Households living in fuel poverty

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Households living in fuel poverty, 2001 and 2004

Source: BERR

5.9 per cent of English households lived in fuel poverty (based on income and heating costs) in 2004, down from 8.5 per cent in 2001.
The North East had the highest regional proportion of fuel-poor households in 2004 with 9.5 per cent of households classed as fuel poor.
The South East and London had the lowest levels, both with 3.9 per cent of their households experiencing fuel poverty.
Fuel poverty in all nine regions was reduced between 2001 and 2004 with the greatest reduction in the North West (a fall of 4.5 percentage points).

Updated: 31 January 2008