| The cost of home energy rose sharply in 2022, making heating homes over winter more expensive than usual. How a home is heated can affect energy costs and what financial support is available, and our Census 2021 data show how heating sources vary across England and Wales. Mains gas central heating was by far the most common way that households heated their homes. Around three in four households (74%) said it was their only central heating source. However, in some neighbourhoods more than half of households said they relied on electricity for their heating, while in others more than half only used oil. There were also more than 367,000 households without any central heating, although that was still only around 1% of the total. | 