Will your Liverpool rental pass EPC C by 2030?

19,744 of 40,882 privately rented homes in Liverpool are below EPC C, 48% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Liverpool compares

Below average

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

Best councils Worst councils

48% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Liverpool 255 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Liverpool

A 127

B 2,399

C 18,612

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 14,799

E 4,354

F 410

G 181

Of 40,882 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

18,230 of the 19,744 sub-C rentals in Liverpool, 92% 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 Liverpool, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	40,882
Socially rented	43,292
Owner occupied	68,257
Median floor area	76 m²

Postcode districts in Liverpool

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Liverpool.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
L4	Liverpool	4,038	2,516	62%
L8	Liverpool	3,861	1,843	48%
L6	Liverpool	3,735	1,832	49%
L15	Liverpool	3,120	1,708	55%
L13	Liverpool	2,686	1,638	61%
L9	Liverpool	2,358	1,407	60%
L7	Liverpool	2,882	1,356	47%
L17	Liverpool	2,332	1,298	56%
L3	Liverpool	4,026	806	20%
L1	Liverpool	2,770	718	26%
L18	Liverpool	1,050	642	61%
L19	Liverpool	1,166	626	54%
L5	Liverpool	1,242	565	45%
L12	Liverpool	1,083	553	51%
L14	Liverpool	947	544	57%
L25	Liverpool	958	491	51%
L11	Liverpool	923	486	53%
L10	Liverpool	625	329	53%
L2	Liverpool	612	237	39%
L16	Liverpool	282	219	78%