The right upgrade depends on where the house is
Not because of the weather. Because of what was built there, how it is heated, which schemes reach it and how the council treats an application. All four change at a boundary, and all four change the answer.
14 areas covered, 28.1m households (DESNZ estimate for 2024).
Same house, four answers
- England£7,500Boiler Upgrade Scheme
- Wales£7,500Boiler Upgrade Scheme
- Scotland£7,500Home Energy Scotland, plus a loan
- Northern IrelandMeans-testedNo equivalent scheme
One air source heat pump, four nations. The grants are current scheme rules, each dated on its own page.
Most solar panels
South West
918 installations per 10,000 homes, UK-wide
Most homes
South East
3,808,000 households
Best rated stock
Scotland
57.3% of homes in band C or better
Most heat pumps
Scotland
314 per 10,000 homes, against 160 across England and Wales
Households are DESNZ estimates and solar is DESNZ deployment. Ratings and heat pumps come from each nation's EPC register, so a rating means what its own register counted.
Side by side
Every area on the same measures
Heat pumps and solar are installations per 10,000 homes, so a small area can still top the table. Installed cost isn't here: nothing published gives it by area.
| Area | Homes | Median | Band spread | Heat pumps | Solar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Eastregion | 3,808,000 | C | 51.5% in band C or better | 185per 10,000 | 652per 10,000 |
| Londonregion | 3,424,000 | C | 53% in band C or better | 84per 10,000 | 202per 10,000 |
| North Westregion | 3,154,000 | D | 47.4% in band C or better | 82per 10,000 | 475per 10,000 |
| East of Englandregion | 2,629,000 | C | 50.1% in band C or better | 297per 10,000 | 745per 10,000 |
| Scotlandnation | 2,552,000 | C | 57.3% in band C or better | 314per 10,000 | 735per 10,000 |
| South Westregion | 2,449,000 | D | 48% in band C or better | 289per 10,000 | 918per 10,000 |
| West Midlandsregion | 2,430,000 | D | 45.3% in band C or better | 117per 10,000 | 520per 10,000 |
| Yorkshire and the Humberregion | 2,331,000 | D | 42.8% in band C or better | 112per 10,000 | 559per 10,000 |
| East Midlandsregion | 2,038,000 | D | 47.3% in band C or better | 173per 10,000 | 703per 10,000 |
| Walesnation | 1,347,000 | D | 43.5% in band C or better | 189per 10,000 | 816per 10,000 |
| North Eastregion | 1,176,000 | C | 49.2% in band C or better | 81per 10,000 | 605per 10,000 |
| Northern Irelandnation | 751,000 | D | 40.7% in band C or better | 68per 10,000 | 430per 10,000 |
| Leedscity | 342,000 | D | 45.2% in band C or better | 62per 10,000 | 393per 10,000 |
| Bristolcity | 192,000 | D | 47.5% in band C or better | 140per 10,000 | 523per 10,000 |
Heat pump uptake
Homes heated by a heat pump, per 10,000 with an EPC. The England and Wales figure is 160.
Uptake tracks off-gas-grid housing and grant generosity far more closely than it tracks climate.
Solar uptake
Solar installations per 10,000 households. The UK figure is 601.
- South West918
- Wales816
- East of England745
- Scotland735
- East Midlands703
- South East652
- North East605
- Yorkshire and the Humber559
- Bristol523
- West Midlands520
- North West475
- Northern Ireland430
- Leeds393
- London202
Roof ownership does more work here than sunshine: London has the best yields of any English region after the South East, and the lowest uptake of any.
Ratings and heat pumps come from each nation's EPC register, counted over homes with a certificate. The four registers are separate schemes, so a band boundary is the same but the stock behind it is not.
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Nations and regions are covered in full. Cities are added one at a time, where the stock is distinctive enough to be worth its own page — 2 measures, one planning section and a set of councils each.
Nations
3 areasWales
DOldest stock in the UK, solid walls everywhere, plus Nest on top of the GB schemes.
- Homes
- 1,347,000
- Median band
- D
Scotland
CBest-rated stock in the UK, and the most generous grant package anywhere in it.
- Homes
- 2,552,000
- Median band
- C
Northern Ireland
DOil-heated, newest stock in the UK, and a completely separate funding system.
- Homes
- 751,000
- Median band
- D
English regions
9 areasNorth East
CCheapest region to install in, dominated by gas-heated terraces.
- Homes
- 1,176,000
- Median band
- C
North West
DMost terraced stock in England, and the largest share of ECO4 work.
- Homes
- 3,154,000
- Median band
- D
Yorkshire and the Humber
DCheap to install in, with the widest spread of planning outcomes in England.
- Homes
- 2,331,000
- Median band
- D
East Midlands
DPost-war semis and a genuine off-grid tail in rural Lincolnshire.
- Homes
- 2,038,000
- Median band
- D
West Midlands
DDense interwar suburbs around Birmingham, rural Shropshire and Herefordshire beyond.
- Homes
- 2,430,000
- Median band
- D
East of England
COff-grid rural stock, the best solar yields in the UK, high heat pump uptake.
- Homes
- 2,629,000
- Median band
- C
London
CMostly flats, the best band distribution in England, the hardest place to act.
- Homes
- 3,424,000
- Median band
- C
South East
CBiggest stock in England, high incomes, and the tightest planning constraints.
- Homes
- 3,808,000
- Median band
- C
South West
DMost off-grid homes and highest solar uptake in England.
- Homes
- 2,449,000
- Median band
- D
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