The average house size in Rochester postcode area is 94.6m². This is by 6.5m² less than the average house size in England and Wales. On average, a house has 4.8 rooms including kitchen. This is by 0.1 less than the average house.
Room count is number of habitable rooms. Habitable rooms include any living room, sitting room, dining room, bedroom, study and similar; and also a non-separated conservatory and a kitchen/diner having a discrete seating area. Excluded from the room count are any room used solely as a kitchen, utility room, bathroom, cloakroom, en-suite accommodation and similar, any hallway, stairs or landing, and any room not having a window.
| No. of rooms | Rochester | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ 2 | 3.0% | 2.9% |
| █ 3 | 12.5% | 12.6% |
| █ 4 | 30.3% | 27.3% |
| █ 5 | 31.5% | 31.2% |
| █ 6+ | 22.7% | 26.1% |
The gross floor area - the total of all enclosed spaces measured to the internal face of the external walls
| Floor area size | Rochester | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ under 30m² | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| █ 30-49m² | 4.0% | 3.4% |
| █ 50-69m² | 18.0% | 16.5% |
| █ 70-89m² | 37.1% | 33.8% |
| █ 90-109m² | 18.9% | 19.0% |
| █ 110-149m² | 14.4% | 16.2% |
| █ 150m²+ | 7.5% | 10.8% |
| Rental type | Rochester | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ social rental | 5.9% | 7.5% |
| █ private rental | 17.9% | 17.0% |
| █ non-rental | 76.2% | 75.5% |
The number of open fireplaces in the property. Air can pass between the inside of the property and the outside.
| Number of fireplaces | Rochester | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ 0 | 89.8% | 88.9% |
| █ 1 | 8.5% | 9.2% |
| █ 2 | 1.4% | 1.6% |
| █ 3+ | 0.3% | 0.3% |
The type of fuel used to power the central heating. Bio is one of biomass, B30D, B30K, bioethanol, biogas, rapeseed. Coal also includes anthracite. Dual is dual fuel with mineral or wood. Wood can be pellets, chips or logs.
| Main heating fuel type | Rochester | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ bio | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| █ coal | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| █ dual | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| █ elect | 3.7% | 5.1% |
| █ gas | 93.3% | 88.1% |
| █ LPG | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| █ no heat | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| █ oil | 2.0% | 4.9% |
| █ waste | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| █ wood | 0.1% | 0.2% |
The type of glazing. From British Fenestration Rating Council or manufacturer declaration.
| Windows glazing | Rochester | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ sigle | 2.3% | 3.0% |
| █ double/secondary | 88.7% | 88.6% |
| █ triple/multiple | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| █ high perfomance | 8.7% | 8.1% |
A gas meter or a gas-burning appliance is available in the dwelling. A closed-off gas pipe does not count.
| Mains gas | Rochester | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ gas meter/-burning appliance | 84.7% | 80.8% |
| █ no gas meter | 15.3% | 19.2% |
| No. of rooms | Rochester | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ 1 | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| █ 2 | 3.7% | 3.6% |
| █ 3 | 13.2% | 13.0% |
| █ 4 | 30.3% | 27.3% |
| █ 5 | 30.5% | 30.2% |
| █ 6+ | 21.6% | 25.1% |
Indicates whether the heating in the property is solar powered.
| Solar heating | Rochester | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ solar | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| █ no solar | 99.5% | 99.5% |
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