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Electricity used by the average household in Great Britain in a year

Metered electricity used at home in a year by the average household in Great Britain, in kilowatt-hours, from the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Latest value

3,463kWh/household/yr

Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), 2024. Version 2005 to 2024 (published 18 December 2025).

Electricity used by the average household in Great Britain in a year (kilowatt-hours per household per year)

1 values from 2024 to 2024.
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Electricity used by the average household in Great Britain in a year, every value
PeriodValue (kWh/household/yr)Status
20243,463final
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Subnational electricity consumption statistics, Great Britain, 2005 to 2024 (published 18 December 2025). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0 (Crown copyright).

Notes on individual values

  • DESNZ's 2024 electricity year: February 2024 to January 2025 for non-half-hourly meters (almost all homes), January to December for half-hourly meters.

Where it comes from

Producer
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (UK Government) · Subnational electricity consumption, Great Britain
Version
2005 to 2024 (published 18 December 2025)
File
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69426e905431f4f94d7f0b5e/Subnational_electricity_consumption_statistics_2005-2024.xlsx
Fetched
2026-10-08 (automatically), 2,103,254 bytes
Fingerprint
sha256 9d40814a23f87b2b028dd39da05b47d0e67e843473ec6ec4a8a0f93167666429ETag "69426e90-2017d6" · Last-Modified Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:49:20 GMT
Copies
Archived copy (Wayback Machine) Our copy of the exact file
Cite the producer
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (2025). Subnational electricity consumption statistics, Great Britain, 2005 to 2024. GOV.UK. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/regional-and-local-authority-electricity-consumption-statistics

What was done to it

  1. Read sheet '2024' of the workbook (sha256 9d40814a23f8…), after checking its title and its 24 column headings, and took row K03000001 'Great Britain (inc unallocated)', 'All local authorities', column 'Mean domestic consumption (kWh per household)'. Checked the cover sheet's statements on electricity years, units and the publication date.

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/energy/desnz_subnational.py · code sha256 adc633ec418266cb… · inputs 9d40814a23f8…

  2. Published the mean as the workbook holds it.

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/energy/desnz_subnational.py · code sha256 adc633ec418266cb… · inputs 9d40814a23f8…

What it covers

Geography
Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)
Basis
Mean metered domestic electricity consumption per household: domestic consumption (standard and Economy 7 meters, including consumption DESNZ could not allocate to a local authority) divided by DESNZ's count of households (ONS, Welsh Government and National Records of Scotland estimates; Wales 2024 projected by DESNZ). Northern Ireland is not included.
Unit
kilowatt-hours per household per year (kWh/household/yr)