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Energy use by council

The short answer

10,012 kWh of gas and 2,538 kWh of electricity a year for the median home in England and Wales, about £1,774 at the October 2026 cap
Harrow uses the most gas, 14,234 kWh; the City of London the least, 5,091 kWh
The South West uses the least gas of any region, London the most

Updated 25 September 2026. Every figure on this page comes from official statistics; see where our data comes from.

A typical home in England and Wales uses 10,012 kWh of gas and 2,538 kWh of electricity a year, about £1,774 at the October 2026 price cap. Here is how much homes use in every council, from the government's 2024 meter readings.

Median use per home a year, by council.

Under 8,500 kWh
8,500 to 9,500
9,500 to 10,500
10,500 to 11,500
11,500 kWh or more

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Where homes use the most gas

Outer London and Surrey. The median home with gas in Harrow uses 14,234 kWh.

Council	Region	Median a year	Typical cost a year
Harrow	London	14,234 kWh	£1,243
Barnet	London	13,336 kWh	£1,171
Elmbridge	South East	13,297 kWh	£1,168
Mole Valley	South East	13,270 kWh	£1,166
Surrey Heath	South East	13,174 kWh	£1,158
Tandridge	South East	13,097 kWh	£1,152
Epsom and Ewell	South East	13,090 kWh	£1,152
St Albans	East	12,985 kWh	£1,143
Redbridge	London	12,768 kWh	£1,126
Brent	London	12,690 kWh	£1,120

Where homes use the least gas

Inner London and the South West. Where many homes are off the gas grid, the figure covers only those on it.

Council	Region	Median a year	Typical cost a year
City of London	London	5,091 kWh	£514
Plymouth	South West	6,896 kWh	£658
Cornwall	South West	7,146 kWh	£678
Westminster	London	7,175 kWh	£680
Torridge	South West	7,370 kWh	£696
Tower Hamlets	London	7,381 kWh	£697
Mid Devon	South West	7,579 kWh	£712
Exeter	South West	7,598 kWh	£714
South Hams	South West	7,848 kWh	£734
Southwark	London	7,919 kWh	£739

Electricity

Highest in Surrey and off-grid areas, lowest in inner London. The Isles of Scilly, with no mains gas, top the table at 6,254 kWh.

Council	Region	Median a year	Typical cost a year
Isles of Scilly	South West	6,254 kWh	£1,846
Elmbridge	South East	3,161 kWh	£1,032
Tandridge	South East	3,098 kWh	£1,016
Ceredigion	Wales	3,089 kWh	£1,013
Mole Valley	South East	3,087 kWh	£1,013
Surrey Heath	South East	3,081 kWh	£1,011
West Berkshire	South East	3,059 kWh	£1,005
Waverley	South East	3,056 kWh	£1,004
Woking	South East	3,042 kWh	£1,001
Sevenoaks	South East	3,038 kWh	£1,000

By region

The South West uses the least gas, London the most.

Region	Gas	Electricity	Typical cost of both a year
London	10,817 kWh	2,466 kWh	£1,820
North East	10,345 kWh	2,246 kWh	£1,724
Yorkshire and the Humber	10,281 kWh	2,418 kWh	£1,764
West Midlands	10,231 kWh	2,579 kWh	£1,803
South East	10,178 kWh	2,699 kWh	£1,830
East Midlands	10,153 kWh	2,512 kWh	£1,779
East of England	10,066 kWh	2,661 kWh	£1,811
North West	9,867 kWh	2,497 kWh	£1,752
Wales	9,409 kWh	2,468 kWh	£1,708
South West	8,603 kWh	2,629 kWh	£1,686

Every council

All 318 councils in England and Wales.

