Energy Performance Certificates · Perranarworthal, Cornwall
EPC Perranarworthal
An EPC for your Perranarworthal sale or let, from an Elmhurst-accredited Domestic Energy Assessor. Request a quote to get started.
When booking, pick Residential, then Domestic EPC.
EPC ratings in Perranarworthal
- Local median score
- 57 Band D
- Band C or above
- 30% of homes with an EPC
- Truro and Falmouth (constituency)
- 67 Band D
- England
- 69 Band C
Perranarworthal's median EPC score is 57 (band D), going by ONS figures for Cornwall 056, where 30% of homes with a certificate are C or above.
For comparison, the Truro and Falmouth constituency sits at 67 and England at 69, so Perranarworthal is 10 points below its wider area. Existing homes have a median of 52; new builds reach 84.
Figures use the latest EPC for each home lodged from April 2015 to March 2025, so homes without one are not counted.
Perranarworthal's homes, by the numbers
Building age
About 29% of Perranarworthal's homes date from before 1919 (VOA) and 16% from 2000 or later. Across the Truro and Falmouth constituency, homes built before 1929 have a median score of 55, with 13% at C or above; those built since 2012 reach 83.
Mains gas and other fuels
Of Perranarworthal's 593 households, 55% relied on mains gas alone in the 2021 Census. Other single fuels: oil 16%, electricity 9%. 15% combined more than one, and 2% had no central heating. Gas is relatively cheap in the EPC cost model, so an efficient condensing boiler helps a home score well.
Houses and flats
Census 2021 counts Perranarworthal's homes as 62% detached, 22% semi-detached, 11% terraced, 5% flats. Flats tend to score best (England median 74) because they share walls; detached homes sit at 68.
Protected buildings in Perranarworthal
52 listed buildings stand in and around Perranarworthal (Historic England). Conservation area: Perranarworthal. Energy upgrades on protected homes often need planning or listed building consent.
What Perranarworthal is built on
BGS maps mudstone, siltstone and sandstone beneath Perranarworthal. Where that stone went into the walls of older cottages, expect solid walls on the certificate.
Letting a home in Perranarworthal
11% of Perranarworthal households (63) rented privately in 2021, 79% owned their home and 9% rented socially. 47% of certificated homes in the Truro and Falmouth constituency already meet the band C target set for 1 October 2030.
Perranarworthal EPC FAQs
When do I need an EPC to sell in Perranarworthal?
Before you put it on the market. Request a quote online through Survey Booker, or call us.
What is the minimum EPC for a Perranarworthal let?
E, unless exempt, until the move to C by 1 October 2030. In 2021, 63 Perranarworthal households were private tenants.
How long does an EPC last?
Ten years. Check a Perranarworthal address free on the government's Find an energy certificate service.
What EPC band are most Perranarworthal homes?
Around band D: the ONS median for Cornwall 056 is 57.
Do listed homes in Perranarworthal need an EPC?
Usually yes. The exemption applies only if compliance would unacceptably alter the building's character or appearance, which the conservation officer can judge. 52 buildings around Perranarworthal are listed.
Buying in Perranarworthal?
An EPC rates energy efficiency, not condition. See surveyors in Perranarworthal.
Also around Perranarworthal
- EPC Ponsanooth 1.8 km · median 66 (D)
- EPC Carnon Downs 3.2 km · median 61 (D)
- EPC Penpol 3.5 km · median 61 (D)
- EPC Mylor Bridge 3.7 km · median 57 (D)
- EPC Penryn 4.2 km · median 69 (C)
- EPC Stithians 4.5 km · median 55 (D)
All Truro and Falmouth constituency EPC pages · All Cornwall EPC pages