Colchester home energy efficiency
January 2026
Residential buildings are ordinary efficient. The average home energy rating in Colchester postcode area is 65.3, D rating. This is by 0.7 worse score than the average home energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 79.9, C rating.
Colchester homes by energy rating
| Energy rating | Colchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| █ B | 12.3% | 11.5% |
| █ C | 57.3% | 60.8% |
| █ D | 12.1% | 11.8% |
| █ E | 13.8% | 12.2% |
| █ F | 3.4% | 2.6% |
| █ G | 0.9% | 0.8% |
Colchester map of energy efficiency of properties
Colchester homes by potential energy rating
| Potential energy rating | Colchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 5.4% | 3.6% |
| █ B | 48.2% | 47.8% |
| █ C | 41.1% | 44.6% |
| █ D | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| █ E | 1.6% | 1.3% |
| █ F | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 1.7% | 0.7% |
Colchester homes by main heating control energy efficiency
| Main heating control | Colchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 1.9% | 4.5% |
| █ poor | 10.1% | 8.2% |
| █ average | 23.8% | 25.3% |
| █ good | 55.8% | 56.4% |
| █ very good | 8.4% | 5.7% |
Colchester homes by main heating energy efficiency
| Main heat efficiency | Colchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 6.0% | 6.4% |
| █ poor | 4.8% | 3.0% |
| █ average | 15.2% | 9.8% |
| █ good | 70.7% | 76.7% |
| █ very good | 3.3% | 4.0% |
Colchester homes by walls energy efficiency
| Walls efficiency | Colchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 13.5% | 22.3% |
| █ poor | 15.1% | 15.9% |
| █ average | 14.2% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 45.7% | 38.0% |
| █ very good | 11.5% | 10.9% |
Colchester homes by windows energy efficiency
| Windows efficiency | Colchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 5.0% | 5.4% |
| █ poor | 4.9% | 4.7% |
| █ average | 48.6% | 50.4% |
| █ good | 31.8% | 30.1% |
| █ very good | 9.8% | 9.3% |
Colchester homes by hot water heating energy efficiency
| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Colchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 7.6% | 7.5% |
| █ poor | 8.5% | 6.3% |
| █ average | 19.1% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 60.5% | 68.1% |
| █ very good | 4.2% | 5.2% |
Colchester homes by lighting energy efficiency
| Lightning energy efficiency | Colchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 9.4% | 10.5% |
| █ poor | 8.1% | 7.0% |
| █ average | 13.1% | 12.0% |
| █ good | 16.5% | 15.9% |
| █ very good | 52.8% | 54.6% |
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