Colchester house energy efficiency
January 2026
Houses are energy-efficient. The average house energy rating in Colchester postcode area is 63.8, D rating. This is by 0.0 worse score than the average house energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 81.3, B rating.
Colchester houses by energy rating

| Energy rating | Colchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| █ B | 11.4% | 8.2% |
| █ C | 54.1% | 58.7% |
| █ D | 13.7% | 14.2% |
| █ E | 15.6% | 14.5% |
| █ F | 4.0% | 3.2% |
| █ G | 1.0% | 0.9% |
Colchester map of energy efficiency of houses

Colchester houses by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Colchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 7.1% | 5.6% |
| █ B | 56.4% | 59.3% |
| █ C | 30.7% | 31.2% |
| █ D | 1.5% | 1.3% |
| █ E | 1.6% | 1.2% |
| █ F | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 2.3% | 1.1% |
Colchester houses by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Colchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 1.9% | 4.4% |
| █ poor | 5.5% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 25.2% | 25.9% |
| █ good | 57.8% | 57.8% |
| █ very good | 9.7% | 7.1% |
Colchester houses by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Colchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 2.1% | 1.8% |
| █ poor | 3.3% | 2.3% |
| █ average | 13.2% | 8.5% |
| █ good | 78.2% | 84.5% |
| █ very good | 3.2% | 2.9% |
Colchester houses by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Colchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 14.8% | 22.5% |
| █ poor | 16.1% | 16.7% |
| █ average | 15.8% | 15.1% |
| █ good | 41.9% | 37.2% |
| █ very good | 11.3% | 8.5% |
Colchester houses by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Colchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 4.4% | 3.5% |
| █ poor | 5.5% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 50.9% | 55.1% |
| █ good | 29.6% | 29.2% |
| █ very good | 9.6% | 7.3% |
Colchester houses by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Colchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 4.6% | 3.7% |
| █ poor | 7.5% | 6.1% |
| █ average | 17.9% | 12.6% |
| █ good | 66.0% | 73.5% |
| █ very good | 4.1% | 4.0% |
Colchester houses by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Colchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 9.6% | 10.3% |
| █ poor | 8.7% | 7.9% |
| █ average | 13.4% | 13.0% |
| █ good | 17.0% | 17.0% |
| █ very good | 51.2% | 51.8% |
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