Will your Eastleigh rental pass EPC C by 2030?

1,775 of 4,533 privately rented homes in Eastleigh are below EPC C, 39% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Eastleigh compares

Well below average

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

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39% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Eastleigh 309 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Eastleigh

A 1

B 274

C 2,483

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 1,458

E 300

F 15

G 2

Of 4,533 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

1,648 of the 1,775 sub-C rentals in Eastleigh, 93% 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 Eastleigh, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	4,533
Socially rented	5,051
Owner occupied	23,205
Median floor area	83 m²

Postcode districts in Eastleigh

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Eastleigh.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
SO18	Southampton	2,166	1,114	51%
SO50	Eastleigh	1,812	685	38%
SO31	Southampton	1,671	647	39%
SO30	Southampton	992	363	37%
SO53	Eastleigh	831	360	43%
SO32	Southampton	525	341	65%