ALMOST a fifth of Barnsley households are deemed to be living in fuel poverty.
Latest estimates from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities suggest 19,642 households in Barnsley were living in fuel poverty in 2022 – 17.7 per cent of the 111,171 households in the area.
This puts Barnsley above the England average of 13.1 per cent.
Adam Scorer, chief executive of the National Energy Action fuel poverty charity, said: “This data shows how fuel poverty hits different parts of England harder – areas with the lowest incomes and draughtiest homes.
“Households remain dangerously exposed to volatile wholesale energy prices because of how draughty our homes are and how weak household finances have become.
“Energy debt has reached record levels.”
