The age of a property is the biggest single factor affecting how energy efficient homes are.
In England and Wales, homes built since 2012 are by far the most likely to have a high energy efficiency rating (C or higher) ow.ly/K2nn50HohP9
All homes need an energy efficiency rating when sold, let or constructed.
This indicates how much the home might cost to heat and power, and what its greenhouse gas emissions could be.
▪️A is the highest ⬆️
▪️and G is the lowest⬇️
98% of homes built since 2012 in both England and Wales are rated C or higher, compared with 12% of assessed homes built before 1900 in England, and 8% built before 1900 in Wales.
Homes built before 1900 make up one in six homes in England, and a fifth of homes in Wales.
Overall, fewer than half of homes in England (42%) and Wales (37%) are rated EPC C or higher, with flats and maisonettes the most likely to achieve band C or higher.
Our OPN survey responses show most people in Great Britain are not considering improving their homes efficiency.
The most common reasons for not considering improvements were because
▪️they felt their home was already efficient enough
▪️they do not own their home
▪️making improvements would cost too much.
You can explore how efficient homes are in your area using our interactive map ⬇️
We've led the development of a new method for estimating the number of excess deaths across UK countries.
Julie Stanborough talks us through the data released today and how this new method will give us a better understanding in this complex area ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
Expected number of deaths used to calculate excess mortality is now estimated from age-specific mortality rates rather than death counts, so changes in population size and age structure are taken into account. Our new method also accounts for trends in population mortality rates.
In 2023, the new method estimates 10,994 excess deaths in the UK, which is 20,448 fewer than the current method.
We've published a new article exploring the disability, health status, ethnic group, religion and employment of people of different sexual orientations (aged 16 years and over) in England and Wales using #Census2021 data.
#Census2021 included a voluntary question about sexual orientation of usual residents aged 16 and over:
▪️ 89.4% said they were straight or heterosexual
▪️ 3.2% identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or another sexual orientation (LGB+)
▪️ 7.5% did not respond to the question
People who identified as LGB+ were younger on average, with a far higher proportion aged between 16 and 34 years (57.9%) than in the overall population of England and Wales (29.6%).
However, different LGB+ sexual orientation groups had markedly different age distributions.