勒貊勛圖

Skip to main content
Official Statistics

Energy Statistics for Rural England

Energy Statistics for Rural England - March 2026

Applies to England

Documents

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

A compendium of energy statistics for Rural and Urban areas in England.

The March 2026 release of the Energy report includes analysis updates for the following topic within this theme:

  • Section B, Energy Performance Certificates: average Energy Efficiency Score
  • Section C, Energy Performance Certificates: achieving energy efficiency category C

The supplementary data tables provide additional statistics for each section of the Digest, using the Rural-Urban Classification categories. The Local Authority data tables supply the disaggregated datasets, used to conduct analysis in the Digest, at a Local Authority level where feasible.

Defra statistics: rural

You can also contact us via Twitter:

Previous editions

Copies of the Energy Statistics for Rural England publication are available from the National Archive.

In March 2024, the content relating to energy that was previously split across the Housing and Communities and Households chapters was consolidated into a new Energy report; data prior to this can be found .

Updates to this page

Published 12 March 2024
Last updated 27 March 2026 show all updates
  1. Additional commentary to Table B-6 has been added.

  2. Published today, latest rural statistics on Energy Performance Certificates: average Energy Efficiency Score and achieving energy efficiency category C (sections B & C).

  3. Published today, latest Rural statistics on Off the gas grid properties.

  4. Published today, latest Rural statistics on Central heating (replacing the withdrawn 'Energy costs' analysis).

  5. Published today, latest Rural statistics on Fuel poverty.

  6. Published today, latest Rural statistics on Energy Performance Certificates (average Energy Efficiency scores and achieving energy efficiency category C) in the Energy report.

  7. Published today, latest Rural statistics on Energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the Energy report.

  8. Published today, latest Rural statistics on Fuel poverty.

  9. First published.

Sign up for emails or print this page