Energy · DESNZ · Latest published: 2024

Mean domestic electricity use per meter by local authority, ranked

Every area with a published figure, in order of electricity use per meter, kwh a year, highest first. Equal figures share a rank and are printed as ties; the order within a tie is alphabetical and means nothing.

All of the UK England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Download all areas (CSV)See the map

#	Area	kWh	UK percentile
1	Isles of Scilly E06000053	6,220	100
2	Cotswold E07000079	4,686	100
3	Elmbridge E07000207	4,496	99
4	Uttlesford E07000077	4,461	99
5	Sevenoaks E07000111	4,393	99
6	Tandridge E07000215	4,324	98
7	Waverley E07000216	4,313	98
8	West Berkshire E06000037	4,280	98
9	Mole Valley E07000210	4,252	97
10	Maldon E07000074	4,214	97
11	Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	4,200	97
12	South Oxfordshire E07000179	4,184	96
13	Mid Suffolk E07000203	4,176	96
14	Buckinghamshire E06000060	4,143	96
15	Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	4,137	95
16	Chichester E07000225	4,129	95
17	Wealden E07000065	4,127	95
18	Epping Forest E07000072	4,120	94
19	West Oxfordshire E07000181	4,096	94
20	King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	4,092	94
21	Cornwall E06000052	4,081	93
22	East Hampshire E07000085	4,064	93
23	Horsham E07000227	4,056	93
24	Tunbridge Wells E07000116	4,055	92
25	Three Rivers E07000102	4,054	92
26	Guildford E07000209	4,052	92
27	East Hertfordshire E07000242	4,041	91
28	South Cambridgeshire E07000012	4,027	91
29	Runnymede E07000212	4,023	91
30	Surrey Heath E07000214	4,019	91
31	Babergh E07000200	4,012	90
32	Rutland E06000017	4,002	90
33	Brentwood E07000068	3,987	90
34	Winchester E07000094	3,965	89
35	South Hams E07000044	3,964	89
36	Mid Devon E07000042	3,954	89
37	Wiltshire E06000054	3,951	88
38	West Devon E07000047	3,950	88
39	Hertsmere E07000098	3,942	88
40	Malvern Hills E07000235	3,919	87
41	Woking E07000217	3,915	87
42	Breckland E07000143	3,911	87
43	North Norfolk E07000147	3,911	86
44	Forest of Dean E07000080	3,904	86
45	South Norfolk E07000149	3,899	86
46	Test Valley E07000093	3,887	85
47	Hart E07000089	3,881	85
48	East Cambridgeshire E07000009	3,872	85
49	Reigate and Banstead E07000211	3,863	85
50	St Albans E07000240	3,857	84
51	Herefordshire, County of E06000019	3,836	84
52	Torridge E07000046	3,812	84
53	Wychavon E07000238	3,809	83
54	Cherwell E07000177	3,807	83
55	Chelmsford E07000070	3,801	83
56	Wokingham E06000041	3,793	82
57	Vale of White Horse E07000180	3,788	82
58	Harborough E07000131	3,785	81
59	Rother E07000064	3,781	81
60	Derbyshire Dales E07000035	3,768	81
61	Mid Sussex E07000228	3,761	80
62	East Lindsey E07000137	3,761	80
63	Stroud E07000082	3,756	80
64	Braintree E07000067	3,755	79
65	Ashford E07000105	3,752	79
66	Bromsgrove E07000234	3,751	79
67	Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	3,745	79
68	Ribble Valley E07000124	3,720	78
69	Barnet E09000003	3,716	78
70	City of London E09000001	3,713	77
71	South Holland E07000140	3,712	77
72	Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	3,694	77
73	Epsom and Ewell E07000208	3,694	76
74	North Hertfordshire E07000099	3,687	76
75	Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	3,672	76
76	Dacorum E07000096	3,669	75
77	West Suffolk E07000245	3,669	75
78	Shropshire E06000051	3,658	75
79	Bracknell Forest E06000036	3,656	74
80	West Northamptonshire E06000062	3,649	74
81	Westminster E09000033	3,649	74
82	Somerset E06000066	3,646	74
83	Castle Point E07000069	3,631	73
84	Melton E07000133	3,627	73
85	North Yorkshire E06000065	3,626	72
86	Thurrock E06000034	3,624	72
87	Maidstone E07000110	3,623	72
88	New Forest E07000091	3,606	71
89	Fenland E07000010	3,602	71
90	Rochford E07000075	3,601	71
91	North Devon E07000043	3,596	70
92	South Kesteven E07000141	3,596	70
93	Spelthorne E07000213	3,593	70
94	Redbridge E09000026	3,591	69
95	Warwick E07000222	3,574	69
96	Richmond upon Thames E09000027	3,567	69
97	Huntingdonshire E07000011	3,561	68
98	Central Bedfordshire E06000056	3,561	68
99	Cheshire East E06000049	3,553	68
100	Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	3,552	67
101	Broxbourne E07000095	3,552	67
102	Westmorland and Furness E06000064	3,549	67
103	North Warwickshire E07000218	3,549	66
104	Dorset E06000059	3,546	66
105	Lichfield E07000194	3,542	66
106	Slough E06000039	3,536	65
107	West Lindsey E07000142	3,535	65
108	Hillingdon E09000017	3,534	65
109	North Kesteven E07000139	3,529	64
110	North West Leicestershire E07000134	3,525	64
111	Lewes E07000063	3,523	64
112	Rushcliffe E07000176	3,517	63