Show every council

Council	Region	Gas	Electricity
Adur	South East	8,904 kWh	2,565 kWh
Amber Valley	East Midlands	10,227 kWh	2,470 kWh
Arun	South East	9,323 kWh	2,519 kWh
Ashfield	East Midlands	10,232 kWh	2,428 kWh
Ashford	South East	9,318 kWh	2,697 kWh
Babergh	East	9,503 kWh	2,706 kWh
Barking and Dagenham	London	9,794 kWh	2,477 kWh
Barnet	London	13,336 kWh	2,739 kWh
Barnsley	Yorkshire and the Humber	9,810 kWh	2,300 kWh
Basildon	East	9,831 kWh	2,741 kWh
Basingstoke and Deane	South East	9,808 kWh	2,704 kWh
Bassetlaw	East Midlands	9,867 kWh	2,493 kWh
Bath and North East Somerset	South West	9,783 kWh	2,653 kWh
Bedford	East	10,078 kWh	2,611 kWh
Bexley	London	11,283 kWh	2,711 kWh
Birmingham	West Midlands	11,358 kWh	2,643 kWh
Blaby	East Midlands	10,701 kWh	2,564 kWh
Blackburn with Darwen	North West	10,837 kWh	2,467 kWh
Blackpool	North West	9,419 kWh	2,416 kWh
Blaenau Gwent	Wales	10,657 kWh	2,300 kWh
Bolsover	East Midlands	9,954 kWh	2,356 kWh
Bolton	North West	10,265 kWh	2,477 kWh
Boston	East Midlands	9,548 kWh	2,500 kWh
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	9,521 kWh	2,492 kWh
Bracknell Forest	South East	10,492 kWh	2,856 kWh
Bradford	Yorkshire and the Humber	11,611 kWh	2,520 kWh
Braintree	East	9,707 kWh	2,744 kWh
Breckland	East	8,824 kWh	2,725 kWh
Brent	London	12,690 kWh	2,539 kWh
Brentwood	East	12,639 kWh	2,939 kWh
Bridgend	Wales	9,505 kWh	2,395 kWh
Brighton and Hove	South East	9,444 kWh	2,366 kWh
Bristol	South West	8,934 kWh	2,519 kWh
Broadland	East	9,642 kWh	2,530 kWh
Bromley	London	12,415 kWh	2,730 kWh
Bromsgrove	West Midlands	11,504 kWh	2,836 kWh
Broxbourne	East	10,729 kWh	2,784 kWh
Broxtowe	East Midlands	10,502 kWh	2,451 kWh
Buckinghamshire	South East	12,031 kWh	2,956 kWh
Burnley	North West	9,889 kWh	2,354 kWh
Bury	North West	10,492 kWh	2,513 kWh
Caerphilly	Wales	10,167 kWh	2,381 kWh
Calderdale	Yorkshire and the Humber	10,745 kWh	2,467 kWh
Cambridge	East	9,646 kWh	2,294 kWh
Camden	London	8,328 kWh	2,004 kWh
Cannock Chase	West Midlands	10,193 kWh	2,563 kWh
Canterbury	South East	9,801 kWh	2,492 kWh
Cardiff	Wales	9,356 kWh	2,501 kWh
Carmarthenshire	Wales	9,194 kWh	2,573 kWh
Castle Point	East	11,498 kWh	2,844 kWh
Central Bedfordshire	East	10,068 kWh	2,659 kWh
Ceredigion	Wales	8,326 kWh	3,089 kWh
Charnwood	East Midlands	10,253 kWh	2,478 kWh
Chelmsford	East	10,695 kWh	2,800 kWh
Cheltenham	South West	9,461 kWh	2,462 kWh
Cherwell	South East	9,747 kWh	2,749 kWh
Cheshire East	North West	10,484 kWh	2,638 kWh
Cheshire West and Chester	North West	9,649 kWh	2,547 kWh
Chesterfield	East Midlands	9,705 kWh	2,281 kWh
Chichester	South East	9,402 kWh	2,745 kWh
Chorley	North West	9,861 kWh	2,551 kWh
City of London	London	5,091 kWh	2,821 kWh
Colchester	East	9,710 kWh	2,621 kWh
Conwy	Wales	8,914 kWh	2,385 kWh
Cornwall	South West	7,146 kWh	2,990 kWh
Cotswold	South West	10,140 kWh	3,032 kWh
County Durham	North East	10,616 kWh	2,226 kWh
Coventry	West Midlands	9,980 kWh	2,453 kWh
Crawley	South East	9,662 kWh	2,531 kWh
Croydon	London	11,864 kWh	2,595 kWh
Cumberland	North West	9,916 kWh	2,426 kWh
Dacorum	East	11,120 kWh	2,708 kWh
Darlington	North East	10,369 kWh	2,298 kWh
Dartford	South East	9,707 kWh	2,549 kWh
