Where your Council Tax goes
The Council Tax charge is based on:
- the area you live in, known as the parish
- the valuation of your property, which gives it the Council Tax band
Council Tax charges 2024 to 2025
|
Distribution of Council Tax |
Band A |
Band B |
Band C |
Band D |
Band E |
Band F |
Band G |
Band H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
West Oxfordshire District Council |
£82.92 |
£96.74 |
£110.56 |
£124.38 |
£152.02 |
£179.66 |
£207.30 |
£248.76 |
|
Oxfordshire County Council |
£1213.71 |
£1415.99 |
£1618.28 |
£1820.56 |
£2225.13 |
£2629.70 |
£3034.27 |
£3641.12 |
|
Thames Valley Police |
£179.52 |
£209.44 |
£239.36 |
£269.28 |
£329.12 |
£388.96 |
£448.80 |
£538.56 |
|
Town/Parish Council (average)* |
£70.76 |
£82.55 |
£94.35 |
£106.14 |
£129.73 |
£153.31 |
£176.90 |
£212.28 |
|
Total |
£1546.91 |
£1804.72 |
£2062.55 |
£2320.36 |
£2836.00 |
£3351.63 |
£3867.27 |
£4640.72 |
*Parish amounts are based on the average charge, you may pay more or less than the sums shown depending on where you live.
District Council funding
We use our share of the Council Tax collected to help pay for a variety of services. These include:
- Planning
- Household waste and recycling collections
- Street cleansing
- Leisure centres
- Environmental health
- Building control
- Housing services
- Administration of benefits
The Council Tax we collect does not pay for the full cost of local services. The rest of our funding comes from:
- Central Government grants
- redistributed business rates
- interest income
- various fees and charges
- other grants and contributions
- savings
Oxfordshire County Council - How Your Money is Spent 2024 to 2025 - pdf - 6.57 Mb