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Poverty and deprivation · 2 measures

Households in fuel poverty

Part of Poverty and deprivation in Portsmouth

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Portsmouth

Households in fuel poverty

10.9% 2024

1 percentage point higher than England (9.9%).

Up 0.2 percentage points since 2019 (10.7%).

Official estimate

Trend, comparison and definition

What this answers: What share of Portsmouth households are in fuel poverty under the current official definition?

Households in fuel poverty

2019 to 2024

Portsmouth · %

Reviewed figures: 2019 to 2024.

Shown on this chart: From 2019 to 2024, households in fuel poverty rose by 0.2 percentage points in Portsmouth and fell by 3.5 percentage points in England.

Both places compared over 2019 to 2024, using matching published dates.

Compared areas: Portsmouth; England.

Actual values

PortsmouthEngland

Each line joins consecutive published observations for that place. Missing dates remain gaps.

Households in fuel poverty · % of households
PeriodPortsmouthSouthamptonChichesterWinchesterSouth EastEngland
202410.9%9.8%9.5%8.2%8.2%9.9%
202313.2%11.7%11.4%9.6%9.7%11.4%
202214%11.8%10.8%9.1%9.7%13.1%
202111.8%10.4%9.6%8.1%8.4%13.1%
202012.5%12.5%9%7.9%8.6%13.2%
201910.7%10.7%7.5%6.5%7.5%13.4%

Definition: Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE): a household is fuel poor if its home has an energy efficiency rating of band D or below and, after paying for housing and the energy it needs, its income is below the poverty line. Council figures are modelled by DESNZ from the English Housing Survey and other data and constrained to regional totals. Each year comes from that year's sub-regional release; every place in a given year comes from the same release.

  • These are modelled estimates, published as official statistics in development. DESNZ says they should be used for general patterns and to spot areas of particularly high or low fuel poverty, not for detailed year-to-year trends.
  • Each year is a separate annual release. DESNZ does not revise earlier sub-regional years when methods change, so small year-to-year moves may not be real.
  • Ward figures are not shown: DESNZ says estimates below council level are not robust.
  • Energy efficiency ratings matter as much as income: a low-income household in a well-insulated home (band C or above) is not counted as fuel poor.

Series breaks: 2019: Series starts with 2019 data, the first year DESNZ produced council estimates on the LILEE definition. Earlier years used Low Income High Costs (separate measure).

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Sub-regional fuel poverty data 2026 (2024 data) ↗ · Published 2026-05-14; one release per data year, see observation notes · retrieved 2026-11-09

Portsmouth

Households in fuel poverty, old definition (2011 to 2018)

10.8% 2018

0.5 percentage points higher than England (10.3%).

Up 0.1 percentage points since 2011 (10.7%).

Official estimate

Trend, comparison and definition

What this answers: What share of Portsmouth households were fuel poor under the earlier Low Income High Costs definition?

Households in fuel poverty, old definition (2011 to 2018)

2011 to 2018

Portsmouth · %

Reviewed figures: 2011 to 2018.

Shown on this chart: From 2011 to 2018, households in fuel poverty, old definition (2011 to 2018) rose by 0.1 percentage points in Portsmouth and fell by 0.6 percentage points in England.

Both places compared over 2011 to 2018, using matching published dates.

Compared areas: Portsmouth; England.

Actual values

PortsmouthEngland

Each line joins consecutive published observations for that place. Missing dates remain gaps.

Households in fuel poverty, old definition (2011 to 2018) · % of households
PeriodPortsmouthSouthamptonChichesterWinchesterSouth EastEngland
201810.8%10.4%9.5%7.8%7.9%10.3%
201712.1%11.5%9.3%8.1%8.7%10.9%
201612.3%11.6%9.3%8.4%9%11.1%
201514.5%12.4%9.3%8.7%9.4%11%
201411.8%9.8%9.5%8.6%8.3%10.6%
201312.3%10.3%8.3%7.5%8.1%10.4%
201210.7%10.1%8.7%7.6%7.8%10.4%
201110.7%9.8%8.6%7.7%8.2%10.9%

Definition: Low Income High Costs (LIHC): a household was fuel poor if its required energy costs were above the national median and, after paying them, its income was below the poverty line. Modelled council estimates from DESNZ (formerly BEIS/DECC), one release per data year. England is the sum of the nine regional rows in each release.

  • This is a different definition from the current one. Do not join it to the 2019-onwards line.
  • Modelled council estimates; the publisher advises using them for broad patterns, not detailed trends.
  • The 2011 release used older council codes and stored proportions rather than percentages; this script converts them to percentages.

Series breaks: 2018: Series ends with 2018 data. From 2019 data, council estimates use the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency definition (separate measure).

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Sub-regional fuel poverty data 2020 ↗ · Published 2020-04-30; one release per data year, see observation notes · retrieved 2026-11-09

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