Scottish House Condition Survey: Fuel Poverty Report - 2003/04

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Table 3a: Fuel poverty by household type - percentages

Single adult

Small adult

Single parent

Small family

Large family

Large adult

Older smaller

Single pensioner

Not Fuel Poor

83

93

91

97

92

90

73

65

< 8% of household income on fuel

75

91

82

96

87

84

62

48

8-10% of household income on fuel (marginal fuel poor)

8

2

9

2

5

6

11

16

Fuel poor

17

7

9

3

8

10

27

35

10-13% of household income on fuel

7

3

4

1

3

3

5

11

13-20% of household income on fuel

6

2

3

1

1

5

12

11

> 20% of household income on fuel (extreme fuel poor)

4

2

2

1

4

2

9

13

All households

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Sample size (n = )

377

525

171

420

220

311

465

417

Table 3b: Fuel poverty by household type - numbers

Single adult

Small adult

Single parent

Small family

Large family

Large adult

Older smaller

Single pensioner

Not Fuel Poor

246,000

350,000

118,000

304,000

134,000

213,000

240,000

196,000

< 8% of household income on fuel

223,000

342,000

106,000

299,000

127,000

199,000

203,000

147,000

8-10% of household income on fuel (marginal fuel poor)

22,000

9,000

12,000

5,000

7,000

14,000

37,000

49,000

Fuel poor

52,000

27,000

11,000

8,000

12,000

23,000

87,000

107,000

10-13% of household income on fuel

21,000

11,000

5,000

2,000

5,000

8,000

17,000

34,000

13-20% of household income on fuel

19,000

7,000

4,000

3,000

1,000

11,000

40,000

34,000

> 20% of household income on fuel (extreme fuel poor)

11,000

8,000

2,000

4,000

6,000

4,000

30,000

39,000

All households

297,000

377,000

129,000

312,000

146,000

236,000

327,000

303,000

Sample size (n = )

377

525

171

420

220

311

465

417

1. Excludes households where an estimate for fuel poverty cannot be derived

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