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County energy-performance profile

Lancashire EPC ratings and energy costs

Understand how homes in Lancashire score, what certificate-estimated energy costs look like and how much improvement the recorded recommendations suggest.

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Average EPC

D 68

0.5 points below analysed national average

Rated C or above

53.3%

of analysed certificates

Potential uplift

+15

average score points

Properties represented

184K

from 192K certificates

At a glance

What the data says about Lancashire

53.3%

rated A–C

11.0%

rated E–G

£1,166

certificate-estimated annual cost

Cost figures are averages of estimates recorded on EPCs at different dates. They are useful for comparing areas, but they are not a forecast of a current household bill.

Average EPC score in Lancashire

A92+
1.5%
B81–91
15.4%
C69–80
36.4%
D55–68
68
35.7%
E39–54
8.3%
F21–38
1.9%
G1–20
0.8%

EPC band distribution in Lancashire

A
2,8521.5%
B
15.4%
29,552
C
36.4%
69,937
D
35.7%
68,510
E
8.3%
15,834
F
3,7011.9%
G
1,5070.8%

Certificate-estimated energy costs

Cost TypeLancashireNational AvgDifference
Heating£889/yr£782/yr £107
Hot water£179/yr£184/yr £5
Lighting£99/yr£95/yr £4
Total£1,166/yr£1,061/yr £105

These values come from certificate assessments and reflect standardised occupancy assumptions and energy prices used when each EPC was produced. They are not live tariffs.

Property types in the dataset

House
134,64070.2%
Flat
36,49019.0%
Bungalow
18,4299.6%
Maisonette
2,0701.1%
Park home
2640.1%

Main heating fuel

Mains gas
163,83885.6%
Electric
22,19611.6%
Oil
2,7851.5%
Other
1,4600.8%
LPG
1,1570.6%

Carbon emissions and improvement potential

3.5 t

current annual CO₂ estimate

1.9 t

potential annual estimate

89

average floor area

When the represented homes were built

Pre-1900
10%
1900–1929
17%
1930–1949
11%
1950–1966
13%
1967–1975
11%
1976–1982
6%
1983–1990
5%
1991–1995
3%
1996–2002
4%
2003–2006
3%
2007–2011
2%
2012+
14%

Average EPC score over time

Average EPC efficiency score by year2020: 66, 2021: 66, 2022: 68, 2023: 69, 2024: 69, 2025: 707371686663202020212022202320242025Efficiency score
2020
66
2021
66
2022
68
2023
69
2024
69
2025
70

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