Boiler Upgrade Scheme across Wales
101,801 homes across Wales run on oil or LPG, 9.7% of properties with a current certificate.
How Wales compares
More off-grid than most
Oil and LPG heating is far more common in Wales than across England and Wales, so the £9,000 uplift applies to more homes here.
Least off-grid Most off-grid
10% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks Wales 1 of 10 regions for off-grid heating.
How Wales heats its homes
Oil Qualifies 81,191
LPG Qualifies 20,610
Electric only Usually not 98,613
Of 1,044,915 properties with a current certificate.
Local authorities in Wales
| Authority | Oil | LPG | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmarthenshire | 14,929 | 1,839 | 16,768 | 26.9% |
| Powys | 13,182 | 2,187 | 15,369 | 34.0% |
| Pembrokeshire | 9,934 | 2,085 | 12,019 | 27.1% |
| Ceredigion | 8,814 | 1,446 | 10,260 | 39.9% |
| Gwynedd | 6,739 | 3,153 | 9,892 | 23.6% |
| Isle of Anglesey | 5,165 | 2,635 | 7,800 | 30.6% |
| Flintshire | 4,097 | 982 | 5,079 | 10.4% |
| Monmouthshire | 3,957 | 925 | 4,882 | 15.8% |
| Denbighshire | 3,246 | 867 | 4,113 | 12.2% |
| Conwy | 2,240 | 1,331 | 3,571 | 8.3% |
| Wrexham | 2,883 | 486 | 3,369 | 7.9% |
| Swansea | 1,380 | 588 | 1,968 | 2.5% |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 1,308 | 593 | 1,901 | 4.2% |
| Neath Port Talbot | 1,330 | 202 | 1,532 | 3.4% |
| Caerphilly | 377 | 298 | 675 | 1.2% |
| Bridgend | 415 | 211 | 626 | 1.4% |
| Newport | 372 | 220 | 592 | 1.1% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | 340 | 243 | 583 | 0.8% |
| Cardiff | 140 | 147 | 287 | 0.2% |
| Torfaen | 140 | 69 | 209 | 0.7% |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 134 | 64 | 198 | 1.0% |
| Blaenau Gwent | 69 | 39 | 108 | 0.5% |