Will your Stockton-on-Tees rental pass EPC C by 2030?
4,744 of 9,713 privately rented homes in Stockton-on-Tees are below EPC C, 49% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.
How Stockton-on-Tees compares
Below average
Stockton-on-Tees is in better shape than most of England and Wales.
49% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Stockton-on-Tees 244 of 318 councils by the share needing work.
Every band in Stockton-on-Tees
Of 9,713 privately rented homes with a current certificate.
How many can actually reach C?
4,481 of the 4,744 sub-C rentals in Stockton-on-Tees, 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
| Privately rented | 9,713 |
|---|---|
| Socially rented | 10,905 |
| Owner occupied | 31,659 |
| Median floor area | 83 m² |
Postcode districts in Stockton-on-Tees
Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Stockton-on-Tees.
| District | Post town | Rented | Below C | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TS18 | Stockton-On-Tees | 2,166 | 1,124 | 52% |
| TS17 | Stockton-On-Tees | 2,252 | 916 | 41% |
| TS19 | Stockton-On-Tees | 1,565 | 808 | 52% |
| TS20 | Stockton-On-Tees | 1,291 | 688 | 53% |
| TS23 | Billingham | 1,291 | 642 | 50% |
| TS15 | Yarm | 578 | 301 | 52% |
| TS21 | Stockton-On-Tees | 373 | 210 | 56% |
| TS16 | Stockton-On-Tees | 363 | 168 | 46% |
| TS22 | Billingham | 210 | 101 | 48% |