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Council Tax single person discount: 25% off, if you ask
In England and Wales, if you are the only adult in your home, you can get 25% off your Council Tax. It also applies if everyone else living with you is not counted, for example full-time students. You must apply to your council.
Who can get it
You pay Council Tax and either live on your own, or everyone else in your home is not counted. People not counted include under 18s, full-time students, student nurses, some apprentices, people who are severely mentally impaired, and live-in carers for someone who is not their partner or child. If everyone in the home is not counted, the discount is 50%.
How to get it
Apply to your local council. It does not happen by itself. If you get a discount you are not entitled to, you must tell the council.
Where this comes from
Every figure on this page is read from the official page below, and we show the date we checked it. We do not estimate.
Official source, checked 11 September 2026.