bill Dorset sends you, which sets out how the amount was worked out.