Energy · 2021

Households heated by oil only: local authority ranking

Households heated by oil only: Ceredigion comes top with 35.3% and Sutton comes last with 0.0%. The median across 318 local authorities is 0.9%.

Podium and top 100

1Ceredigion35.3%2Mid Suffolk30.3%3Powys27.7%

#	Local authority	Region	Households heated by oil only
1	Ceredigion	Wales	35.3%
2	Mid Suffolk	East	30.3%
3	Powys	Wales	27.7%
4	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East	25.1%
5	North Norfolk	East	24.6%
6	South Norfolk	East	24.2%
7	Breckland	East	23.7%
7	Carmarthenshire	Wales	23.7%
9	Pembrokeshire	Wales	22.7%
10	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	21.6%
11	Maldon	East	19.8%
12	Torridge	South West	19.7%
13	Babergh	East	19.6%
14	East Lindsey	East Midlands	19.3%
15	Forest of Dean	South West	18.9%
16	West Devon	South West	18.7%
17	Gwynedd	Wales	16.9%
18	West Suffolk	East	16.6%
19	East Cambridgeshire	East	16.4%
20	Uttlesford	East	16.3%
21	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	16.2%
22	Mid Devon	South West	15.9%
22	Cotswold	South West	15.9%
24	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	15.1%
25	Shropshire	West Midlands	15.0%
26	South Cambridgeshire	East	14.5%
27	South Holland	East Midlands	14.1%
28	Cornwall	South West	13.8%
29	South Hams	South West	13.5%
30	Wiltshire	South West	13.0%
31	North Kesteven	East Midlands	12.8%
31	West Lindsey	East Midlands	12.8%
33	Great Yarmouth	East	12.3%
33	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	12.3%
33	Monmouthshire	Wales	12.3%
36	West Berkshire	South East	12.0%
37	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	11.9%
38	Somerset	South West	11.8%
39	Test Valley	South East	11.6%
40	Wealden	South East	11.1%
40	Broadland	East	11.1%
42	Braintree	East	10.8%
42	Boston	East Midlands	10.8%
44	Isles of Scilly	South West	10.4%
45	Fenland	East	10.3%
45	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	10.3%
47	South Kesteven	East Midlands	10.2%
47	Chichester	South East	10.2%
49	North Devon	South West	10.1%
49	West Oxfordshire	South East	10.1%
51	Cherwell	South East	9.9%
52	Denbighshire	Wales	9.8%
53	Westmorland and Furness	North West	9.6%
54	Melton	East Midlands	9.5%
55	Ashford	South East	9.3%
56	Rutland	East Midlands	9.1%
57	Wychavon	West Midlands	9.0%
58	Flintshire	Wales	8.8%
59	Dorset	South West	8.7%
59	East Devon	South West	8.7%
59	East Suffolk	East	8.7%
62	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	8.3%
63	Horsham	South East	7.7%
64	Rother	South East	7.6%
64	Winchester	South East	7.6%
64	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	7.6%
67	Northumberland	North East	7.5%
67	Tunbridge Wells	South East	7.5%
69	Ribble Valley	North West	7.1%
69	South Oxfordshire	South East	7.1%
71	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	7.0%
72	Huntingdonshire	East	6.9%
72	Wrexham	Wales	6.9%
74	Sevenoaks	South East	6.7%
75	Teignbridge	South West	6.4%
75	Stroud	South West	6.4%
75	Harborough	East Midlands	6.4%
78	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	6.3%
79	Colchester	East	6.2%
80	Cumberland	North West	6.0%
80	Stafford	West Midlands	6.0%
82	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	5.8%
82	East Hampshire	South East	5.8%
84	Vale of White Horse	South East	5.7%
85	East Hertfordshire	East	5.5%
85	Conwy	Wales	5.5%
87	Buckinghamshire	South East	5.3%
87	Chelmsford	East	5.3%
89	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	5.0%
90	Lewes	South East	4.8%
90	Tewkesbury	South West	4.8%
90	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	4.8%
93	Tendring	East	4.7%
93	East Staffordshire	West Midlands	4.7%
95	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	4.5%
96	Mid Sussex	South East	4.4%
97	Cheshire East	North West	4.3%
98	North Hertfordshire	East	4.1%
99	Bedford	East	4.0%
100	South Gloucestershire	South West	3.9%

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Households heated by oil only
246	Redbridge	London	0.1%
246	Richmond upon Thames	London	0.1%
246	Southwark	London	0.1%
246	Waltham Forest	London	0.1%
246	Wandsworth	London	0.1%
246	Cardiff	Wales	0.1%
310	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	0.0%
310	Derby	East Midlands	0.0%
310	Leicester	East Midlands	0.0%
310	Southend-on-Sea	East	0.0%
310	Portsmouth	South East	0.0%
310	Gosport	South East	0.0%
310	Dudley	West Midlands	0.0%
310	Sandwell	West Midlands	0.0%
310	Sutton	London	0.0%

Regions compared

Population-weighted averages for rates; totals for counts.

Other rankings on the same theme

Households without central heating Households heated by mains gas only Households heated by electricity only

Frequently asked questions

Which local authority ranks first for “Households heated by oil only”?

Ceredigion ranks first for “Households heated by oil only”, with 35.3%.

What is the median for “Households heated by oil only”?

The median across the 318 ranked local authorities is 0.9%.