Greater Manchester home energy efficiency
January 2026
Residential buildings are energy-efficient. The average home energy rating in Greater Manchester county is 67.0, D rating. This is by 1.1 better score than the average home energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 80.1, C rating.
Greater Manchester homes by energy rating

| Energy rating | Greater Manchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| █ B | 11.2% | 11.5% |
| █ C | 65.0% | 60.8% |
| █ D | 11.2% | 11.8% |
| █ E | 10.4% | 12.2% |
| █ F | 1.7% | 2.6% |
| █ G | 0.4% | 0.8% |
Greater Manchester map of energy efficiency of properties

Greater Manchester homes by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Greater Manchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 2.6% | 3.6% |
| █ B | 51.8% | 47.8% |
| █ C | 43.4% | 44.6% |
| █ D | 1.1% | 1.5% |
| █ E | 0.8% | 1.3% |
| █ F | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 0.2% | 0.7% |
Greater Manchester homes by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Greater Manchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 4.7% | 4.5% |
| █ poor | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| █ average | 26.5% | 25.3% |
| █ good | 58.3% | 56.4% |
| █ very good | 3.1% | 5.7% |
Greater Manchester homes by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Greater Manchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 11.4% | 6.4% |
| █ poor | 2.1% | 3.0% |
| █ average | 6.4% | 9.8% |
| █ good | 77.3% | 76.7% |
| █ very good | 2.8% | 4.0% |
Greater Manchester homes by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Greater Manchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 11.2% | 22.3% |
| █ poor | 20.3% | 15.9% |
| █ average | 16.7% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 41.6% | 38.0% |
| █ very good | 10.2% | 10.9% |
Greater Manchester homes by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Greater Manchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 2.4% | 5.4% |
| █ poor | 3.6% | 4.7% |
| █ average | 54.0% | 50.4% |
| █ good | 30.3% | 30.1% |
| █ very good | 9.7% | 9.3% |
Greater Manchester homes by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Greater Manchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 10.5% | 7.5% |
| █ poor | 6.2% | 6.3% |
| █ average | 9.8% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 69.0% | 68.1% |
| █ very good | 4.5% | 5.2% |
Greater Manchester homes by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Greater Manchester | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 11.0% | 10.5% |
| █ poor | 7.2% | 7.0% |
| █ average | 12.9% | 12.0% |
| █ good | 16.5% | 15.9% |
| █ very good | 52.4% | 54.6% |
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