Dorset house energy efficiency
January 2026
Houses are ordinary efficient. The average house energy rating in Dorset county is 63.3, D rating. This is by 0.5 worse score than the average house energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 80.4, C rating.
Dorset houses by energy rating

| Energy rating | Dorset | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| █ B | 7.0% | 8.2% |
| █ C | 59.2% | 58.7% |
| █ D | 13.9% | 14.2% |
| █ E | 14.9% | 14.5% |
| █ F | 3.7% | 3.2% |
| █ G | 1.0% | 0.9% |
Dorset map of energy efficiency of houses

Dorset houses by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Dorset | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 4.5% | 5.6% |
| █ B | 53.7% | 59.3% |
| █ C | 37.5% | 31.2% |
| █ D | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| █ E | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| █ F | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 1.4% | 1.1% |
Dorset houses by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Dorset | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 2.3% | 4.4% |
| █ poor | 6.0% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 27.2% | 25.9% |
| █ good | 57.9% | 57.8% |
| █ very good | 6.5% | 7.1% |
Dorset houses by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Dorset | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 2.1% | 1.8% |
| █ poor | 3.1% | 2.3% |
| █ average | 12.2% | 8.5% |
| █ good | 79.3% | 84.5% |
| █ very good | 3.4% | 2.9% |
Dorset houses by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Dorset | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 7.9% | 22.5% |
| █ poor | 20.6% | 16.7% |
| █ average | 20.0% | 15.1% |
| █ good | 44.2% | 37.2% |
| █ very good | 7.3% | 8.5% |
Dorset houses by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Dorset | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 4.0% | 3.5% |
| █ poor | 5.1% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 56.5% | 55.1% |
| █ good | 28.5% | 29.2% |
| █ very good | 5.9% | 7.3% |
Dorset houses by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Dorset | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 4.5% | 3.7% |
| █ poor | 6.1% | 6.1% |
| █ average | 16.7% | 12.6% |
| █ good | 68.3% | 73.5% |
| █ very good | 4.3% | 4.0% |
Dorset houses by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Dorset | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| █ poor | 9.0% | 7.9% |
| █ average | 13.9% | 13.0% |
| █ good | 17.0% | 17.0% |
| █ very good | 49.2% | 51.8% |
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