Postcode intelligence
WS10 · Wednesbury · Darlaston
Every domestic energy certificate lodged in WS10, as held on the national register. 14,878 properties.
67
Median SAP score
Band D
8,347
Below band C
56.1% of stock
699
Cannot reach C at all
4.7%
869
Expiring in 12 months
4,213 already lapsed
Median property in WS10 scores 67. The legal minimum for a private tenancy from October 2030 is 69.
What the stock looks like
- Dominant property type
- House
- Dominant built form
- Semi-Detached
- Dominant age band
- England and Wales: 1930-1949
- Median floor area
- 73 m²
- Privately or socially rented
- 0 (0%)
- Median potential score
- 82
Where WS10 loses its points
Mean element rating across every certificate in the district, on the register’s one-to-five scale. Lower is worse.
- walls3.0
- windows3.3
- roof3.4
On the ground
Wednesbury and Darlaston are dominated by inter-war council-built semis, most with filled cavities already. The score usually turns on the boiler and on loft depth, not the walls.
Typical gains from common measures
Estimated from certificates lodged across B, DY, WS and WV in the last five years. Ranges are 90% confidence intervals — treat these as typical, not as a prediction for any one property.
| Measure | Typical gain | Indicative cost |
|---|---|---|
| High heat retention storage heaters and dual immersion cylinder | 14.3–14.7 pts | £1,200–£1,800 |
| High heat retention storage heaters | 8.0–8.3 pts | £1,200–£1,800 |
| Solar water heating | 5.8–5.9 pts | £4,000–£6,000 |
| 50 mm internal or external wall insulation | 5.7–5.8 pts | £4,000–£14,000 |
| Solar photovoltaic panels, 2.5 kWp | 5.7–5.8 pts | £3,500–£5,500 |
50 months to the deadline
8,347 properties in WS10 are below band C. From 1 October 2030 none of them can be let until they reach it.
Book an assessmentCheck a specific addressSource: Energy Performance of Buildings Register, MHCLG. Figures cover lodged certificates only and exclude properties never assessed. An EPC is valid for ten years. How these figures are calculated.