Blackburn house energy efficiency
January 2026
Houses are energy-inefficient. The average house energy rating in Blackburn postcode area is 61.6, D rating. This is by 2.2 worse score than the average house energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 81.1, B rating.
Blackburn houses by energy rating

| Energy rating | Blackburn | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| █ B | 5.6% | 8.2% |
| █ C | 54.5% | 58.7% |
| █ D | 16.9% | 14.2% |
| █ E | 18.1% | 14.5% |
| █ F | 3.7% | 3.2% |
| █ G | 1.1% | 0.9% |
Blackburn map of energy efficiency of houses

Blackburn houses by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Blackburn | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 4.3% | 5.6% |
| █ B | 57.4% | 59.3% |
| █ C | 35.5% | 31.2% |
| █ D | 1.0% | 1.3% |
| █ E | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| █ F | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 0.7% | 1.1% |
Blackburn houses by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Blackburn | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 9.4% | 4.4% |
| █ poor | 4.7% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 29.8% | 25.9% |
| █ good | 51.8% | 57.8% |
| █ very good | 4.4% | 7.1% |
Blackburn houses by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Blackburn | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 2.0% | 1.8% |
| █ poor | 1.1% | 2.3% |
| █ average | 5.2% | 8.5% |
| █ good | 89.7% | 84.5% |
| █ very good | 2.0% | 2.9% |
Blackburn houses by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Blackburn | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 35.1% | 22.5% |
| █ poor | 21.1% | 16.7% |
| █ average | 9.9% | 15.1% |
| █ good | 28.7% | 37.2% |
| █ very good | 5.3% | 8.5% |
Blackburn houses by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Blackburn | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 1.7% | 3.5% |
| █ poor | 4.8% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 66.0% | 55.1% |
| █ good | 22.8% | 29.2% |
| █ very good | 4.6% | 7.3% |
Blackburn houses by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Blackburn | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 3.8% | 3.7% |
| █ poor | 5.7% | 6.1% |
| █ average | 8.7% | 12.6% |
| █ good | 78.9% | 73.5% |
| █ very good | 2.9% | 4.0% |
Blackburn houses by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Blackburn | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 12.6% | 10.3% |
| █ poor | 9.1% | 7.9% |
| █ average | 14.9% | 13.0% |
| █ good | 17.6% | 17.0% |
| █ very good | 45.8% | 51.8% |
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