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Local authority energy-performance profile

York EPC ratings and energy costs

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

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Average EPC

D 68

0.5 points below analysed national average

Rated C or above

54.1%

of analysed certificates

Potential uplift

+14

average score points

Properties represented

30K

from 32K certificates

At a glance

What the data says about York

54.1%

rated A–C

7.7%

rated E–G

£1,128

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

93,861

domestic EPC lodgements since 2008

43.6%

rated C or above

13.9%

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

£308,786

Annual change

+3.3%

Context

Official UK HPI local-authority average

detached£507,477
semi-detached£331,313
terraced£286,450
flat£180,113

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

8,816

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 York

A92+
1.2%
B81–91
9.8%
C69–80
43.1%
D55–68
68
38.2%
E39–54
6.2%
F21–38
1.0%
G1–20
0.4%

EPC band distribution in York

A
3871.2%
B
9.8%
3,085
C
43.1%
13,596
D
38.2%
12,041
E
1,9676.2%
F
3301.0%
G
1170.4%

Certificate-estimated energy costs

Cost TypeYorkNational AvgDifference
Heating£850/yr£782/yr▲ £68
Hot water£183/yr£184/yr▼ £1
Lighting£95/yr£95/yr —
Total£1,128/yr£1,061/yr▲ £67

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
19,64362.3%
Flat
8,14825.8%
Bungalow
3,24110.3%
Maisonette
4811.5%
Park home
100.0%

Main heating fuel

Mains gas
25,32781.2%
Electric
5,25516.8%
Oil
2850.9%
Other
1740.6%
LPG
1620.5%

Carbon emissions and improvement potential

3.4 t

current annual CO₂ estimate

2 t

potential annual estimate

86 m²

average floor area

When the represented homes were built

Pre-1900
14%
1900–1929
9%
1930–1949
12%
1950–1966
14%
1967–1975
9%
1976–1982
6%
1983–1990
6%
1991–1995
5%
1996–2002
8%
2003–2006
5%
2007–2011
3%
2012+
9%

Average EPC score over time

Average EPC efficiency score by year2020: 67, 2021: 68, 2022: 68, 2023: 69, 2024: 70, 2025: 707371696664202020212022202320242025Efficiency score
2020
67
2021
68
2022
68
2023
69
2024
70
2025
70

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