Will your Knowsley rental pass EPC C by 2030?

2,379 of 5,324 privately rented homes in Knowsley are below EPC C, 45% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Knowsley compares

Below average

Knowsley is in better shape than most of England and Wales.

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45% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Knowsley 282 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Knowsley

A 1

B 155

C 2,789

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 1,776

E 535

F 41

G 27

Of 5,324 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

2,273 of the 2,379 sub-C rentals in Knowsley, 96% 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 Knowsley, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	5,324
Socially rented	16,307
Owner occupied	21,684
Median floor area	79 m²

Postcode districts in Knowsley

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Knowsley.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
L36	Liverpool	1,336	670	50%
L35	Prescot	1,034	561	54%
L14	Liverpool	947	544	57%
L25	Liverpool	958	491	51%
L34	Prescot	845	440	52%
L10	Liverpool	625	329	53%
L33	Liverpool	715	272	38%
L32	Liverpool	803	246	31%
L16	Liverpool	282	219	78%
L26	Liverpool	351	129	37%