Will your Stockport rental pass EPC C by 2030?

6,329 of 10,250 privately rented homes in Stockport are below EPC C, 62% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Stockport compares

Above average

A bigger share of Stockport's rented homes fall short than in most of England and Wales.

Best councils Worst councils

62% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Stockport 65 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Stockport

A 22

B 261

C 3,638

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 4,859

E 1,358

F 77

G 35

Of 10,250 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

5,777 of the 6,329 sub-C rentals in Stockport, 91% 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 Stockport, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	10,250
Socially rented	11,241
Owner occupied	51,989
Median floor area	80 m²

Postcode districts in Stockport

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Stockport.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
SK4	Stockport	1,619	1,035	64%
SK3	Stockport	1,531	976	64%
SK8	Cheadle	1,501	951	63%
SK5	Stockport	1,303	784	60%
SK2	Stockport	1,176	767	65%
SK7	Stockport	1,078	674	63%
SK6	Stockport	1,189	657	55%
SK1	Stockport	873	475	54%