Will your Wakefield rental pass EPC C by 2030?
8,524 of 15,054 privately rented homes in Wakefield are below EPC C, 57% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.
How Wakefield compares
Above average
A bigger share of Wakefield's rented homes fall short than in most of England and Wales.
57% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Wakefield 140 of 318 councils by the share needing work.
Every band in Wakefield
Of 15,054 privately rented homes with a current certificate.
How many can actually reach C?
8,125 of the 8,524 sub-C rentals in Wakefield, 95% 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 | 15,054 |
|---|---|
| Socially rented | 33,160 |
| Owner occupied | 50,382 |
| Median floor area | 79 m² |
Postcode districts in Wakefield
Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Wakefield.
| District | Post town | Rented | Below C | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WF1 | Wakefield | 3,048 | 1,572 | 52% |
| WF10 | Castleford | 2,069 | 1,187 | 57% |
| WF9 | Pontefract | 1,994 | 1,139 | 57% |
| WF4 | Wakefield | 1,650 | 1,017 | 62% |
| WF2 | Wakefield | 1,539 | 909 | 59% |
| WF3 | Wakefield | 1,214 | 679 | 56% |
| WF8 | Pontefract | 1,184 | 667 | 56% |
| S72 | Barnsley | 1,196 | 623 | 52% |
| WF7 | Pontefract | 892 | 543 | 61% |
| WF6 | Normanton | 936 | 527 | 56% |
| WF5 | Ossett | 880 | 512 | 58% |
| WF11 | Knottingley | 665 | 372 | 56% |