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Data 2021 → 2026

Housing DPE

State of the diagnosed housing stock and electrification of the main heating energy, class by class and region by region.

Dwellings that have undergone a DPE (sale, rental, new construction), not the entire French housing stock; likely biased toward dwellings being sold or rented.

Source: ADEME - DPE Logements existants (depuis juillet 2021)

DPE records (full dataset)

15,292,277

Electric heating (national)

39.8 %

Most common class

C (36.7 %)

Housing stock: breakdown by DPE class

Share of diagnosed dwellings in each class, from A (most efficient) to G (least efficient).

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Breakdown of diagnosed dwellings by DPE class: class A, 1.5%, class B, 5%, class C, 36.7%, class D, 31.1%, class E, 15.9%, class F, 6.2%, class G, 3.5%.
DPE classDiagnosed dwellingsShare of stock
A227,4101.5 %
B758,2615 %
C5,617,43436.7 %
D4,759,28031.1 %
E2,437,71115.9 %
F951,1286.2 %
G541,0533.5 %

Source: ADEME - DPE Logements existants (depuis juillet 2021). Dwellings that have undergone a DPE (sale, rental, new construction), not the entire French housing stock; likely biased toward dwellings being sold or rented.

Electrification of residential heating

Year-by-year change in the main heating energy declared in DPEs issued that year.

First and last years are incomplete: the current DPE has existed since July 2021, and the current year is still in progress. Read their shares with caution.

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Change in the heating energy mix of diagnosed dwellings between 2021 and 2026: the share of electricity goes from 77.2% to 43.5%.
YearElectricityNatural gasHeating oil, LPG and propaneWoodDistrict heating and coolingOther (coal, unassigned)
202177.2 %15.2 %3.8 %1.9 %1.9 %0 %
202243.1 %38.4 %6.8 %3.6 %7.9 %0 %
202335.5 %43 %4.8 %2.7 %14 %0 %
202434.2 %44 %4.2 %3 %14.6 %0 %
202539.2 %40.1 %4.4 %3.2 %13 %0 %
202643.5 %36.9 %4.8 %3.2 %11.6 %0 %

Source: ADEME - DPE Logements existants (depuis juillet 2021). Dwellings that have undergone a DPE (sale, rental, new construction), not the entire French housing stock; likely biased toward dwellings being sold or rented.

Electrification of heating by region

Share of electricity in the main heating energy of diagnosed dwellings, by region.

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Share of electricity in the main heating of diagnosed dwellings, by region: Non renseigné 77.8%, Corse 72.1%, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 58.5%, Occitanie 58.3%, Guyane 57.7%, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 47.4%, Bretagne 47.1%, Pays de la Loire 46.2%, La Réunion 41.1%, Centre-Val de Loire 39.6%, Normandie 39.2%, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 39.1%, Guadeloupe 36.2%, Mayotte 32.4%, Hauts-de-France 32.3%, Île-de-France 31.9%, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 30.5%, Grand Est 25.6%, Martinique 23.5%.
RegionDiagnosed dwellingsShare of electric heating
Non renseigné2777.8 %
Corse51,97772.1 %
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur1,208,62858.5 %
Occitanie1,270,96458.3 %
Guyane10457.7 %
Nouvelle-Aquitaine1,286,38147.4 %
Bretagne664,42547.1 %
Pays de la Loire812,32546.2 %
La Réunion91341.1 %
Centre-Val de Loire570,55439.6 %
Normandie805,21339.2 %
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes1,772,55039.1 %
Guadeloupe64636.2 %
Mayotte3732.4 %
Hauts-de-France1,247,54432.3 %
Île-de-France3,268,00431.9 %
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté559,99830.5 %
Grand Est1,253,44125.6 %
Martinique7,09723.5 %

Map: metropolitan France; non-metropolitan territories, where the source covers them, are listed in the “View data” table. Boundaries © france-geojson (IGN/OSM, ODbL).

Source: ADEME - DPE Logements existants (depuis juillet 2021). Dwellings that have undergone a DPE (sale, rental, new construction), not the entire French housing stock; likely biased toward dwellings being sold or rented.

Heating energy by DPE class

Composition of the main heating energy for each class (A to G): the most efficient dwellings are markedly more electric, while energy-inefficient dwellings concentrate fuel oil and gas.

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Breakdown of heating energy by DPE class (A to G): class A, 88.8% Electricity, class B, 60.3% Electricity, class C, 38.5% Electricity, class D, 38% Electricity, class E, 37.1% Electricity, class F, 34.4% Electricity, class G, 42.7% Electricity.
ClassElectricity (%)Natural gas (%)Heating oil, LPG and propane (%)Wood (%)District heating and cooling (%)Other (coal, unassigned) (%)
A88.80.8064.20
B60.38.90.16.724.20
C38.543.10.92.515.10
D3844.33.42.411.80
E37.143.18.12.88.70
F34.437.120.43.74.30.1
G42.721.625.88.11.40.5

Source: ADEME - DPE Logements existants (depuis juillet 2021). Dwellings that have undergone a DPE (sale, rental, new construction), not the entire French housing stock; likely biased toward dwellings being sold or rented.