The groups of people who are more likely to live in homes with lower energy efficiency across England and Wales

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14 December 2023

Who is most likely to live in homes that are harder to keep warm?

Houses of various types. In the foreground, one with a chimney suggests the house is being heated. A lit streetlamp suggests winter darkness.

Today, weve published an article exploring which groups of people are more likely to live in homes with lower energy efficiency in England and Wales.

Homes with a lower energy efficiency rating (as recorded on energy performance certificates, or EPCs), may be harder to keep warm and more expensive to heat.

We found that households with older adults and those with multiple generations living in them were disproportionately likely to be living in these lower energy efficiency homes.

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