Will your Thurrock rental pass EPC C by 2030?

4,252 of 8,550 privately rented homes in Thurrock are below EPC C, 50% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Thurrock compares

About average

Thurrock sits close to the England and Wales figure.

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50% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Thurrock 233 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Thurrock

A 2

B 457

C 3,839

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 3,502

E 697

F 35

G 18

Of 8,550 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

4,018 of the 4,252 sub-C rentals in Thurrock, 94% of them, already have a potential rating of C or better on their current certificate. That is the assessor's own estimate of what the property would reach if the recommended measures were installed.

Landlords are required to spend up to £10,000 per property. Above that, an exemption may apply.

The transitional rule

An EPC rated C or higher on the existing Energy Efficiency Rating, issued before 1 October 2029, counts as compliant until that certificate expires.

Source: Transitional rule. Verified 21 September 2026.

Local housing stock

All tenures in Thurrock, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	8,550
Socially rented	8,964
Owner occupied	24,581
Median floor area	76 m²

Postcode districts in Thurrock

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Thurrock.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
RM17	Grays	2,374	1,295	55%
RM18	Tilbury	1,153	678	59%
RM16	Grays	1,746	614	35%
SS17	Stanford-Le-Hope	983	579	59%
RM14	Upminster	883	563	64%
RM15	South Ockendon	913	483	53%
RM20	Grays	556	292	53%
RM19	Purfleet	768	286	37%