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Widnes solar figures
The numbers behind the guide in one place: how many homes there are and of what kind, how efficient they are, how many already have panels, and how much sun reaches them. Each figure has its source and date.
Sources checked on 3 November 2026. Written by SEO Dons, which sells and fits nothing.
People and homes
| Measure | Widnes |
|---|---|
| Residents | 59,935 |
| Households | 26,910 |
| Median age | 41 |
| Residents aged 65 or over | 18.3% |
| Detached / semi / terraced / flats | 21.5% / 34.4% / 32.6% / 11.5% |
| Own outright / with a mortgage or shared | 31.7% / 32.4% |
| Social rent / private rent or rent-free | 21.3% / 14.6% |
ONS built-up area tables, released August 2023; counts rounded to the nearest five. The household total is from the accommodation table; ONS warns its tables do not always add to the same totals.
Ages and types on the council tax list
The Valuation Office's March 2026 records, summed by us for Widnes's 37 small areas, list 29,280 dwellings: 11.1% built before 1919, 16.9% between 1919 and 1939, 19.1% from 1945 to 1964, 22.4% from 1965 to 1982, 13% from 1983 to 1999 and 17.5% from 2000 onwards. By type, 35.5% are terraced, 27.7% semi-detached, 17.2% detached, 12.2% flats or maisonettes and 7.6% bungalows. The cells are rounded, so these shares are good to a point or two.
Energy ratings
| Group | Rated C or above |
|---|---|
| Widnes and Halewood, all homes | 60.78% |
| Halton borough | 58.44% |
| England | 53.28% |
| Widnes and Halewood, built before 1929 | 20.44% |
| Widnes and Halewood, built 1930 to 1982 | 55.2% |
| Widnes and Halewood, built 1983 to 2011 | 67.2% |
ONS, energy efficiency of housing, released October 2025. Only homes with an EPC are counted.
Solar already fitted
DESNZ counted 2,143 domestic solar installations in the Widnes and Halewood constituency in September 2026, totalling 7.577 MW, up from 2,123 a month earlier. That is about 5.4 for every hundred households counted there in 2021. The constituency includes Halewood in Knowsley, so these are not Widnes-only figures. Across Halton as a whole there were 2,733 solar installations of every kind by the end of 2025, 13.59 MW, a rise of 20.9% on the year before.
Sunshine and output
| Place | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| West Bank | 939.6 |
| Upton Rocks | 940.1 |
| Ditton | 939.9 |
| Farnworth | 940.0 |
| Hough Green | 940.0 |
| Appleton | 939.9 |
| Halton View | 939.9 |
The spread across the town is well under 1%. The Met Office's nearest sunshine record, at Hawarden Airport in Flintshire, averages about 1,573 hours a year.
House prices
HM Land Registry's index for Halton put the average price at £189,435 in August 2026, 2.3% lower than a year before: £156,208 for a terraced house, £200,821 for a semi and £316,315 for a detached one. These are borough figures; there is no separate Widnes index.
Related pages
Sources for this page
- ONS Census 2021, built-up area tables: Widnes (E63001425)
- ONS Census 2021 by ward: Widnes's nine wards, homes and tenure
- VOA council tax stock of properties, March 2026: homes by build period and type, small areas
- ONS, energy efficiency of housing (EPCs to March 2025): Widnes and Halewood
- DESNZ solar deployment, October 2026: domestic installations by constituency
- DESNZ renewable electricity by local authority, 2014 to 2025: Halton
- UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry): Halton, August 2026
- Met Office 1991 to 2020 averages: Hawarden Airport, the nearest station with sunshine records
- PVGIS 5.3, European Commission Joint Research Centre: long-term yearly output for Widnes by tilt and direction
- Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023: the wards of Widnes and Halewood
Questions about the figures
How many homes in Widnes have solar panels?
DESNZ counted 2,143 domestic solar installations in the Widnes and Halewood constituency in September 2026, with 7.577 MW between them. The constituency includes Halewood in Knowsley, so the Widnes figure on its own is lower.
What energy rating do Widnes homes have?
In Widnes and Halewood, 60.8% of homes with an EPC were rated C or above by March 2025, against 53.3% across England, and the median score was 70. Older homes score far lower: 20.4% of those built before 1929 reach C.
How sunny is Widnes?
The nearest Met Office station with sunshine records, at Hawarden Airport, averages about 1,573 hours a year (1991 to 2020). PVGIS gives a south-facing panel at 35 degrees in Widnes about 940 kWh a year per kW.
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