Benefits - Council Tax discounts

A full Council Tax bill is based on at least 2 adults living in a home.

You’ll get 25 per cent off your bill if you count as an adult for Council Tax and live on your own.

You’ll also get a discount if you live with people who don’t count as adults for Council Tax.

These people are not counted as adults for Council Tax:

• Children under 18
• People on apprentice schemes
• 18 and 19-year-olds in full-time education
• Full-time college and university students
• Young people under 25 who get funding from the Skills Funding Agency or Young People’s Learning Agency
• Student nurses
• People with a severe mental disability
• Live-in carers who look after someone who isn’t their partner, spouse or child

You may pay less Council Tax for a property you own or rent that’s not your main home. Some property is exempt from council tax altogether.

Find out more about Council Tax discounts and exemptions