Torquay home energy efficiency
January 2026
Residential buildings are energy-inefficient. The average home energy rating in Torquay postcode area is 62.6, D rating. This is by 3.4 worse score than the average home energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 78.3, C rating.
Torquay homes by energy rating

| Energy rating | Torquay | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| █ B | 8.8% | 11.5% |
| █ C | 54.4% | 60.8% |
| █ D | 13.4% | 11.8% |
| █ E | 16.6% | 12.2% |
| █ F | 5.1% | 2.6% |
| █ G | 1.6% | 0.8% |
Torquay map of energy efficiency of properties

Torquay homes by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Torquay | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 4.0% | 3.6% |
| █ B | 42.0% | 47.8% |
| █ C | 47.5% | 44.6% |
| █ D | 2.1% | 1.5% |
| █ E | 2.3% | 1.3% |
| █ F | 0.7% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 1.3% | 0.7% |
Torquay homes by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Torquay | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 2.7% | 4.5% |
| █ poor | 12.2% | 8.2% |
| █ average | 26.9% | 25.3% |
| █ good | 51.5% | 56.4% |
| █ very good | 6.7% | 5.7% |
Torquay homes by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Torquay | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 7.5% | 6.4% |
| █ poor | 5.7% | 3.0% |
| █ average | 16.7% | 9.8% |
| █ good | 67.2% | 76.7% |
| █ very good | 2.9% | 4.0% |
Torquay homes by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Torquay | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 19.8% | 22.3% |
| █ poor | 22.6% | 15.9% |
| █ average | 12.5% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 36.2% | 38.0% |
| █ very good | 8.9% | 10.9% |
Torquay homes by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Torquay | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| █ poor | 6.0% | 4.7% |
| █ average | 51.0% | 50.4% |
| █ good | 30.3% | 30.1% |
| █ very good | 6.8% | 9.3% |
Torquay homes by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Torquay | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 12.1% | 7.5% |
| █ poor | 7.6% | 6.3% |
| █ average | 16.7% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 59.5% | 68.1% |
| █ very good | 4.1% | 5.2% |
Torquay homes by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Torquay | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 9.9% | 10.5% |
| █ poor | 7.7% | 7.0% |
| █ average | 12.2% | 12.0% |
| █ good | 16.6% | 15.9% |
| █ very good | 53.6% | 54.6% |
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