Bolton house energy efficiency
January 2026
Houses are energy-efficient. The average house energy rating in Bolton postcode area is 63.8, D rating. This is by 0.1 better score than the average house energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 81.4, B rating.
Bolton houses by energy rating

| Energy rating | Bolton | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| █ B | 4.1% | 8.2% |
| █ C | 65.7% | 58.7% |
| █ D | 14.3% | 14.2% |
| █ E | 12.9% | 14.5% |
| █ F | 2.3% | 3.2% |
| █ G | 0.5% | 0.9% |
Bolton map of energy efficiency of houses

Bolton houses by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Bolton | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 2.5% | 5.6% |
| █ B | 61.6% | 59.3% |
| █ C | 34.2% | 31.2% |
| █ D | 0.8% | 1.3% |
| █ E | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| █ F | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 0.3% | 1.1% |
Bolton houses by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Bolton | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 6.4% | 4.4% |
| █ poor | 4.2% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 31.5% | 25.9% |
| █ good | 55.0% | 57.8% |
| █ very good | 2.8% | 7.1% |
Bolton houses by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Bolton | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 1.3% | 1.8% |
| █ poor | 0.7% | 2.3% |
| █ average | 4.1% | 8.5% |
| █ good | 91.0% | 84.5% |
| █ very good | 2.8% | 2.9% |
Bolton houses by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Bolton | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 12.1% | 22.5% |
| █ poor | 23.7% | 16.7% |
| █ average | 19.9% | 15.1% |
| █ good | 40.5% | 37.2% |
| █ very good | 3.9% | 8.5% |
Bolton houses by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Bolton | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 1.3% | 3.5% |
| █ poor | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 67.7% | 55.1% |
| █ good | 24.3% | 29.2% |
| █ very good | 3.0% | 7.3% |
Bolton houses by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Bolton | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 3.2% | 3.7% |
| █ poor | 5.7% | 6.1% |
| █ average | 7.9% | 12.6% |
| █ good | 79.1% | 73.5% |
| █ very good | 4.1% | 4.0% |
Bolton houses by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Bolton | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 15.1% | 10.3% |
| █ poor | 9.7% | 7.9% |
| █ average | 15.4% | 13.0% |
| █ good | 17.4% | 17.0% |
| █ very good | 42.4% | 51.8% |
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