Chelmsford house energy efficiency
January 2026
Houses are energy-efficient. The average house energy rating in Chelmsford postcode area is 64.7, D rating. This is by 0.9 better score than the average house energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 81.4, B rating.
Chelmsford houses by energy rating

| Energy rating | Chelmsford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| █ B | 9.8% | 8.2% |
| █ C | 59.7% | 58.7% |
| █ D | 12.9% | 14.2% |
| █ E | 13.4% | 14.5% |
| █ F | 3.2% | 3.2% |
| █ G | 0.7% | 0.9% |
Chelmsford map of energy efficiency of houses

Chelmsford houses by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Chelmsford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 5.8% | 5.6% |
| █ B | 58.2% | 59.3% |
| █ C | 31.2% | 31.2% |
| █ D | 1.4% | 1.3% |
| █ E | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| █ F | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 1.6% | 1.1% |
Chelmsford houses by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Chelmsford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 1.8% | 4.4% |
| █ poor | 4.3% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 25.5% | 25.9% |
| █ good | 58.6% | 57.8% |
| █ very good | 9.7% | 7.1% |
Chelmsford houses by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Chelmsford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| █ poor | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| █ average | 10.7% | 8.5% |
| █ good | 82.2% | 84.5% |
| █ very good | 2.9% | 2.9% |
Chelmsford houses by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Chelmsford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 17.1% | 22.5% |
| █ poor | 17.0% | 16.7% |
| █ average | 16.3% | 15.1% |
| █ good | 39.0% | 37.2% |
| █ very good | 10.6% | 8.5% |
Chelmsford houses by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Chelmsford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 3.7% | 3.5% |
| █ poor | 4.6% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 51.7% | 55.1% |
| █ good | 30.9% | 29.2% |
| █ very good | 9.1% | 7.3% |
Chelmsford houses by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Chelmsford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 3.3% | 3.7% |
| █ poor | 6.4% | 6.1% |
| █ average | 16.8% | 12.6% |
| █ good | 69.8% | 73.5% |
| █ very good | 3.8% | 4.0% |
Chelmsford houses by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Chelmsford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 11.6% | 10.3% |
| █ poor | 7.9% | 7.9% |
| █ average | 11.9% | 13.0% |
| █ good | 16.9% | 17.0% |
| █ very good | 51.8% | 51.8% |
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