Plymouth home energy efficiency
January 2026
Residential buildings are energy-inefficient. The average home energy rating in Plymouth postcode area is 63.4, D rating. This is by 2.5 worse score than the average home energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 79.1, C rating.
Plymouth homes by energy rating

| Energy rating | Plymouth | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| █ B | 10.6% | 11.5% |
| █ C | 55.2% | 60.8% |
| █ D | 11.6% | 11.8% |
| █ E | 14.8% | 12.2% |
| █ F | 5.3% | 2.6% |
| █ G | 2.0% | 0.8% |
Plymouth map of energy efficiency of properties

Plymouth homes by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Plymouth | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 5.3% | 3.6% |
| █ B | 44.8% | 47.8% |
| █ C | 42.9% | 44.6% |
| █ D | 2.0% | 1.5% |
| █ E | 2.2% | 1.3% |
| █ F | 0.8% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 2.1% | 0.7% |
Plymouth homes by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Plymouth | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 2.4% | 4.5% |
| █ poor | 12.4% | 8.2% |
| █ average | 24.0% | 25.3% |
| █ good | 53.9% | 56.4% |
| █ very good | 7.3% | 5.7% |
Plymouth homes by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Plymouth | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 7.3% | 6.4% |
| █ poor | 5.8% | 3.0% |
| █ average | 18.3% | 9.8% |
| █ good | 65.0% | 76.7% |
| █ very good | 3.7% | 4.0% |
Plymouth homes by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Plymouth | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 24.0% | 22.3% |
| █ poor | 14.3% | 15.9% |
| █ average | 10.6% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 40.7% | 38.0% |
| █ very good | 10.5% | 10.9% |
Plymouth homes by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Plymouth | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 5.0% | 5.4% |
| █ poor | 4.3% | 4.7% |
| █ average | 49.8% | 50.4% |
| █ good | 32.5% | 30.1% |
| █ very good | 8.4% | 9.3% |
Plymouth homes by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Plymouth | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 12.2% | 7.5% |
| █ poor | 8.0% | 6.3% |
| █ average | 16.4% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 56.4% | 68.1% |
| █ very good | 7.0% | 5.2% |
Plymouth homes by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Plymouth | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 9.4% | 10.5% |
| █ poor | 6.6% | 7.0% |
| █ average | 11.5% | 12.0% |
| █ good | 15.5% | 15.9% |
| █ very good | 57.0% | 54.6% |
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