Fuel Poverty Data for England
April 14, 2012 Leave a comment
The following tables indicate levels of fuel poverty in England. The first table is ranked highest to lowest by number of households per County. The second and third tables detail specific fuel poverty levels per county
Total Number of Households per County | |||
County | All Households | Fuel Poor Households | Percent Fuel Poor |
Greater London | 3,030,780 | 401,859 | 13.3% |
Greater Manchester | 1,089,409 | 226,549 | 20.8% |
West Midlands | 1,058,442 | 289,854 | 27.4% |
West Yorkshire | 929,560 | 188,200 | 20.2% |
Hampshire | 716,339 | 82,093 | 11.5% |
Essex | 712,612 | 116,024 | 16.3% |
Kent | 687,174 | 92,596 | 13.5% |
Lancashire | 612,086 | 141,096 | 23.1% |
Merseyside | 588,841 | 138,836 | 23.6% |
South Yorkshire | 566,772 | 106,762 | 18.8% |
Devon | 485,482 | 104,574 | 21.5% |
Tyne and Wear | 482,282 | 112,736 | 23.4% |
North Yorkshire | 458,873 | 99,609 | 21.7% |
Nottinghamshire | 455,871 | 95,272 | 20.9% |
Surrey | 453,585 | 47,966 | 10.6% |
Staffordshire | 452,187 | 113,247 | 25.0% |
Hertfordshire | 446,473 | 59,494 | 13.3% |
Lincolnshire | 441,571 | 103,333 | 23.4% |
Cheshire | 430,900 | 81,559 | 18.9% |
Derbyshire | 422,438 | 91,799 | 21.7% |
Durham | 389,292 | 92,577 | 23.8% |
Somerset | 386,300 | 68,110 | 17.6% |
Leicestershire | 381,614 | 77,388 | 20.3% |
Norfolk | 367,125 | 76,494 | 20.8% |
Gloucestershire | 356,825 | 54,025 | 15.1% |
East Sussex | 341,495 | 47,968 | 14.0% |
Berkshire | 336,076 | 31,513 | 9.4% |
West Sussex | 335,797 | 42,217 | 12.6% |
Dorset | 319,317 | 57,021 | 17.9% |
Cambridgeshire | 318,001 | 45,054 | 14.2% |
Suffolk | 304,060 | 55,586 | 18.3% |
Buckinghamshire | 291,702 | 28,384 | 9.7% |
Northamptonshire | 285,774 | 54,832 | 19.2% |
Wiltshire | 275,070 | 40,613 | 14.8% |
Oxfordshire | 257,642 | 27,050 | 10.5% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 252,943 | 51,097 | 20.2% |
Bedfordshire | 240,251 | 35,020 | 14.6% |
Worcestershire | 235,927 | 56,149 | 23.8% |
Cornwall | 233,311 | 59,883 | 25.7% |
Warwickshire | 227,279 | 52,378 | 23.0% |
Cumbria | 217,682 | 61,161 | 28.1% |
Shropshire | 192,103 | 51,946 | 27.0% |
Bristol | 172,753 | 26,854 | 15.5% |
Northumberland | 139,363 | 37,240 | 26.7% |
Herefordshire | 78,990 | 25,430 | 32.2% |
Isle of Wight | 62,178 | 11,141 | 17.9% |
Rutland | 14,867 | 3,334 | 22.4% |
The second table lists number from highest to lowest, total number of households per county in fuel poverty.
Fuel Poverty in Counties Total Number of Fuel Poor Houses | |||
County | All Households | Fuel Poor Households | Percent Fuel Poor |
Greater London | 3,030,780 | 401,859 | 13.3% |
West Midlands | 1,058,442 | 289,854 | 27.4% |
Greater Manchester | 1,089,409 | 226,549 | 20.8% |
West Yorkshire | 929,560 | 188,200 | 20.2% |
Lancashire | 612,086 | 141,096 | 23.1% |
Merseyside | 588,841 | 138,836 | 23.6% |
Essex | 712,612 | 116,024 | 16.3% |
Staffordshire | 452,187 | 113,247 | 25.0% |
Tyne and Wear | 482,282 | 112,736 | 23.4% |
South Yorkshire | 566,772 | 106,762 | 18.8% |
Devon | 485,482 | 104,574 | 21.5% |
Lincolnshire | 441,571 | 103,333 | 23.4% |
North Yorkshire | 458,873 | 99,609 | 21.7% |
Nottinghamshire | 455,871 | 95,272 | 20.9% |
Kent | 687,174 | 92,596 | 13.5% |
Durham | 389,292 | 92,577 | 23.8% |
Derbyshire | 422,438 | 91,799 | 21.7% |
Hampshire | 716,339 | 82,093 | 11.5% |
Cheshire | 430,900 | 81,559 | 18.9% |
Leicestershire | 381,614 | 77,388 | 20.3% |
Norfolk | 367,125 | 76,494 | 20.8% |
