EPC Ratings in Wokingham: How Many Homes Are Below Band C Before the 2030 Rule
Of the 2,749 homes in Wokingham that had an EPC lodged from July 2025 to June 2026, 40% were rated D to G — the bands a privately rented home must leave by 1 October 2030. The South East figure is 39%; England and Wales 40%.
EPC bands in Wokingham, July 2025 to June 2026
| Rating | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | 14 | 0.5% |
| Band B | 156 | 5.7% |
| Band C | 1,487 | 54% |
| Band D | 930 | 34% |
| Band E | 137 | 5.0% |
| Band F | 19 | 0.7% |
| Band G | 6 | 0.2% |
40% below C (bands D to G) against 39% in the South East and 40% across England and Wales. Wokingham ranks 181 of 318 local authorities for the share below C (1 = highest share). Since 2008, 59,014 EPCs have been lodged for existing homes in Wokingham and 59% of them were below C — recent certificates run better than the long-run stock because newer and improved homes transact more.
Wokingham splits fairly evenly. 60% of recent certificates are already C or better, 34% are one band short at D, and 5.9% are E, F or G. For a landlord that means the register is worth checking property by property: the same street can hold a certificate that needs nothing and one that needs two bands of work.
Is Wokingham moving towards C?
Little movement year on year in Wokingham: 41% of certificates were below C in July 2024 to June 2025 and 40% in July 2025 to June 2026 (−1.2 points; England and Wales −2.5 points). The area is 213th of 318 for the size of its year-on-year change, so the picture here is stable rather than shifting.
The homes certified here are larger than typical — an average of 106.5 m² against 87.1 m² across England and Wales — and insulation, glazing and heating measures scale with floor area, so a D-to-C job here tends to sit at the upper end of any national cost guide.
What the 2030 rule costs in Wokingham
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 Wokingham is £1,470 a month (ONS, July 2026), so the cap is roughly 6.8 months of rent — and every month a property stands empty for works costs another £1,470 on top of the bill. The area’s rents, prices and yields are on Wokingham: rents, house prices and yield.
Council tax keeps running while a home is empty for works — Band D in Wokingham is £2,498 for 2026/27, and the council adds a 100% premium once a home has stood empty for one year (council tax in Wokingham). 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 the South East
| Area | Below C | Year-on-year (pts) |
|---|---|---|
| Epsom and Ewell | 40% | −5.3 |
| Test Valley | 40% | −3.5 |
| Ashford | 40% | −4.4 |
| East Hampshire | 40% | −1.4 |
| Brighton and Hove | 40% | −2.9 |
| Eastbourne | 39% | −3.5 |
All 318 areas ranked · council tax in Wokingham 2026/27 · rent, prices and yield in Wokingham.
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.
Asked about EPCs here
Of EPCs lodged for existing homes from July 2025 to June 2026, 60% were band C or better and 40% were D to G; band D alone was 34%. (MHCLG live table EB1.)
The share below C moved from 41% (July 2024 to June 2025) to 40% (July 2025 to June 2026): −1.2 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.
40% below C against 39% in the South East — 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 59%, higher because older certificates and unimproved homes sit in that total.