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Local authority energy-performance profile

Manchester EPC ratings and energy costs

Understand how homes in Manchester 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

69.0%

of analysed certificates

Potential uplift

+9

average score points

Properties represented

111K

from 117K certificates

At a glance

What the data says about Manchester

69.0%

rated A–C

6.0%

rated E–G

£863

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

339,861

domestic EPC lodgements since 2008

54.1%

rated C or above

13.4%

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

£247,469

Annual change

+0.5%

Context

Official UK HPI local-authority average

detached£470,563
semi-detached£323,227
terraced£249,198
flat£192,158

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

12.0%

of households estimated fuel poor

26,843

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 Manchester

A92+
0.5%
B81–91
20.0%
C69–80
72
48.6%
D55–68
25.0%
E39–54
5.2%
F21–38
0.6%
G1–20
0.2%

EPC band distribution in Manchester

A
5330.5%
B
20.0%
23,392
C
48.6%
56,951
D
25.0%
29,317
E
6,0365.2%
F
6780.6%
G
2870.2%

Certificate-estimated energy costs

Cost TypeManchesterNational AvgDifference
Heating£577/yr£782/yr▼ £205
Hot water£203/yr£184/yr▲ £19
Lighting£83/yr£95/yr▼ £12
Total£863/yr£1,061/yr▼ £198

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
59,42250.7%
House
54,89846.8%
Bungalow
1,4891.3%
Maisonette
1,3851.2%

Main heating fuel

Mains gas
76,25866.5%
Electric
37,80333.0%
Other
5260.5%
LPG
340.0%
Oil
230.0%

Carbon emissions and improvement potential

2.5 t

current annual CO₂ estimate

1.6 t

potential annual estimate

73 m²

average floor area

When the represented homes were built

Pre-1900
2%
1900–1929
19%
1930–1949
14%
1950–1966
12%
1967–1975
6%
1976–1982
4%
1983–1990
3%
1991–1995
4%
1996–2002
6%
2003–2006
7%
2007–2011
4%
2012+
18%

Average EPC score over time

Average EPC efficiency score by year2020: 70, 2021: 71, 2022: 70, 2023: 71, 2024: 73, 2025: 737674726967202020212022202320242025Efficiency score
2020
70
2021
71
2022
70
2023
71
2024
73
2025
73

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