Percentage of households in fuel poverty by year (2019 to 2023)
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What does this indicator show?
This indicator shows the proportions of households in fuel poverty by year since 2019.
A household in England is defined as being in fuel poverty if it is in a property rated D or worse for energy efficiency, and its disposable income (that is, its remaining income after housing and energy costs are paid) is below the poverty line (60% of the national median income).
What does it tell us?
Just under one in ten London households (9.4%) are considered to be living in fuel poverty. This is slightly lower than 11.8% in the rest of England.
The rate in London has been falling over the five years examined here whereas in the rest of England fuel poverty rates have remained more consistent. Only in 2019 was fuel poverty higher in London (15.2%) compared to the rest of England (13.1%), rates have been higher in the rest of England across the remaining most recent four years.
This is likely to be due to a combination of factors. For example, houses in London tend to have smaller floor areas. This is likely to contribute to lower fuel costs overall and higher average incomes mean that fewer households fall below the poverty line after energy costs are taken into account.