Denbighshire	Wales	8,994 kWh	2,496 kWh
Derby	East Midlands	9,959 kWh	2,443 kWh
Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	11,017 kWh	2,611 kWh
Doncaster	Yorkshire and the Humber	9,914 kWh	2,351 kWh
Dorset	South West	9,051 kWh	2,576 kWh
Dover	South East	8,661 kWh	2,333 kWh
Dudley	West Midlands	10,358 kWh	2,536 kWh
Ealing	London	11,586 kWh	2,485 kWh
East Cambridgeshire	East	9,712 kWh	2,719 kWh
East Devon	South West	8,391 kWh	2,500 kWh
East Hampshire	South East	10,706 kWh	2,895 kWh
East Hertfordshire	East	11,018 kWh	2,872 kWh
East Lindsey	East Midlands	9,165 kWh	2,637 kWh
East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	10,262 kWh	2,450 kWh
East Staffordshire	West Midlands	9,804 kWh	2,472 kWh
East Suffolk	East	9,210 kWh	2,492 kWh
Eastbourne	South East	8,628 kWh	2,283 kWh
Eastleigh	South East	9,131 kWh	2,548 kWh
Elmbridge	South East	13,297 kWh	3,161 kWh
Enfield	London	11,822 kWh	2,726 kWh
Epping Forest	East	11,688 kWh	2,933 kWh
Epsom and Ewell	South East	13,090 kWh	2,910 kWh
Erewash	East Midlands	9,944 kWh	2,448 kWh
Exeter	South West	7,598 kWh	2,333 kWh
Fareham	South East	9,497 kWh	2,600 kWh
Fenland	East	9,652 kWh	2,644 kWh
Flintshire	Wales	9,308 kWh	2,500 kWh
Folkestone and Hythe	South East	9,205 kWh	2,402 kWh
Forest of Dean	South West	8,881 kWh	2,799 kWh
Fylde	North West	10,454 kWh	2,617 kWh
Gateshead	North East	10,487 kWh	2,194 kWh
Gedling	East Midlands	10,891 kWh	2,522 kWh
Gloucester	South West	8,947 kWh	2,528 kWh
Gosport	South East	8,134 kWh	2,466 kWh
Gravesham	South East	10,148 kWh	2,604 kWh
Great Yarmouth	East	8,181 kWh	2,492 kWh
Greenwich	London	9,895 kWh	2,329 kWh
Guildford	South East	11,866 kWh	2,930 kWh
Gwynedd	Wales	8,198 kWh	2,676 kWh
Hackney	London	8,101 kWh	2,180 kWh
Halton	North West	8,903 kWh	2,451 kWh
Hammersmith and Fulham	London	9,762 kWh	2,189 kWh
Harborough	East Midlands	10,813 kWh	2,699 kWh
Haringey	London	10,695 kWh	2,328 kWh
Harlow	East	9,169 kWh	2,462 kWh
Harrow	London	14,234 kWh	2,658 kWh
Hart	South East	12,414 kWh	2,980 kWh
Hartlepool	North East	9,849 kWh	2,244 kWh
Hastings	South East	9,136 kWh	2,436 kWh
Havant	South East	9,172 kWh	2,594 kWh
Havering	London	11,262 kWh	2,703 kWh
Herefordshire	West Midlands	8,575 kWh	2,712 kWh
Hertsmere	East	12,263 kWh	2,885 kWh
High Peak	East Midlands	10,675 kWh	2,532 kWh
Hillingdon	London	11,965 kWh	2,734 kWh
Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	10,103 kWh	2,547 kWh
Horsham	South East	10,173 kWh	2,846 kWh
Hounslow	London	11,344 kWh	2,635 kWh
Huntingdonshire	East	9,810 kWh	2,614 kWh
Hyndburn	North West	10,006 kWh	2,326 kWh
Ipswich	East	9,070 kWh	2,444 kWh
Isle of Anglesey	Wales	8,069 kWh	2,740 kWh
Isle of Wight	South East	8,349 kWh	2,435 kWh
Isles of Scilly	South West	no mains gas	6,254 kWh
Islington	London	7,976 kWh	2,062 kWh
Kensington and Chelsea	London	7,926 kWh	2,052 kWh
Kingston upon Hull	Yorkshire and the Humber	8,889 kWh	2,254 kWh
Kingston upon Thames	London	11,697 kWh	2,702 kWh
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk	East	9,409 kWh	2,801 kWh
Kirklees	Yorkshire and the Humber	11,010 kWh	2,450 kWh
Knowsley	North West	8,867 kWh	2,393 kWh
