Scotland ECO Scheme Home Improvements Stats, Graphs & Regional Data

Since 2013, the UK government has promoted schemes to improve the energy efficiency of every household in the UK.

We analysed the latest data released by ONS about the success of these schemes and the differences in regions throughout Scotland.

What Stands Out:

The average number of ECO scheme home improvements per 1,000 households is 143 across the UK.
- Scotland has 171 home improvements per 1,000 households.
- Wales has 145 home improvements per 1,000 households.
- England has 118 home improvements per 1,000 households on average.

The total number of ECO scheme home improvement installations in the Uk is 3,644,377.
- Scotland has 424,284 improvements installed in total.
- Wales has 197,138 improvements installed in total.
- England has 3,022,955 improvements installed in total.

The Island Na h-Eileanan Siar (previously the Western Isles) has an extremely high number of ECO scheme home improvements taken per 1,000 households with 392.

The area with the highest number of ECO scheme home improvements completed per 1,000 households in Scotland is East Renfrewshire with 425.

Which is almost 5x that of the lowest local authority district: Shetland Islands with 71 ECO scheme home improvements per 1,000 households.

The area with the highest number of ECO scheme home improvement installations in Scotland is Glasgow with 54,258.

Ranking	City	Total ECO Scheme Home Improvements Installations	ECO Scheme Home Improvements per 1,000 Households
1	Glasgow	54,258	185
2	Edinburgh	22,664	96
3	Aberdeen	9,519	89
4	Dundee	14,157	201
5	East Kilbride	35,331	242
6	Paisley	8,716	218
7	Livingston	16,475	211
8	Cumbernauld	42,998	283
9	Hamilton	35,331	242
10	Kirkcaldy	25,725	153

Ranking	Unitary Authority	Total ECO Scheme Home Improvements Installations	ECO Scheme Home Improvements per 1,000 Households
1	Glasgow City	54,258	185
2	North Lanarkshire	42,998	283
3	South Lanarkshire	35,331	242
4	Fife	25,725	153
5	City of Edinburgh	22,664	96
6	Renfrewshire	18,716	218
7	East Renfrewshire	16,621	425
8	West Lothian	16,475	211
9	Dundee City	14,157	201
10	Aberdeenshire	13,666	123
11	North Ayrshire	12,777	200
12	Highland	12,016	110
13	East Ayrshire	11,940	217
14	Perth and Kinross	11,387	167
15	Dumfries and Galloway	10,562	152
16	Inverclyde	10,411	277
17	Falkirk	10,307	143
18	Scottish Borders	10,107	186
19	Aberdeen City	9,519	89
20	South Ayrshire	8,804	168
21	West Dunbartonshire	7,466	174
22	East Dunbartonshire	6,633	144
23	Angus	6,499	121
24	Argyll and Bute	6,029	145
25	Moray	5,641	133
26	Na h-Eileanan Siar	5,005	392
27	Stirling	4,740	120
28	Midlothian	4,685	120
29	Clackmannanshire	3,975	168
30	East Lothian	3,444	75
31	Orkney Islands	983	94
32	Shetland Islands	743	72

Explanations:

Counted as ECO scheme home improvements:

Schemes counted:

Below, you can view other articles with analysed data:

Or you can find and use the raw datasets we created and use them as you see fit: