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Off‑Gas Grant

Where the £9,000 off-gas grant applies, postcode by postcode

£9,000 heat pump grant in Cumberland

6,107 oil and 1,582 LPG heated homes in Cumberland sit off the gas grid, 8.0% of local properties.

How Cumberland compares

More off-grid than most

Oil and LPG heating is far more common in Cumberland than across England and Wales, so the £9,000 uplift applies to more homes here.

Least off-grid Most off-grid

8% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks Cumberland 72 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.

How Cumberland heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 6,107
LPG Qualifies 1,582
Electric only Usually not 7,957

Of 96,514 properties with a current certificate.

What the grant is worth here

£9,000 towards an air source heat pump for an eligible off-gas property. A home on the gas grid gets £7,500, so being off the grid is worth £1,500 more.

Eligible off-gas-grid properties. The installer must be MCS-certified and applies on the owner's behalf. Landlords are eligible.

Rented property in Cumberland

864 of the oil and LPG heated homes here are privately rented. Landlords are eligible for the grant, and these properties also face the EPC C deadline in 2030.

Postcode districts in Cumberland

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Cumberland.

DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
CA7 Wigton 1,614 432 26.4%
CA6 Carlisle 1,209 254 47.4%
CA8 Brampton 828 174 27.3%
CA4 Carlisle 582 128 22.3%
CA5 Carlisle 527 73 27.2%
CA13 Cockermouth 490 106 10.5%
CA12 Keswick 380 77 13.3%
LA18 Millom 189 47 9.1%
LA19 Millom 147 33 52.2%
CA19 Holmrook 122 32 41.0%
LA20 Broughton-In-Furness 106 25 28.0%
CA20 Seascale 101 12 9.8%
CA26 Frizington 40 36 6.0%
CA23 Cleator 39 24 12.8%

Other authorities in North West