Lambeth	London	8,961 kWh	2,177 kWh
Lancaster	North West	9,569 kWh	2,454 kWh
Leeds	Yorkshire and the Humber	10,492 kWh	2,492 kWh
Leicester	East Midlands	11,346 kWh	2,456 kWh
Lewes	South East	9,553 kWh	2,576 kWh
Lewisham	London	9,782 kWh	2,359 kWh
Lichfield	West Midlands	10,623 kWh	2,655 kWh
Lincoln	East Midlands	8,810 kWh	2,241 kWh
Liverpool	North West	9,310 kWh	2,325 kWh
Luton	East	11,614 kWh	2,556 kWh
Maidstone	South East	9,923 kWh	2,680 kWh
Maldon	East	10,072 kWh	2,970 kWh
Malvern Hills	West Midlands	9,211 kWh	2,815 kWh
Manchester	North West	9,503 kWh	2,673 kWh
Mansfield	East Midlands	10,692 kWh	2,345 kWh
Medway	South East	9,503 kWh	2,607 kWh
Melton	East Midlands	9,998 kWh	2,590 kWh
Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	11,003 kWh	2,347 kWh
Merton	London	10,980 kWh	2,594 kWh
Mid Devon	South West	7,579 kWh	2,829 kWh
Mid Suffolk	East	8,330 kWh	2,818 kWh
Mid Sussex	South East	10,479 kWh	2,764 kWh
Middlesbrough	North East	9,983 kWh	2,298 kWh
Milton Keynes	South East	9,940 kWh	2,560 kWh
Mole Valley	South East	13,270 kWh	3,087 kWh
Monmouthshire	Wales	9,412 kWh	2,585 kWh
Neath Port Talbot	Wales	9,360 kWh	2,362 kWh
New Forest	South East	9,915 kWh	2,684 kWh
Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	10,077 kWh	2,535 kWh
Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	10,689 kWh	2,277 kWh
Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	10,466 kWh	2,439 kWh
Newham	London	9,836 kWh	2,382 kWh
Newport	Wales	9,034 kWh	2,419 kWh
North Devon	South West	8,025 kWh	2,625 kWh
North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	10,381 kWh	2,401 kWh
North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	9,537 kWh	2,369 kWh
North Hertfordshire	East	10,700 kWh	2,744 kWh
North Kesteven	East Midlands	9,652 kWh	2,581 kWh
North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	10,091 kWh	2,412 kWh
North Norfolk	East	9,103 kWh	2,650 kWh
North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	9,911 kWh	2,535 kWh
North Somerset	South West	8,942 kWh	2,552 kWh
North Tyneside	North East	10,368 kWh	2,186 kWh
North Warwickshire	West Midlands	10,299 kWh	2,686 kWh
North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	10,413 kWh	2,624 kWh
North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	10,287 kWh	2,572 kWh
Northumberland	North East	10,277 kWh	2,357 kWh
Norwich	East	8,085 kWh	2,153 kWh
Nottingham	East Midlands	9,554 kWh	2,443 kWh
Nuneaton and Bedworth	West Midlands	9,763 kWh	2,482 kWh
Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	11,415 kWh	2,478 kWh
Oldham	North West	10,319 kWh	2,426 kWh
Oxford	South East	10,635 kWh	2,540 kWh
Pembrokeshire	Wales	8,323 kWh	2,585 kWh
Pendle	North West	10,706 kWh	2,350 kWh
Peterborough	East	9,261 kWh	2,410 kWh
Plymouth	South West	6,896 kWh	2,422 kWh
Portsmouth	South East	8,484 kWh	2,400 kWh
Powys	Wales	8,608 kWh	2,713 kWh
Preston	North West	9,621 kWh	2,502 kWh
Reading	South East	10,494 kWh	2,578 kWh
Redbridge	London	12,768 kWh	2,806 kWh
Redcar and Cleveland	North East	9,910 kWh	2,243 kWh
Redditch	West Midlands	9,370 kWh	2,535 kWh
Reigate and Banstead	South East	12,114 kWh	2,904 kWh
Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	10,227 kWh	2,339 kWh
