The county totals
| Measure | 14 councils | Share | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households (2021) | 648,806 | - | 24,783,199 |
| Mains gas only | 515,663 | 79.5% | 73.8% |
| Oil only | 9,731 | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| LPG only | 5,896 | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Electric only | 37,326 | 5.8% | 8.5% |
| Detached | 141,120 | 21.8% | 23.2% |
| Semi-detached | 221,502 | 34.1% | 31.5% |
| Terraced | 199,794 | 30.8% | 23.2% |
| Purpose-built flats | 60,992 | 9.4% | 16.7% |
| Owned | 430,826 | 66.4% | 61.6% |
| Social rent | 82,582 | 12.7% | 17.1% |
| Private rent | 130,837 | 20.2% | 20.3% |
| Heat pumps paid (BUS) | 1,892 | - | - |
| Listed-building records | 5,587 | - | - |
Every council
| Council | Households | Gas only | No gas meter | Detached | Terraced | Owned | Private rent | Heat pumps paid | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | 64,794 | 78.2% | 10.81% | 9.6% | 29.5% | 57.5% | 31.7% | 176 | 56 |
| Lancaster | 59,976 | 76.3% | 14.37% | 19.4% | 25.5% | 67.1% | 21.7% | 220 | 1,343 |
| Preston | 59,609 | 77.3% | 10.61% | 19.0% | 29.2% | 58.3% | 22.4% | 177 | 482 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 58,766 | 80.8% | 3.31% | 15.2% | 43.4% | 60.5% | 20.2% | 97 | 227 |
| Wyre | 50,767 | 79.2% | 9.08% | 29.9% | 17.2% | 73.4% | 18.2% | 146 | 307 |
| Chorley | 50,128 | 81.3% | 5.82% | 32.0% | 25.3% | 72.1% | 13.9% | 217 | 436 |
| South Ribble | 48,586 | 84.0% | 3.14% | 29.8% | 16.8% | 76.0% | 12.8% | 175 | 146 |
| West Lancashire | 48,533 | 78.4% | 10.83% | 30.5% | 21.0% | 70.7% | 13.9% | 180 | 513 |
| Burnley | 39,872 | 81.8% | 3.06% | 14.2% | 46.6% | 59.8% | 24.3% | 37 | 312 |
| Pendle | 38,067 | 80.2% | 4.25% | 14.5% | 52.7% | 65.0% | 23.0% | 75 | 335 |
| Fylde | 37,607 | 78.1% | 11.16% | 29.4% | 16.7% | 71.6% | 19.2% | 103 | 203 |
| Hyndburn | 34,792 | 82.7% | 2.65% | 12.7% | 50.4% | 63.1% | 23.1% | 44 | 116 |
| Rossendale | 30,562 | 82.7% | 4.57% | 21.7% | 41.5% | 67.9% | 17.0% | 84 | 275 |
| Ribble Valley | 26,747 | 71.9% | 15.38% | 34.5% | 28.3% | 75.5% | 15.0% | 161 | 836 |
What each column means
- Households: the number of households in the council area on census day, 21 March 2021. Every share on this site uses it as the base, except the off-gas figure.
- Gas only, oil only, LPG only, electric only: households using that one type of central heating and nothing else. Homes with two or more types are counted separately and not shown.
- No gas meter: the government's 2024 estimate of the share of domestic properties with no gas meter. It counts properties, not households, and comes from meter records rather than the census.
- Detached, semi-detached, terraced, purpose-built flats: the type of home the household lived in. Flats in converted or shared houses and in commercial buildings are counted separately and not shown.
- Owned, social rent, private rent: who owns the home. Owned is outright or with a mortgage or loan; private rent covers private landlords, letting agencies and other private renting. Shared ownership and living rent-free are not shown.
- Heat pumps paid: Boiler Upgrade Scheme vouchers paid for the council area from May 2022 to September 2026. Heat pumps paid for in other ways are not counted.
- Listed: listed-building records in the national planning dataset for the council area, read in November 2026.
Three things the numbers show
A county of terraces and gas. Compared with England and Wales, Lancashire's 14 councils have more terraced houses (30.8% against 23.2%) and more households on gas alone. For most homes here, a heat pump replaces a gas boiler in a terrace or a semi.
A rural fringe off the grid. The Ribble Valley, Lancaster, Fylde, West Lancashire, Blackpool and Preston each have more than one property in ten without a gas meter, for reasons ranging from oil-heated farms in the Ribble Valley to electric-heated homes in Blackpool. Ribble Valley's oil share, 7.1%, is double the national figure.
Grants follow the homes. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme has paid for the most heat pumps relative to households where homes are detached, owner-occupied and off the gas grid, and the fewest in the terraced towns of East Lancashire.
Dates and updates
The census is from March 2021. The off-gas estimates are from 2024 and are updated roughly once a year. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme statistics are monthly; this site uses the release covering the period to September 2026. The listed-building counts were read on 3 November 2026. When a source updates, the figures here are checked against it; if a figure here and its source disagree, the source is right.
Using the figures elsewhere
The figures come from public datasets, most released under the Open Government Licence, so you can reuse them with the same attribution. The sources page lists each one with a link.