Hereford house energy efficiency
January 2026
Houses are energy-inefficient. The average house energy rating in Hereford postcode area is 60.8, D rating. This is by 3.0 worse score than the average house energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 80.6, C rating.
Hereford houses by energy rating

| Energy rating | Hereford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.7% | 0.3% |
| █ B | 8.0% | 8.2% |
| █ C | 51.0% | 58.7% |
| █ D | 12.4% | 14.2% |
| █ E | 18.2% | 14.5% |
| █ F | 7.1% | 3.2% |
| █ G | 2.6% | 0.9% |
Hereford map of energy efficiency of houses

Hereford houses by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Hereford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 8.8% | 5.6% |
| █ B | 50.6% | 59.3% |
| █ C | 31.3% | 31.2% |
| █ D | 1.7% | 1.3% |
| █ E | 2.4% | 1.2% |
| █ F | 0.9% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 4.3% | 1.1% |
Hereford houses by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Hereford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 2.7% | 4.4% |
| █ poor | 7.1% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 22.2% | 25.9% |
| █ good | 58.6% | 57.8% |
| █ very good | 9.3% | 7.1% |
Hereford houses by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Hereford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 3.4% | 1.8% |
| █ poor | 8.0% | 2.3% |
| █ average | 24.4% | 8.5% |
| █ good | 61.2% | 84.5% |
| █ very good | 3.0% | 2.9% |
Hereford houses by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Hereford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 19.8% | 22.5% |
| █ poor | 13.2% | 16.7% |
| █ average | 13.7% | 15.1% |
| █ good | 43.2% | 37.2% |
| █ very good | 10.1% | 8.5% |
Hereford houses by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Hereford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 6.3% | 3.5% |
| █ poor | 6.8% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 49.6% | 55.1% |
| █ good | 28.8% | 29.2% |
| █ very good | 8.5% | 7.3% |
Hereford houses by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Hereford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 8.3% | 3.7% |
| █ poor | 11.2% | 6.1% |
| █ average | 24.5% | 12.6% |
| █ good | 52.1% | 73.5% |
| █ very good | 3.9% | 4.0% |
Hereford houses by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Hereford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 8.8% | 10.3% |
| █ poor | 8.4% | 7.9% |
| █ average | 13.3% | 13.0% |
| █ good | 17.9% | 17.0% |
| █ very good | 51.8% | 51.8% |
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