Ribble Valley	North West	10,536 kWh	2,618 kWh
Richmond upon Thames	London	11,848 kWh	2,671 kWh
Rochdale	North West	9,943 kWh	2,471 kWh
Rochford	East	11,424 kWh	2,863 kWh
Rossendale	North West	10,981 kWh	2,547 kWh
Rother	South East	10,358 kWh	2,683 kWh
Rotherham	Yorkshire and the Humber	9,997 kWh	2,338 kWh
Rugby	West Midlands	10,257 kWh	2,610 kWh
Runnymede	South East	11,850 kWh	2,964 kWh
Rushcliffe	East Midlands	11,142 kWh	2,615 kWh
Rushmoor	South East	10,197 kWh	2,607 kWh
Rutland	East Midlands	11,175 kWh	2,723 kWh
Salford	North West	9,363 kWh	2,663 kWh
Sandwell	West Midlands	10,386 kWh	2,501 kWh
Sefton	North West	10,067 kWh	2,441 kWh
Sevenoaks	South East	11,949 kWh	3,038 kWh
Sheffield	Yorkshire and the Humber	10,546 kWh	2,346 kWh
Shropshire	West Midlands	9,059 kWh	2,613 kWh
Slough	South East	10,693 kWh	2,728 kWh
Solihull	West Midlands	11,458 kWh	2,753 kWh
Somerset	South West	8,157 kWh	2,638 kWh
South Cambridgeshire	East	10,210 kWh	2,816 kWh
South Derbyshire	East Midlands	9,581 kWh	2,543 kWh
South Gloucestershire	South West	8,936 kWh	2,589 kWh
South Hams	South West	7,848 kWh	2,794 kWh
South Holland	East Midlands	9,587 kWh	2,623 kWh
South Kesteven	East Midlands	9,661 kWh	2,599 kWh
South Norfolk	East	8,944 kWh	2,715 kWh
South Oxfordshire	South East	10,518 kWh	2,903 kWh
South Ribble	North West	9,611 kWh	2,486 kWh
South Staffordshire	West Midlands	10,880 kWh	2,652 kWh
South Tyneside	North East	9,725 kWh	2,104 kWh
Southampton	South East	8,861 kWh	2,550 kWh
Southend-on-Sea	East	11,182 kWh	2,634 kWh
Southwark	London	7,919 kWh	2,197 kWh
Spelthorne	South East	11,331 kWh	2,834 kWh
St Albans	East	12,985 kWh	2,936 kWh
St. Helens	North West	9,230 kWh	2,345 kWh
Stafford	West Midlands	10,301 kWh	2,535 kWh
Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	10,936 kWh	2,534 kWh
Stevenage	East	9,693 kWh	2,475 kWh
Stockport	North West	11,116 kWh	2,635 kWh
Stockton-on-Tees	North East	10,288 kWh	2,353 kWh
Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	9,823 kWh	2,330 kWh
Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	9,568 kWh	2,808 kWh
Stroud	South West	9,263 kWh	2,733 kWh
Sunderland	North East	10,464 kWh	2,181 kWh
Surrey Heath	South East	13,174 kWh	3,081 kWh
Sutton	London	11,386 kWh	2,691 kWh
Swale	South East	9,078 kWh	2,613 kWh
Swansea	Wales	9,539 kWh	2,346 kWh
Swindon	South West	9,568 kWh	2,536 kWh
Tameside	North West	9,630 kWh	2,399 kWh
Tamworth	West Midlands	9,589 kWh	2,587 kWh
Tandridge	South East	13,097 kWh	3,098 kWh
Teignbridge	South West	7,926 kWh	2,596 kWh
Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	9,088 kWh	2,425 kWh
Tendring	East	9,508 kWh	2,518 kWh
Test Valley	South East	9,063 kWh	2,743 kWh
Tewkesbury	South West	8,700 kWh	2,546 kWh
Thanet	South East	9,025 kWh	2,379 kWh
Three Rivers	East	12,552 kWh	2,966 kWh
Thurrock	East	9,788 kWh	2,844 kWh
Tonbridge and Malling	South East	10,270 kWh	2,757 kWh
Torbay	South West	8,247 kWh	2,477 kWh
Torfaen	Wales	9,139 kWh	2,350 kWh
Torridge	South West	7,370 kWh	2,784 kWh
Tower Hamlets	London	7,381 kWh	2,194 kWh
Trafford	North West	11,452 kWh	2,723 kWh
Tunbridge Wells	South East	11,168 kWh	2,868 kWh
