£9,000 heat pump grant in Carmarthenshire
14,929 oil and 1,839 LPG heated homes in Carmarthenshire sit off the gas grid, 26.9% of local properties.
How Carmarthenshire compares
Heavily off the gas grid
Oil and LPG heating is far more common in Carmarthenshire than across England and Wales, so the £9,000 uplift applies to more homes here.
27% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks Carmarthenshire 6 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.
How Carmarthenshire heats its homes
Of 62,348 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 Carmarthenshire
1,786 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 Carmarthenshire
Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Carmarthenshire.
| District | Post town | Oil | LPG | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA14 | Llanelli | 2,945 | 350 | 30.7% |
| SA44 | Llandysul | 2,535 | 375 | 70.1% |
| SA33 | Carmarthen | 2,254 | 284 | 59.5% |
| SA18 | Ammanford | 2,079 | 221 | 23.0% |
| SA32 | Carmarthen | 1,483 | 181 | 73.7% |
| SA19 | Llandeilo | 1,365 | 183 | 49.4% |
| SA9 | Swansea | 1,221 | 146 | 26.4% |
| SA48 | Lampeter | 988 | 189 | 40.8% |
| SA38 | Newcastle Emlyn | 952 | 156 | 67.0% |
| SA17 | Kidwelly | 864 | 100 | 27.4% |
| SA40 | Llanybydder | 646 | 98 | 71.6% |
| SA66 | Clynderwen | 643 | 76 | 73.1% |
| SA34 | Whitland | 608 | 80 | 42.6% |
| SA39 | Pencader | 581 | 62 | 75.8% |
| SA31 | Carmarthen | 378 | 34 | 6.2% |
| SA20 | Llandovery | 284 | 40 | 30.1% |
| SA16 | Burry Port | 135 | 35 | 5.8% |