Birmingham home energy efficiency
January 2026
Residential buildings are ordinary efficient. The average home energy rating in Birmingham postcode area is 65.0, D rating. This is by 0.9 worse score than the average home energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 79.4, C rating.
Birmingham homes by energy rating

| Energy rating | Birmingham | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| █ B | 9.4% | 11.5% |
| █ C | 60.0% | 60.8% |
| █ D | 13.5% | 11.8% |
| █ E | 13.9% | 12.2% |
| █ F | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| █ G | 0.7% | 0.8% |
Birmingham map of energy efficiency of properties

Birmingham homes by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Birmingham | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 2.5% | 3.6% |
| █ B | 48.0% | 47.8% |
| █ C | 46.0% | 44.6% |
| █ D | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| █ E | 1.3% | 1.3% |
| █ F | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 0.3% | 0.7% |
Birmingham homes by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Birmingham | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| █ poor | 8.5% | 8.2% |
| █ average | 22.9% | 25.3% |
| █ good | 60.9% | 56.4% |
| █ very good | 3.1% | 5.7% |
Birmingham homes by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Birmingham | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 9.0% | 6.4% |
| █ poor | 2.3% | 3.0% |
| █ average | 8.4% | 9.8% |
| █ good | 77.9% | 76.7% |
| █ very good | 2.4% | 4.0% |
Birmingham homes by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Birmingham | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 27.9% | 22.3% |
| █ poor | 16.4% | 15.9% |
| █ average | 12.5% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 34.4% | 38.0% |
| █ very good | 8.8% | 10.9% |
Birmingham homes by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Birmingham | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 3.0% | 5.4% |
| █ poor | 4.9% | 4.7% |
| █ average | 57.0% | 50.4% |
| █ good | 27.3% | 30.1% |
| █ very good | 7.8% | 9.3% |
Birmingham homes by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Birmingham | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 10.9% | 7.5% |
| █ poor | 6.0% | 6.3% |
| █ average | 10.0% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 69.5% | 68.1% |
| █ very good | 3.5% | 5.2% |
Birmingham homes by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Birmingham | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 12.2% | 10.5% |
| █ poor | 6.7% | 7.0% |
| █ average | 12.4% | 12.0% |
| █ good | 16.7% | 15.9% |
| █ very good | 52.0% | 54.6% |
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