Households in fuel poverty are defined as those that spend more than 10% of their income on heating the home.
There is a striking difference between the percentage of rural and urban homes in fuel poverty, according to government statistics.
Estimated fuel poverty levels for local authority areas were published by the Department for Energy and Climate Change on Thursday 24 November).
The areas with the seven highest levels of fuel poverty were all rural.
The top three were the Isles of Scilly (40.9%); Eden, Cumbria (38.3%); and East Lindsey, Lincolnshire (33.2%).
Other areas where fuel poverty was above 30% were Herefordshire (32.2%), West Somerset (31.7%), Shropshire (30.3%) and Torridge, Devon (30.2).
The highest levels of urban fuel poverty were to be found in Birmingham (29%), Sandwell (29%) and Barrow in Furness (28.5%).
The lowest levels of fuel poverty were in the City of London (6.4%), Milton Keynes (7.9%) and Bracknell Forest (8%).
The full statistics can be downloaded by clicking here.
