Dorchester house energy efficiency
January 2026
Houses are ordinary efficient. The average house energy rating in Dorchester postcode area is 62.0, D rating. This is by 1.8 worse score than the average house energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 80.1, C rating.
Dorchester houses by energy rating

| Energy rating | Dorchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| █ B | 8.0% | 8.2% |
| █ C | 53.6% | 58.7% |
| █ D | 13.3% | 14.2% |
| █ E | 17.7% | 14.5% |
| █ F | 5.6% | 3.2% |
| █ G | 1.5% | 0.9% |
Dorchester map of energy efficiency of houses

Dorchester houses by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Dorchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 6.0% | 5.6% |
| █ B | 51.4% | 59.3% |
| █ C | 35.0% | 31.2% |
| █ D | 1.9% | 1.3% |
| █ E | 2.2% | 1.2% |
| █ F | 0.7% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 2.6% | 1.1% |
Dorchester houses by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Dorchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 2.2% | 4.4% |
| █ poor | 7.7% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 25.5% | 25.9% |
| █ good | 56.7% | 57.8% |
| █ very good | 7.8% | 7.1% |
Dorchester houses by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Dorchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 3.4% | 1.8% |
| █ poor | 5.4% | 2.3% |
| █ average | 20.0% | 8.5% |
| █ good | 67.8% | 84.5% |
| █ very good | 3.3% | 2.9% |
Dorchester houses by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Dorchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 15.8% | 22.5% |
| █ poor | 18.5% | 16.7% |
| █ average | 15.5% | 15.1% |
| █ good | 41.2% | 37.2% |
| █ very good | 9.0% | 8.5% |
Dorchester houses by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Dorchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 6.2% | 3.5% |
| █ poor | 5.6% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 48.6% | 55.1% |
| █ good | 32.2% | 29.2% |
| █ very good | 7.5% | 7.3% |
Dorchester houses by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Dorchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 6.9% | 3.7% |
| █ poor | 8.6% | 6.1% |
| █ average | 21.1% | 12.6% |
| █ good | 59.4% | 73.5% |
| █ very good | 4.1% | 4.0% |
Dorchester houses by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Dorchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| █ poor | 7.7% | 7.9% |
| █ average | 12.4% | 13.0% |
| █ good | 15.9% | 17.0% |
| █ very good | 54.8% | 51.8% |
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