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Local authority energy-performance profile

Hackney EPC ratings and energy costs

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

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Average EPC

C 72

3.5 points above analysed national average

Rated C or above

70.6%

of analysed certificates

Potential uplift

+7

average score points

Properties represented

44K

from 45K certificates

At a glance

What the data says about Hackney

70.6%

rated A–C

4.4%

rated E–G

£762

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

139,461

domestic EPC lodgements since 2008

61.6%

rated C or above

9.5%

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

£608,470

Annual change

+0.1%

Context

Official UK HPI local-authority average

detached£1,327,200
semi-detached£1,182,327
terraced£958,241
flat£528,210

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

9.0%

of households estimated fuel poor

10,379

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 Hackney

A92+
0.2%
B81–91
16.9%
C69–80
72
53.5%
D55–68
25.0%
E39–54
4.0%
F21–38
0.3%
G1–20
0.1%

EPC band distribution in Hackney

A
850.2%
B
16.9%
7,602
C
53.5%
24,082
D
25.0%
11,229
E
1,8124.0%
F
1220.3%
G
550.1%

Certificate-estimated energy costs

Cost TypeHackneyNational AvgDifference
Heating£518/yr£782/yr▼ £264
Hot water£163/yr£184/yr▼ £21
Lighting£81/yr£95/yr▼ £14
Total£762/yr£1,061/yr▼ £299

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
35,26478.4%
House
6,13813.6%
Maisonette
3,4147.6%
Bungalow
1710.4%

Main heating fuel

Mains gas
36,04285.1%
Electric
6,11014.4%
Other
1380.3%
LPG
370.1%
Oil
50.0%

Carbon emissions and improvement potential

2.2 t

current annual CO₂ estimate

1.5 t

potential annual estimate

70 m²

average floor area

When the represented homes were built

Pre-1900
11%
1900–1929
23%
1930–1949
15%
1950–1966
7%
1967–1975
7%
1976–1982
3%
1983–1990
3%
1991–1995
3%
1996–2002
5%
2003–2006
6%
2007–2011
6%
2012+
11%

Average EPC score over time

Average EPC efficiency score by year2020: 71, 2021: 71, 2022: 71, 2023: 73, 2024: 72, 2025: 737674727068202020212022202320242025Efficiency score
2020
71
2021
71
2022
71
2023
73
2024
72
2025
73

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