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Local authority energy-performance profile

Slough EPC ratings and energy costs

Understand how homes in Slough 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

65.3%

of analysed certificates

Potential uplift

+11

average score points

Properties represented

21K

from 22K certificates

At a glance

What the data says about Slough

65.3%

rated A–C

6.2%

rated E–G

£875

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

64,996

domestic EPC lodgements since 2008

52.3%

rated C or above

12.0%

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

£329,713

Annual change

-4.4%

Context

Official UK HPI local-authority average

detached£656,984
semi-detached£450,205
terraced£348,600
flat£214,462

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

9.8%

of households estimated fuel poor

5,493

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 Slough

A92+
0.3%
B81–91
11.9%
C69–80
70
53.2%
D55–68
28.5%
E39–54
5.4%
F21–38
0.6%
G1–20
0.2%

EPC band distribution in Slough

A
570.3%
B
11.9%
2,585
C
53.2%
11,545
D
28.5%
6,179
E
1,1825.4%
F
1250.6%
G
420.2%

Certificate-estimated energy costs

Cost TypeSloughNational AvgDifference
Heating£598/yr£782/yr▼ £184
Hot water£193/yr£184/yr▲ £9
Lighting£83/yr£95/yr▼ £12
Total£875/yr£1,061/yr▼ £186

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
10,39047.8%
Flat
9,95545.8%
Maisonette
8253.8%
Bungalow
5242.4%
Park home
210.1%

Main heating fuel

Mains gas
15,36171.1%
Electric
6,14828.5%
Other
740.3%
LPG
100.0%
Oil
40.0%

Carbon emissions and improvement potential

2.6 t

current annual CO₂ estimate

1.5 t

potential annual estimate

72 m²

average floor area

When the represented homes were built

Pre-1900
1%
1900–1929
6%
1930–1949
11%
1950–1966
17%
1967–1975
11%
1976–1982
5%
1983–1990
9%
1991–1995
7%
1996–2002
7%
2003–2006
6%
2007–2011
5%
2012+
13%

Average EPC score over time

Average EPC efficiency score by year2020: 69, 2021: 67, 2022: 70, 2023: 71, 2024: 71, 2025: 717472696764202020212022202320242025Efficiency score
2020
69
2021
67
2022
70
2023
71
2024
71
2025
71

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