Somerset | 386,300 | 68,110 | 17.6% |
Cumbria | 217,682 | 61,161 | 28.1% |
Cornwall | 233,311 | 59,883 | 25.7% |
Hertfordshire | 446,473 | 59,494 | 13.3% |
Dorset | 319,317 | 57,021 | 17.9% |
Worcestershire | 235,927 | 56,149 | 23.8% |
Suffolk | 304,060 | 55,586 | 18.3% |
Northamptonshire | 285,774 | 54,832 | 19.2% |
Gloucestershire | 356,825 | 54,025 | 15.1% |
Warwickshire | 227,279 | 52,378 | 23.0% |
Shropshire | 192,103 | 51,946 | 27.0% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 252,943 | 51,097 | 20.2% |
East Sussex | 341,495 | 47,968 | 14.0% |
Surrey | 453,585 | 47,966 | 10.6% |
Cambridgeshire | 318,001 | 45,054 | 14.2% |
West Sussex | 335,797 | 42,217 | 12.6% |
Wiltshire | 275,070 | 40,613 | 14.8% |
Northumberland | 139,363 | 37,240 | 26.7% |
Bedfordshire | 240,251 | 35,020 | 14.6% |
Berkshire | 336,076 | 31,513 | 9.4% |
Buckinghamshire | 291,702 | 28,384 | 9.7% |
Oxfordshire | 257,642 | 27,050 | 10.5% |
Bristol | 172,753 | 26,854 | 15.5% |
Herefordshire | 78,990 | 25,430 | 32.2% |
Isle of Wight | 62,178 | 11,141 | 17.9% |
Rutland | 14,867 | 3,334 | 22.4% |
The third table is ranked from highest to lowest percentage of households in fuel poverty in relation to number of households within the County. West Midlands has the misfortune of being in the top three for all three measurements, population density, and national percentage of fuel poverty, and County percentage of fuel poverty households.
Fuel Poverty in Counties Percent Fuel Poor | |||
County | All Households | Fuel Poor Households | Percent Fuel Poor |
Herefordshire | 78,990 | 25,430 | 32.2% |
Cumbria | 217,682 | 61,161 | 28.1% |
West Midlands | 1,058,442 | 289,854 | 27.4% |
Shropshire | 192,103 | 51,946 | 27.0% |
Northumberland | 139,363 | 37,240 | 26.7% |
Cornwall | 233,311 | 59,883 | 25.7% |
Staffordshire | 452,187 | 113,247 | 25.0% |
Durham | 389,292 | 92,577 | 23.8% |
Worcestershire | 235,927 | 56,149 | 23.8% |
Merseyside | 588,841 | 138,836 | 23.6% |
Lincolnshire | 441,571 | 103,333 | 23.4% |
Tyne and Wear | 482,282 | 112,736 | 23.4% |
Lancashire | 612,086 | 141,096 | 23.1% |
Warwickshire | 227,279 | 52,378 | 23.0% |
Rutland | 14,867 | 3,334 | 22.4% |
Derbyshire | 422,438 | 91,799 | 21.7% |
North Yorkshire | 458,873 | 99,609 | 21.7% |
Devon | 485,482 | 104,574 | 21.5% |
Nottinghamshire | 455,871 | 95,272 | 20.9% |
Greater Manchester | 1,089,409 | 226,549 | 20.8% |
Norfolk | 367,125 | 76,494 | 20.8% |
Leicestershire | 381,614 | 77,388 | 20.3% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 252,943 | 51,097 | 20.2% |
West Yorkshire | 929,560 | 188,200 | 20.2% |
Northamptonshire | 285,774 | 54,832 | 19.2% |
Cheshire | 430,900 | 81,559 | 18.9% |
South Yorkshire | 566,772 | 106,762 | 18.8% |
Suffolk | 304,060 | 55,586 | 18.3% |
Dorset | 319,317 | 57,021 | 17.9% |
Isle of Wight | 62,178 | 11,141 | 17.9% |
Somerset | 386,300 | 68,110 | 17.6% |
Essex | 712,612 | 116,024 | 16.3% |
Bristol | 172,753 | 26,854 | 15.5% |
Gloucestershire | 356,825 | 54,025 | 15.1% |
Wiltshire | 275,070 | 40,613 | 14.8% |
Bedfordshire | 240,251 | 35,020 | 14.6% |
Cambridgeshire | 318,001 | 45,054 | 14.2% |
East Sussex | 341,495 | 47,968 | 14.0% |
Kent | 687,174 | 92,596 | 13.5% |
Greater London | 3,030,780 | 401,859 | 13.3% |
Hertfordshire | 446,473 | 59,494 | 13.3% |
West Sussex | 335,797 | 42,217 | 12.6% |
Hampshire | 716,339 | 82,093 | 11.5% |
Surrey | 453,585 | 47,966 | 10.6% |
Oxfordshire | 257,642 | 27,050 | 10.5% |
Buckinghamshire | 291,702 | 28,384 | 9.7% |
Berkshire | 336,076 | 31,513 | 9.4% |