EPC Ratings in Carmarthenshire: How Many Homes Are Below Band C Before the 2030 Rule
Of the 5,594 homes in Carmarthenshire that had an EPC lodged from July 2025 to June 2026, 58% were rated D to G — the bands a privately rented home must leave by 1 October 2030. The Wales figure is 42%; England and Wales 40%.
EPC bands in Carmarthenshire, July 2025 to June 2026
| Rating | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | 69 | 1.2% |
| Band B | 333 | 6.0% |
| Band C | 1,961 | 35% |
| Band D | 2,432 | 43% |
| Band E | 595 | 11% |
| Band F | 160 | 2.9% |
| Band G | 44 | 0.8% |
58% below C (bands D to G) against 42% in Wales and 40% across England and Wales. Carmarthenshire ranks 6 of 318 local authorities for the share below C (1 = highest share). Since 2008, 81,348 EPCs have been lodged for existing homes in Carmarthenshire and 75% of them were below C — recent certificates run better than the long-run stock because newer and improved homes transact more.
The deeper problem here is the bottom of the scale. 14% of recent certificates in Carmarthenshire were E, F or G — against 9.3% in Wales. F and G have been unlettable since the 2018–2020 minimum-E rules unless an exemption is registered, and an E-rated home has two bands to climb, not one; check the register before any new tenancy and budget for the cap being reached.
Is Carmarthenshire moving towards C?
Little movement year on year in Carmarthenshire: 56% of certificates were below C in July 2024 to June 2025 and 58% in July 2025 to June 2026 (+1.5 points; England and Wales −2.5 points). The area is 263rd of 318 for the size of its year-on-year change, so the picture here is stable rather than shifting.
Average floor area per certificate is 93.2 m², close to the 87.1 m² England-and-Wales figure, so national cost guides apply here without much adjustment.
What the 2030 rule costs in Carmarthenshire
Privately rented homes need band C from 1 October 2030, with a £10,000 cap on what a landlord must spend before an exemption can be registered; the rules, exemptions and what counts towards the cap are on the EPC C for rentals by 2030 guide.
Put the £10,000 cap in local terms: average private rent in Carmarthenshire is £685 a month (ONS, July 2026), so the cap is roughly 14.6 months of rent — and every month a property stands empty for works costs another £685 on top of the bill. The area’s rents, prices and yields are on Carmarthenshire: rents, house prices and yield.
Whether the certificate and the works are deductible is on EPC, gas and electrical certificates: deductible? — revenue repairs come off the year’s rent, improvements that add capital value do not (allowable expenses guide).
Nearest neighbours in the ranking, in Wales
| Area | Below C | Year-on-year (pts) |
|---|---|---|
| Gwynedd | 59% | −1.6 |
| Pembrokeshire | 55% | −6.9 |
| Denbighshire | 54% | −1 |
| Isle of Anglesey | 53% | +3.3 |
| Ceredigion | 53% | −8.7 |
| Conwy | 51% | −6.5 |
All 318 areas ranked · council tax in Carmarthenshire 2026/27 · rent, prices and yield in Carmarthenshire.
MHCLG, Live tables on Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates, table EB1 — domestic EPCs lodged for existing dwellings by energy-efficiency band, published 30 July 2026, latest four quarters (July 2025 to June 2026) summed per local authority; cumulative figures from 2008. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. An EPC is lodged when a home is sold, let or newly built, so these are certificates issued, not a census of the housing stock. Shares, ranks and regional figures are ours, computed across 318 local authorities. Download: CSV.
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Of EPCs lodged for existing homes from July 2025 to June 2026, 42% were band C or better and 58% were D to G; band D alone was 43%. (MHCLG live table EB1.)
The share below C moved from 56% (July 2024 to June 2025) to 58% (July 2025 to June 2026): +1.5 percentage points, against −2.5 across England and Wales.
From 1 October 2030 under the government's EPC consultation response, with a £10,000 spending cap before an exemption. Until then the minimum for a new letting is band E.
58% below C against 42% in Wales — a larger share needing work.
No — only homes with an EPC lodged in the period (sold, let or built). Since 2008 the cumulative share below C is 75%, higher because older certificates and unimproved homes sit in that total.