Herefordshire home energy efficiency
January 2026
Residential buildings are energy-inefficient. The average home energy rating in Herefordshire county is 61.8, D rating. This is by 4.2 worse score than the average home energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 79.3, C rating.
Herefordshire homes by energy rating

| Energy rating | Herefordshire | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.6% | 0.2% |
| █ B | 8.6% | 11.5% |
| █ C | 53.0% | 60.8% |
| █ D | 11.7% | 11.8% |
| █ E | 17.3% | 12.2% |
| █ F | 6.4% | 2.6% |
| █ G | 2.4% | 0.8% |
Herefordshire map of energy efficiency of properties

Herefordshire homes by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Herefordshire | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 7.1% | 3.6% |
| █ B | 44.2% | 47.8% |
| █ C | 39.9% | 44.6% |
| █ D | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| █ E | 2.5% | 1.3% |
| █ F | 0.9% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 3.6% | 0.7% |
Herefordshire homes by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Herefordshire | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 2.6% | 4.5% |
| █ poor | 9.6% | 8.2% |
| █ average | 22.2% | 25.3% |
| █ good | 57.5% | 56.4% |
| █ very good | 8.0% | 5.7% |
Herefordshire homes by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Herefordshire | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 5.2% | 6.4% |
| █ poor | 7.8% | 3.0% |
| █ average | 23.9% | 9.8% |
| █ good | 59.9% | 76.7% |
| █ very good | 3.2% | 4.0% |
Herefordshire homes by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Herefordshire | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 19.8% | 22.3% |
| █ poor | 13.3% | 15.9% |
| █ average | 13.4% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 43.4% | 38.0% |
| █ very good | 10.1% | 10.9% |
Herefordshire homes by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Herefordshire | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 7.2% | 5.4% |
| █ poor | 6.7% | 4.7% |
| █ average | 48.3% | 50.4% |
| █ good | 29.5% | 30.1% |
| █ very good | 8.3% | 9.3% |
Herefordshire homes by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Herefordshire | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 10.4% | 7.5% |
| █ poor | 10.9% | 6.3% |
| █ average | 22.8% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 51.9% | 68.1% |
| █ very good | 4.1% | 5.2% |
Herefordshire homes by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Herefordshire | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 8.9% | 10.5% |
| █ poor | 7.9% | 7.0% |
| █ average | 13.3% | 12.0% |
| █ good | 17.3% | 15.9% |
| █ very good | 52.6% | 54.6% |
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