£9,000 heat pump grant in Gwynedd
6,739 oil and 3,153 LPG heated homes in Gwynedd sit off the gas grid, 23.6% of local properties.
How Gwynedd compares
Heavily off the gas grid
Oil and LPG heating is far more common in Gwynedd than across England and Wales, so the £9,000 uplift applies to more homes here.
24% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks Gwynedd 12 of 318 councils for off-grid heating.
How Gwynedd heats its homes
Of 41,824 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 Gwynedd
921 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 Gwynedd
Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Gwynedd.
| District | Post town | Oil | LPG | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LL53 | Pwllheli | 1,828 | 798 | 41.5% |
| LL54 | Caernarfon | 949 | 472 | 39.2% |
| LL55 | Caernarfon | 711 | 639 | 19.2% |
| SY20 | Machynlleth | 613 | 156 | 32.5% |
| LL57 | Bangor | 393 | 261 | 7.9% |
| LL23 | Bala | 363 | 72 | 33.0% |
| LL41 | Blaenau Ffestiniog | 296 | 134 | 19.2% |
| LL40 | Dolgellau | 306 | 94 | 26.3% |
| LL46 | Harlech | 266 | 68 | 42.3% |
| LL36 | Tywyn | 163 | 91 | 13.4% |
| LL44 | Dyffryn Ardudwy | 177 | 64 | 62.0% |
| LL49 | Porthmadog | 148 | 86 | 14.2% |
| LL48 | Penrhyndeudraeth | 112 | 41 | 18.3% |
| LL52 | Criccieth | 115 | 13 | 12.4% |
| LL38 | Fairbourne | 96 | 29 | 37.0% |
| LL42 | Barmouth | 57 | 16 | 7.0% |
| LL56 | Y Felinheli | 40 | 10 | 5.3% |
| LL35 | Aberdovey | 15 | 25 | 6.0% |