Dorset home energy efficiency
January 2026
Residential buildings are ordinary efficient. The average home energy rating in Dorset county is 65.6, D rating. This is by 0.4 worse score than the average home energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 78.6, C rating.
Dorset homes by energy rating
| Energy rating | Dorset | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| █ B | 10.5% | 11.5% |
| █ C | 60.9% | 60.8% |
| █ D | 11.5% | 11.8% |
| █ E | 13.0% | 12.2% |
| █ F | 3.1% | 2.6% |
| █ G | 0.8% | 0.8% |
Dorset map of energy efficiency of properties
Dorset homes by potential energy rating
| Potential energy rating | Dorset | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 2.7% | 3.6% |
| █ B | 42.3% | 47.8% |
| █ C | 50.7% | 44.6% |
| █ D | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| █ E | 1.4% | 1.3% |
| █ F | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 0.9% | 0.7% |
Dorset homes by main heating control energy efficiency
| Main heating control | Dorset | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| █ poor | 10.5% | 8.2% |
| █ average | 26.8% | 25.3% |
| █ good | 54.4% | 56.4% |
| █ very good | 5.4% | 5.7% |
Dorset homes by main heating energy efficiency
| Main heat efficiency | Dorset | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 6.4% | 6.4% |
| █ poor | 4.1% | 3.0% |
| █ average | 13.5% | 9.8% |
| █ good | 72.2% | 76.7% |
| █ very good | 3.7% | 4.0% |
Dorset homes by walls energy efficiency
| Walls efficiency | Dorset | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 7.3% | 22.3% |
| █ poor | 23.0% | 15.9% |
| █ average | 16.7% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 44.0% | 38.0% |
| █ very good | 8.9% | 10.9% |
Dorset homes by windows energy efficiency
| Windows efficiency | Dorset | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 4.3% | 5.4% |
| █ poor | 4.7% | 4.7% |
| █ average | 54.1% | 50.4% |
| █ good | 29.6% | 30.1% |
| █ very good | 7.2% | 9.3% |
Dorset homes by hot water heating energy efficiency
| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Dorset | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 8.7% | 7.5% |
| █ poor | 6.5% | 6.3% |
| █ average | 16.1% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 63.9% | 68.1% |
| █ very good | 4.8% | 5.2% |
Dorset homes by lighting energy efficiency
| Lightning energy efficiency | Dorset | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 11.1% | 10.5% |
| █ poor | 8.1% | 7.0% |
| █ average | 13.4% | 12.0% |
| █ good | 15.8% | 15.9% |
| █ very good | 51.6% | 54.6% |
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