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Fuel poverty statistics

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Part of:
Rural living - statistical indicators and Rural economy and community
Published:
31 January 2013
Last updated:
9 March 2017, see all updates
Applies to:
England

Households in fuel poverty in rural and urban areas.

Documents

Fuel poverty in rural areas

PDF, 392KB, 3 pages

Fuel poverty in rural areas - statistical data set

ODS, 18.5KB

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Details

Statistics on the proportion of households that are fuel poor in rural and urban areas, and the average fuel poverty gap (the additional income which would be needed to bring a household to the point of not being fuel poor.)

Metadata

Indicators:

  • proportion of fuel poor households
  • average fuel poverty gap

Data source: BEIS fuel poverty statistics

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification 2011

Additional information:

Defra statistics: rural

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Document information

Published: 31 January 2013

Updated: 9 March 2017

+ full page history

  1. Statistics published on the proportion of households in fuel poverty in rural and urban areas and the average fuel poverty gap.
  2. We’ve changed how we’ve organised rural statistics and updated the content following Lord Cameron’s review of rural proofing.
  3. First published.

From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Part of: Rural living - statistical indicators Rural economy and community