Council tax bills will start arriving on doormats across Swindon next month in advance of the new rates, which take effect from April 1.

There are actually 160 different amounts that residents will be asked to pay over the year, the tax is calculated on the size and value of a house or flat, which will be put into one of eight bands, from A being the lowest to H the highest.

There are four organisations who receive money from the council tax, and each has put its levy - called a precept – into the total: Swindon Borough Council, Wiltshire Police, Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service and one of 19 parish councils serving the 20 parishes across Swindon.

The different precepts for the borough council, police and fire are the same for all households in a given band – but the 19 parish councils also set their own precept - so a Band D house in South Swindon will be charged differently than a similar Band D house in Covingham for example, if the parish councils set different precepts.

Here are the lowest (Band A), ‘average’ (Band D) and highest (Band H) annual bills for 2024-25 in each parish in Swindon.

 

Parish                                Band A                              Band D                              Band H

Bishopstone                     £1,392.39                         £2,088.58                         £4,177.16

 

Blunsdon                          £1,418.86                         £2,128.28                         £4,256.56

 

Castle Eaton                     £1,476.20                         £2,214.29                         £4,428.58

 

Central Swindon North  £1,479.41                         £2,219.10                         £4,438.20

 

Chiseldon                           £1,466.67                        £2,199.99                        £4,399.98

 

Covingham                       £1,433.93                        £2,150.89                         £4,301.78

 

Hannington                      £1,420.96                        £2,131.44                         £4,262.87

 

Haydon Wick                    £1,452.27                         £2,178.39                         £4,356.78

 

Highworth                        £1,510.83                         £2,266.24                        £4,532.47

 

Inglesham                         £1,366.34                         £2,049.50                         £4,099.00

(Inglesham does not have a parish council, and therefore no parish precept)

 

Liddington                        £1,415.52                         £2,123.27                         £4,246.54

 

Nythe, Eldene & Liden   £1,412.33                         £2,118.48                         £4,236.96

 

South Marston                £1,461.09                        £2,191.63                         £4,383.26

 

South Swindon                £1,479.41                         £2,219.10                         £4,438.20

 

St Andrews                       £1,416.29                         £ 2,124.42                        £4,248.84

 

Stanton Fitzwarren         £1,448.64                         £2,172.95                         £4,345.90

 

Stratton St Margaret      £1,490.12                         £2,235.16                         £4,470.33

 

Wanborough                   £1,449.97                         £2,174.95                         £4,349.90

 

West Swindon                 £1,452.91                         £2,179.36                         £4,358.72

 

Wroughton                       £1,497.29                         £2,245.92                         £4,491.85