Open Data Report

Greater Manchester EPC Data Report

53% of homes rated below EPC C

A free borough-by-borough analysis of 1,433,538 Energy Performance Certificates lodged across Greater Manchester between 2008 and Q1 2026, using the official Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government EPC Statistical Release. Data, methodology, and the full JSON dataset are published in full and free to cite.

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Key figures at a glance

1,433,538
EPCs lodged across the 10 boroughs since 2008
46.7%
Rated A, B or C (energy efficient)
53.3%
Rated D or below (763,494 properties)
3.2%
Rated F or G (45,325 properties below MEES minimum)

Borough league table by EPC C or above

Salford leads Greater Manchester with 61.6% of certificates rated A, B or C. Stockport sits at the bottom of the league with 36.9% at C or above, leaving roughly 63.1% of homes below the proposed 2028 EPC C rental requirement. Bars show the share of certificates rated A, B or C in each borough.

0% 20% 40% 60% Salford 61.6% Manchester (city) 53.8% Rochdale 47.1% Tameside 45.1% Bolton 43.1% Wigan 42.3% Oldham 39.5% Trafford 39.2% Bury 37.6% Stockport 36.9% Share of EPCs rated A, B or C

Full borough breakdown

Cumulative EPC lodgements by energy efficiency band, with average certificated floor area, for each of the 10 Greater Manchester local authorities.

Borough EPCs A % B % C % D % E % F % G % Avg m2
Bolton 132,805 0.3 7.6 35.2 40.2 13.2 2.8 0.8 82.6
Bury 89,262 0.3 5.7 31.6 43.9 14.8 2.9 0.8 85.3
Manchester (city) 335,302 0.2 13.7 39.9 32.7 10.9 2.1 0.6 75.8
Oldham 109,592 0.4 6.8 32.3 42.5 14.5 2.7 0.7 83.3
Rochdale 104,728 0.2 9.4 37.5 38 11.7 2.4 0.7 81.6
Salford 172,450 0.4 18.2 43 27.3 9 1.6 0.5 75.1
Stockport 127,545 0.2 7.4 29.3 43.1 16 3.2 0.7 88
Tameside 114,030 0.1 6.9 38.1 40.2 11.6 2.3 0.7 77.6
Trafford 102,331 0.1 8.2 30.9 41.7 15.3 3.1 0.7 92.5
Wigan 145,493 0.5 10.7 31.1 41 13.2 2.7 0.8 82.6
Greater Manchester (all 10 boroughs) 1,433,538 0.3 10.5 35.9 37.6 12.5 2.5 0.7 81.0

Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding. Average certificated floor area is calculated by dividing total floor area by the number of lodgements.

What this means for landlords and homeowners

More than three quarters of a million certificates issued across Greater Manchester sit at EPC D or below. For a landlord, every property still rated below E is already in breach of the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards if it is being let, and the proposed 2028 raise of the rental floor to EPC C will pull a much larger share of stock back into scope.

For homeowners the picture is the same in reverse. A property rated D or below typically has higher annual fuel bills than the same shape of home rated C, and grant funding under the Warm Homes Plan exists specifically to close that gap on insulation, heating, and low carbon technology.

Cucumber Eco offers free advice on both sides of this divide. Landlords can check EPC requirements and grant routes here, homeowners can read the bill reduction guide here, and the grants overview covers eligibility for current government schemes. If your property is in Manchester or the surrounding boroughs we can run a free desk-based EPC review against the public register before you commit to any work.

Data and methodology

  • Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, EPC Statistical Release, live tables on energy performance of buildings certificates, Table D1 by Local Authority, last updated to Q1 2026. Available at gov.uk live tables.
  • Coverage: All domestic EPC certificates lodged in the 10 Greater Manchester metropolitan boroughs (Bolton E08000001, Bury E08000002, Manchester E08000003, Oldham E08000004, Rochdale E08000005, Salford E08000006, Stockport E08000007, Tameside E08000008, Trafford E08000009, Wigan E08000010), cumulative from 2008 to Q1 2026.
  • Note: The DLUHC table counts certificate lodgements, not unique addresses. Some properties have been re-certificated more than once over the period (e.g. on sale, on letting, or after retrofit). The headline figure of 1.43 million certificates is therefore an upper bound on the number of distinct dwellings represented.
  • Licence: Source data is published by gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Cucumber Eco aggregates and the JSON dataset on this page are released under the same licence and free to cite with attribution to Cucumber Eco and a link to this page.
  • Dataset: The aggregated JSON used to build this page is available at /data/greater-manchester-epc-data.json.

First published 2026-04-30. Last updated 2026-04-30. For data corrections, source queries, or interview requests email hello@cucumbereco.co.uk or call 0333 038 8113.

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