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Local authority energy-performance profile

Barnet EPC ratings and energy costs

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

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Average EPC

C 70

1.5 points above analysed national average

Rated C or above

58.1%

of analysed certificates

Potential uplift

+10

average score points

Properties represented

71K

from 74K certificates

At a glance

What the data says about Barnet

58.1%

rated A–C

8.2%

rated E–G

£969

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.

Latest official local-authority table

Updated through 30 June 2026

192,137

domestic EPC lodgements since 2008

48.9%

rated C or above

15.5%

rated E, F or G

The current MHCLG live table counts certificate lodgements, not unique homes. It complements the more detailed 2020–2025 EPCScore analysis below.

Housing market context — May 2026

Average property price

£590,583

Annual change

-4.3%

Context

Official UK HPI local-authority average

detached£1,540,509
semi-detached£831,097
terraced£623,216
flat£368,845

UK HPI figures are provisional and can be revised. They describe the whole local housing market; EPCScore does not infer that EPC ratings caused local price levels or changes. View the official UK HPI ↗

Fuel poverty context — 2024

9.4%

of households estimated fuel poor

15,283

estimated fuel-poor households

Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE)

official measure

DESNZ publishes these modelled estimates for England to identify broad patterns and particularly high or low fuel poverty. They are not a count of people and should not be treated as a causal result of local EPC ratings. View the official release ↗

Average EPC score in Barnet

A92+
0.5%
B81–91
18.8%
C69–80
70
38.8%
D55–68
33.7%
E39–54
7.2%
F21–38
0.7%
G1–20
0.3%

EPC band distribution in Barnet

A
3720.5%
B
18.8%
14,022
C
38.8%
28,857
D
33.7%
25,070
E
5,3907.2%
F
5420.7%
G
2020.3%

Certificate-estimated energy costs

Cost TypeBarnetNational AvgDifference
Heating£699/yr£782/yr▼ £83
Hot water£181/yr£184/yr▼ £3
Lighting£90/yr£95/yr▼ £5
Total£969/yr£1,061/yr▼ £92

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

Flat
45,12060.6%
House
25,10933.7%
Maisonette
3,1564.2%
Bungalow
1,0351.4%
Park home
350.0%

Main heating fuel

Mains gas
55,90283.3%
Electric
10,88716.2%
Other
2280.3%
LPG
540.1%
Oil
160.0%

Carbon emissions and improvement potential

3 t

current annual CO₂ estimate

1.8 t

potential annual estimate

83 m²

average floor area

When the represented homes were built

Pre-1900
2%
1900–1929
18%
1930–1949
26%
1950–1966
10%
1967–1975
6%
1976–1982
3%
1983–1990
5%
1991–1995
3%
1996–2002
3%
2003–2006
3%
2007–2011
3%
2012+
18%

Average EPC score over time

Average EPC efficiency score by year2020: 67, 2021: 69, 2022: 69, 2023: 69, 2024: 71, 2025: 737673706764202020212022202320242025Efficiency score
2020
67
2021
69
2022
69
2023
69
2024
71
2025
73

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