West Midlands house energy efficiency
January 2026
Houses are ordinary efficient. The average house energy rating in West Midlands region is 63.6, D rating. This is by 0.2 worse score than the average house energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 81.7, B rating.
West Midlands houses by energy rating

| Energy rating | West Midlands | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| █ B | 7.9% | 8.2% |
| █ C | 58.6% | 58.7% |
| █ D | 14.8% | 14.2% |
| █ E | 14.7% | 14.5% |
| █ F | 3.0% | 3.2% |
| █ G | 0.8% | 0.9% |
West Midlands map of energy efficiency of houses

West Midlands houses by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | West Midlands | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 5.8% | 5.6% |
| █ B | 60.6% | 59.3% |
| █ C | 30.1% | 31.2% |
| █ D | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| █ E | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| █ F | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 0.8% | 1.1% |
West Midlands houses by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | West Midlands | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 4.8% | 4.4% |
| █ poor | 4.3% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 24.2% | 25.9% |
| █ good | 60.8% | 57.8% |
| █ very good | 6.0% | 7.1% |
West Midlands houses by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | West Midlands | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| █ poor | 2.0% | 2.3% |
| █ average | 6.5% | 8.5% |
| █ good | 87.7% | 84.5% |
| █ very good | 2.4% | 2.9% |
West Midlands houses by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | West Midlands | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 25.7% | 22.5% |
| █ poor | 15.1% | 16.7% |
| █ average | 14.9% | 15.1% |
| █ good | 36.3% | 37.2% |
| █ very good | 8.1% | 8.5% |
West Midlands houses by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | West Midlands | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| █ poor | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 57.8% | 55.1% |
| █ good | 27.2% | 29.2% |
| █ very good | 7.2% | 7.3% |
West Midlands houses by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | West Midlands | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| █ poor | 5.3% | 6.1% |
| █ average | 10.4% | 12.6% |
| █ good | 77.2% | 73.5% |
| █ very good | 3.5% | 4.0% |
West Midlands houses by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | West Midlands | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| █ poor | 7.7% | 7.9% |
| █ average | 13.1% | 13.0% |
| █ good | 17.5% | 17.0% |
| █ very good | 51.1% | 51.8% |
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