Energy Performance Certificates · Dartmouth, Devon
EPC Dartmouth
An EPC for your Dartmouth sale or let, from an Elmhurst-accredited Domestic Energy Assessor. Request a quote to get started.
Select Residential, then Domestic EPC, when you book.
EPC ratings in Dartmouth
- Local median score
- 65 Band D
- Band C or above
- 39% of homes with an EPC
- South Hams district
- 68 Band D
- England
- 69 Band C
Dartmouth's median EPC score is 65 (band D), going by ONS figures for South Hams 007, where 39% of homes with a certificate are C or above.
England's median is 69. Dartmouth: 65. South Hams: 68. The gap between new builds (83) and older stock (65) is 18 points.
Homes in Dartmouth without a certificate from April 2015 to March 2025 are not in these numbers.
What shapes EPC scores in Dartmouth
Age of the housing
About 35% of Dartmouth's homes date from before 1919 (VOA) and 14% from 2000 or later. Across South Hams district, homes built before 1929 have a median score of 52, with 11% at C or above; those built since 2012 reach 84.
How Dartmouth heats its homes
70% of the 2,513 households counted in Dartmouth in 2021 used only mains gas for heating. Other single fuels: electricity 12%, oil 3%. 10% combined more than one, and 3% had no central heating. On-gas Dartmouth homes tend to gain most from loft and wall insulation.
Type of home
Dartmouth is 29% flats, 28% terraced, 25% semi-detached, 19% detached by Census 2021 count. Flats tend to score best (England median 74) because they share walls; that helps here.
Heritage protection
There are 252 listed buildings in the Dartmouth area. Windows, wall insulation and solar panels may need consent on these homes. South Hams has not published conservation area boundaries nationally, so ask the council whether a Dartmouth address is in one.
Geology and walls
Dartmouth sits mainly on mudstone, siltstone and sandstone (BGS). Older houses built of local stone usually have solid walls, which the assessor records as uninsulated unless there is evidence otherwise.
Dartmouth landlords
In Dartmouth, private renters are 18% of households (455 in 2021), alongside 60% owners and 21% social tenants. From 1 October 2030 that rises to C, a level 48% of certificated homes across South Hams district reach now.
Common questions about EPCs in Dartmouth
When do I need an EPC to sell in Dartmouth?
Before you put it on the market. Request a quote online through Survey Booker, or call us.
What is the minimum EPC for a Dartmouth let?
E, unless exempt, until the move to C by 1 October 2030. In 2021, 455 Dartmouth households were private tenants.
How long does an EPC last?
Ten years. Check a Dartmouth address free on the government's Find an energy certificate service.
What EPC band are most Dartmouth homes?
Around band D: the ONS median for South Hams 007 is 65.
Are listed buildings in Dartmouth exempt from EPCs?
Not automatically. A listed home is exempt only where the work needed would unacceptably change its character; the council's conservation officer can advise.
Buying in Dartmouth?
An EPC rates energy efficiency, not condition. See surveyors in Dartmouth.
EPCs near Dartmouth
- EPC Kingswear 0.6 km · median 60 (D)
- EPC Stoke Gabriel 6.5 km · median 60 (D)
- EPC Brixham 6.6 km · median 64 (D)
- EPC Paignton 9.4 km · median 66 (D)
- EPC Totnes 11.7 km · median 69 (C)
- EPC Marldon 12 km · median 60 (D)