Other Discounts

A full Council Tax bill is based on at least two adults living in your home. You will get 25% of your bill if you live alone, or you are the only person living in the property who is counted for Council Tax purposes.

These people are not counted for Council Tax:

  • Children under 18
  • People on some 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
  • Foreign language assistants registered with the British Council
  • People with a severe mental disability
  • Live-in carers who look after someone who isn't their partner, spouse or child
  • Diplomats
  • Members of International Headquarters and Defence Organisations
  • Members of religious communities
  • People in detention/prison

To apply for one of these discounts, please use our enquiry form.

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