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Local authority energy-performance profile

Bury EPC ratings and energy costs

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

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Average EPC

D 67

1.5 points below analysed national average

Rated C or above

52.0%

of analysed certificates

Potential uplift

+14

average score points

Properties represented

28K

from 30K certificates

At a glance

What the data says about Bury

52.0%

rated A–C

8.6%

rated E–G

£1,136

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

90,853

domestic EPC lodgements since 2008

38.2%

rated C or above

18.2%

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

£238,266

Annual change

+3.0%

Context

Official UK HPI local-authority average

detached£405,382
semi-detached£265,825
terraced£198,685
flat£132,407

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

9.7%

of households estimated fuel poor

8,161

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 Bury

A92+
0.8%
B81–91
7.0%
C69–80
44.3%
D55–68
67
39.4%
E39–54
7.1%
F21–38
1.1%
G1–20
0.4%

EPC band distribution in Bury

A
2240.8%
B
2,0727.0%
C
44.3%
13,107
D
39.4%
11,667
E
2,1167.1%
F
3271.1%
G
1050.4%

Certificate-estimated energy costs

Cost TypeBuryNational AvgDifference
Heating£868/yr£782/yr▲ £86
Hot water£174/yr£184/yr▼ £10
Lighting£94/yr£95/yr▼ £1
Total£1,136/yr£1,061/yr▲ £75

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
19,84667.0%
Flat
7,35524.8%
Bungalow
2,1707.3%
Maisonette
2470.8%

Main heating fuel

Mains gas
26,25688.8%
Electric
3,15710.7%
Other
770.3%
Oil
490.2%
LPG
240.1%

Carbon emissions and improvement potential

3.4 t

current annual CO₂ estimate

2.1 t

potential annual estimate

80 m²

average floor area

When the represented homes were built

Pre-1900
7%
1900–1929
15%
1930–1949
21%
1950–1966
17%
1967–1975
13%
1976–1982
5%
1983–1990
4%
1991–1995
3%
1996–2002
3%
2003–2006
3%
2007–2011
2%
2012+
6%

Average EPC score over time

Average EPC efficiency score by year2020: 64, 2021: 66, 2022: 67, 2023: 68, 2024: 69, 2025: 707370676461202020212022202320242025Efficiency score
2020
64
2021
66
2022
67
2023
68
2024
69
2025
70

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