Uttlesford	East	11,126 kWh	3,002 kWh
Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	9,138 kWh	2,529 kWh
Vale of White Horse	South East	10,053 kWh	2,733 kWh
Wakefield	Yorkshire and the Humber	9,666 kWh	2,307 kWh
Walsall	West Midlands	10,559 kWh	2,631 kWh
Waltham Forest	London	10,539 kWh	2,422 kWh
Wandsworth	London	9,817 kWh	2,308 kWh
Warrington	North West	9,675 kWh	2,485 kWh
Warwick	West Midlands	10,159 kWh	2,616 kWh
Watford	East	11,484 kWh	2,669 kWh
Waverley	South East	12,562 kWh	3,056 kWh
Wealden	South East	9,954 kWh	2,816 kWh
Welwyn Hatfield	East	10,806 kWh	2,693 kWh
West Berkshire	South East	10,875 kWh	3,059 kWh
West Devon	South West	8,339 kWh	2,862 kWh
West Lancashire	North West	10,037 kWh	2,634 kWh
West Lindsey	East Midlands	9,979 kWh	2,597 kWh
West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	10,089 kWh	2,675 kWh
West Oxfordshire	South East	10,134 kWh	2,852 kWh
West Suffolk	East	9,024 kWh	2,578 kWh
Westminster	London	7,175 kWh	2,135 kWh
Westmorland and Furness	North West	9,569 kWh	2,509 kWh
Wigan	North West	9,216 kWh	2,435 kWh
Wiltshire	South West	9,178 kWh	2,801 kWh
Winchester	South East	9,878 kWh	2,764 kWh
Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	12,415 kWh	2,987 kWh
Wirral	North West	9,963 kWh	2,475 kWh
Woking	South East	12,045 kWh	3,042 kWh
Wokingham	South East	11,932 kWh	2,924 kWh
Wolverhampton	West Midlands	10,746 kWh	2,578 kWh
Worcester	West Midlands	9,017 kWh	2,501 kWh
Worthing	South East	9,165 kWh	2,502 kWh
Wrexham	Wales	9,093 kWh	2,506 kWh
Wychavon	West Midlands	9,149 kWh	2,754 kWh
Wyre	North West	9,813 kWh	2,504 kWh
Wyre Forest	West Midlands	9,384 kWh	2,539 kWh
York	Yorkshire and the Humber	10,492 kWh	2,443 kWh

The data behind this table

Median gas and electricity per home from the NEED local authority tables 2024 (DESNZ, published 11 June 2026): the gas year runs mid-May 2024 to mid-May 2025 and covers homes with a gas meter; the electricity year runs February 2024 to January 2025. Typical costs are the medians priced at the Ofgem cap for October to December 2026, with standing charges. Compare your own bill with the energy bill calculator.

Frequently asked questions

How much gas does a typical home use?

A median 10,012 kWh a year across England and Wales, among homes with a gas meter, and 2,538 kWh of electricity, from 2024 meter readings. At the October to December 2026 price cap that is about £906 for gas and £868 for electricity, including standing charges.

Which council uses the most gas?

Harrow, where the median home with gas uses 14,234 kWh a year, followed by Barnet and Elmbridge.

Why is gas use low in Cornwall?

Homes of every type in Cornwall use less gas than the England and Wales median: a semi-detached house 6,972 kWh against 10,574. The figure covers only homes with a gas meter, and many Cornish homes are off the gas grid; Cornwall also has the 3rd highest rate of Boiler Upgrade Scheme heat pumps per household of any council.

Data sources

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, NEED consumption data tables 2026, local authority tables 2024, LA1 and LA2.
Ofgem energy price cap, October to December 2026.