South East home energy efficiency
January 2026
Residential buildings are energy-efficient. The average home energy rating in South East region is 66.5, D rating. This is by 0.5 better score than the average home energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 79.6, C rating.
South East homes by energy rating

| Energy rating | South East | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| █ B | 12.4% | 11.5% |
| █ C | 61.3% | 60.8% |
| █ D | 11.2% | 11.8% |
| █ E | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| █ F | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| █ G | 0.7% | 0.8% |
South East map of energy efficiency of properties

South East homes by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | South East | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 3.9% | 3.6% |
| █ B | 47.0% | 47.8% |
| █ C | 45.2% | 44.6% |
| █ D | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| █ E | 1.4% | 1.3% |
| █ F | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 0.7% | 0.7% |
South East homes by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | South East | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 2.4% | 4.5% |
| █ poor | 9.3% | 8.2% |
| █ average | 24.6% | 25.3% |
| █ good | 56.2% | 56.4% |
| █ very good | 7.6% | 5.7% |
South East homes by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | South East | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 6.5% | 6.4% |
| █ poor | 3.5% | 3.0% |
| █ average | 10.7% | 9.8% |
| █ good | 75.7% | 76.7% |
| █ very good | 3.6% | 4.0% |
South East homes by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | South East | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 13.7% | 22.3% |
| █ poor | 20.1% | 15.9% |
| █ average | 14.4% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 39.8% | 38.0% |
| █ very good | 12.1% | 10.9% |
South East homes by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | South East | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 5.3% | 5.4% |
| █ poor | 4.9% | 4.7% |
| █ average | 49.5% | 50.4% |
| █ good | 30.0% | 30.1% |
| █ very good | 10.3% | 9.3% |
South East homes by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | South East | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 7.6% | 7.5% |
| █ poor | 5.9% | 6.3% |
| █ average | 15.2% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 66.1% | 68.1% |
| █ very good | 5.3% | 5.2% |
South East homes by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | South East | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 10.1% | 10.5% |
| █ poor | 7.2% | 7.0% |
| █ average | 11.9% | 12.0% |
| █ good | 15.5% | 15.9% |
| █ very good | 55.3% | 54.6% |
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