Will your Leeds rental pass EPC C by 2030?
29,579 of 55,040 privately rented homes in Leeds are below EPC C, 54% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.
How Leeds compares
About average
Leeds sits close to the England and Wales figure.
54% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Leeds 178 of 318 councils by the share needing work.
Every band in Leeds
Of 55,040 privately rented homes with a current certificate.
How many can actually reach C?
27,742 of the 29,579 sub-C rentals in Leeds, 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 | 55,040 |
|---|---|
| Socially rented | 47,948 |
| Owner occupied | 118,404 |
| Median floor area | 75 m² |
Postcode districts in Leeds
Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Leeds.
| District | Post town | Rented | Below C | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS6 | Leeds | 7,997 | 4,785 | 60% |
| LS11 | Leeds | 4,773 | 2,781 | 58% |
| LS8 | Leeds | 3,746 | 2,614 | 70% |
| LS9 | Leeds | 4,451 | 2,247 | 50% |
| LS12 | Leeds | 3,605 | 1,961 | 54% |
| LS27 | Leeds | 2,181 | 1,254 | 57% |
| LS7 | Leeds | 2,549 | 1,249 | 49% |
| LS4 | Leeds | 1,595 | 1,192 | 75% |
| WF10 | Castleford | 2,069 | 1,187 | 57% |
| LS28 | Pudsey | 1,896 | 1,105 | 58% |
| LS17 | Leeds | 1,914 | 1,073 | 56% |
| BD4 | Bradford | 1,845 | 1,068 | 58% |
| LS13 | Leeds | 1,640 | 938 | 57% |
| LS10 | Leeds | 3,075 | 858 | 28% |
| LS2 | Leeds | 2,670 | 798 | 30% |
| LS25 | Leeds | 1,373 | 792 | 58% |
| LS16 | Leeds | 1,345 | 745 | 55% |
| LS15 | Leeds | 1,220 | 681 | 56% |
| WF3 | Wakefield | 1,214 | 679 | 56% |
| LS29 | Ilkley | 1,272 | 644 | 51% |