What is the Average Gas Usage Per Year in the UK?
What is the average domestic gas usage per year?
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) estimates the average annual gas usage for households in the UK to be 15,000kWh.
What is the average domestic gas cost per year?
According to the government’s statistics, the average annual domestic gas bill for 2018 was £676 (£56.33 per month). Costs rose by 3.1% last year compared to the household gas prices for 2017. This figure is based on the average annual domestic gas use of 15,000 kWh/year.
What is the average gas usage per year for businesses?
A simple way to compare your businesses’ gas to the average gas usage of other businesses is to break them down by size.
Average gas usage per year for business
No. of employees | Gas usage (kWh) |
1-10 | 5,000 – 15,000 |
11-50 | 15,000 – 30,000 |
51-250 | 30,000 – 65,000 |
251+ | 65,000 + |
Here are the average gas usage figures for UK businesses, broken down by employee size:
- 1-10 employees: 5,000 kWh – 15,000 kWh
- 11-50 employees: 15,000 kWh – 30,000 kWh
- 51-250 employees: 30,000 kWh – 65,000 kWh
- 251+ employees: 65,000 kWh +
Although these figures and indicative of average gas usage for UK businesses, remember that every organisation has unique consumption habits. And no matter whether your business falls below or above these averages, it’s likely that your business stands to save on gas by having an effective energy strategy in place.
View our free Business Energy Saving Guide for solutions and strategies to save on gas.