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EPC ratings map of Dorset

Dorset has 134,202 homes with an energy performance certificate. 53% of them are rated D or below on their latest certificate, against 49% across England. Of the 18,765 homes last certified as private lets, 61% are rated D or below, short of the band C the government has announced for rented homes from 2030.

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Homes rated D or below
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Each shape is one small area (a 2021 Lower layer Super Output Area), shaded by the share of its homes whose latest certificate is band D or below. "Private lets" counts only homes whose latest certificate was lodged for a private let. Areas with fewer than 20 of them are left grey.

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EPC bands in Dorset

  1. Band A1,154 (1%)
  2. Band B18,102 (13%)
  3. Band C44,445 (33%)
  4. Band D46,982 (35%)
  5. Band E17,779 (13%)
  6. Band F4,458 (3%)
  7. Band G1,282 (1%)

134,202 homes, each counted once by its latest certificate. 53% are rated D or below, against 49% across England.

Private lets in Dorset

  • 18,765homes last certified as private lets
  • 61%of them rated D or below (53% across England)
  • 4%rated F or G, below today's minimum of E unless exempt
  • 23%with a certificate more than ten years old

Dorset ranks 81 of 318 councils in England and Wales for the share of private lets rated D or below (1 is the highest share). See every council

Of the Dorset homes rated D or below, 84% have a potential rating of C or better on their certificate: the assessor's view of what the recommended improvements would achieve. It doesn't say what they would cost for any one home.

Neighbourhoods with the most homes rated D or below

  1. Dorset 013A, mostly in Cranborne Chase ward: 90% of 391 homes
  2. Dorset 007C, mostly in Cranborne & Alderholt ward: 89% of 630 homes
  3. Dorset 022D, mostly in Chalk Valleys ward: 85% of 722 homes
  4. Dorset 037A, mostly in Chesil Bank ward: 85% of 749 homes
  5. Dorset 008A, mostly in Sherborne Rural ward: 84% of 603 homes

Neighbourhoods with the fewest homes rated D or below

  1. Dorset 003D, mostly in Shaftesbury Town ward: 1% of 821 homes
  2. Dorset 031D, mostly in Dorchester Poundbury ward: 2% of 957 homes
  3. Dorset 032D, mostly in Dorchester Poundbury ward: 3% of 855 homes
  4. Dorset 009B, mostly in Winterborne North ward: 21% of 1,143 homes
  5. Dorset 021B, mostly in Wimborne Minster ward: 21% of 1,180 homes

How to read this map

  • An EPC rates a home from A (most efficient) to G. Each home counts once, by its latest certificate, however old. Homes that have never had a certificate aren't counted.
  • "Private let" means the latest certificate was lodged for a private letting. A home let since a sale certificate counts as not let, so the private-let count is a floor.
  • Below C is a position on today's certificates, not a verdict. The government has announced that privately rented homes must reach band C from 1 October 2030, subject to Parliament, and the standard is expected to use reformed EPC metrics, so a D today doesn't mean a home will fail.
  • A certificate lasts ten years. A home being let needs a valid one, so an expired certificate means a new assessment before the next let.

The announced EPC C 2030 policy, explained · MEES deadlines from 2026 to 2030 · Deprivation map of Dorset

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Sources

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. EPC address data was used only to place homes in areas: MHCLG has published the address data with the consent of Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail Group Limited, and none of it is shown here. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.