113	Basildon E07000066	3,517	63
114	Kingston upon Thames E09000021	3,513	63
115	Bedford E06000055	3,502	62
116	South Staffordshire E07000196	3,498	62
117	Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	3,497	62
118	Broadland E07000144	3,494	62
119	Solihull E08000029	3,493	61
120	East Suffolk E07000244	3,488	61
121	Bromley E09000006	3,488	61
122	Harrow E09000015	3,483	60
123	Colchester E07000071	3,483	60
124	Rugby E07000220	3,481	60
125	Enfield E09000010	3,480	59
126	Teignbridge E07000045	3,469	59
127	Newark and Sherwood E07000175	3,462	59
128	Hounslow E09000018	3,455	58
129	Trafford E08000009	3,454	58
130	Sutton E09000029	3,436	58
131	Boston E07000136	3,435	57
132	Tewkesbury E07000083	3,431	57
133	Watford E07000103	3,425	56
134	Havering E09000016	3,410	56
135	Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	3,409	56
136	West Lancashire E07000127	3,405	56
137	East Devon E07000040	3,404	55
138	Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	3,403	55
139	South Derbyshire E07000039	3,393	55
140	Fylde E07000119	3,387	54
141	Swale E07000113	3,386	54
142	Merton E09000024	3,383	53
143	Reading E06000038	3,382	53
144	Bexley E09000004	3,378	53
145	Manchester E08000003	3,367	52
146	Birmingham E08000025	3,364	52
147	Stafford E07000197	3,360	51
148	Tendring E07000076	3,358	51
149	Bassetlaw E07000171	3,355	51
150	Great Yarmouth E07000145	3,354	50
151	Milton Keynes E06000042	3,353	50
152	Gravesham E07000109	3,348	50
153	Oxford E07000178	3,346	50
154	Croydon E09000008	3,344	49
155	North Northamptonshire E06000061	3,339	49
156	East Staffordshire E07000193	3,339	49
157	South Gloucestershire E06000025	3,320	48
158	Wyre Forest E07000239	3,319	48
159	Salford E08000006	3,317	48
160	Canterbury E07000106	3,314	47
161	Luton E06000032	3,309	47
162	Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	3,306	47
163	Arun E07000224	3,305	46
164	Southampton E06000045	3,304	46
165	North Somerset E06000024	3,304	46
166	Fareham E07000087	3,286	45
167	Rossendale E07000125	3,273	45
168	Southend-on-Sea E06000033	3,265	45
169	Walsall E08000030	3,262	44
170	Wolverhampton E08000031	3,262	44
171	Stockport E08000007	3,260	44
172	Amber Valley E07000032	3,258	44
173	Medway E06000035	3,256	43
174	Dartford E07000107	3,254	43
175	High Peak E07000037	3,251	43
176	Adur E07000223	3,251	42
177	East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	3,248	42
178	Blaby E07000129	3,248	42
179	Chorley E07000118	3,246	41
180	Brent E09000005	3,240	41
181	Isle of Wight E06000046	3,239	41
182	Havant E07000090	3,233	40
183	Calderdale E08000033	3,223	40
184	Gedling E07000173	3,222	40
185	Eastleigh E07000086	3,215	39
186	Rushmoor E07000092	3,213	39
187	Ealing E09000009	3,212	38
188	Tamworth E07000199	3,210	38
189	Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	3,198	38
190	Charnwood E07000130	3,194	37
191	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	3,192	37
192	Swindon E06000030	3,190	37
193	Bradford E08000032	3,185	36
194	Cannock Chase E07000192	3,176	36
195	Wyre E07000128	3,176	36
196	Crawley E07000226	3,175	35
197	Lancaster E07000121	3,175	35
198	Northumberland E06000057	3,173	35
199	Cheltenham E07000078	3,169	34
200	Worthing E07000229	3,165	34
201	Cumberland E06000063	3,164	34
202	Oadby and Wigston E07000135	3,162	33
203	Preston E07000123	3,153	33
204	York E06000014	3,152	32
205	Bury E08000002	3,152	32
206	Leicester E06000016	3,145	32
207	Leeds E08000035	3,141	32
208	Coventry E08000026	3,138	31
209	Dudley E08000027	3,130	31
210	North East Derbyshire E07000038	3,128	31
211	Ipswich E07000202	3,126	30
212	Gloucester E07000081	3,126	30
213	Sandwell E08000028	3,122	30
214	Peterborough E06000031	3,120	29
215	Cambridge E07000008	3,119	29
216	Barking and Dagenham E09000002	3,119	29
217	Warrington E06000007	3,116	28
218	Redditch E07000236	3,116	28
219	Torbay E06000027	3,112	28
220	Nottingham E06000018	3,108	27
221	Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	3,100	27
222	Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	3,098	26
223	Gosport E07000088	3,096	26
224	Stevenage E07000243	3,091	26
225	Bolton E08000001	3,091	26
226	Worcester E07000237	3,090	25
227	Bristol, City of E06000023	3,090	25
228	Kirklees E08000034	3,089	25
229	Derby E06000015	3,088	24
230	North Lincolnshire E06000013	3,081	24
231	Harlow E07000073	3,081	24
232	Wandsworth E09000032	3,080	23
233	South Ribble E07000126	3,075	23
234	Broxtowe E07000172	3,075	23
235	Dover E07000108	3,074	22
236	Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	3,066	22
237	Erewash E07000036	3,060	21
238	Blackpool E06000009	3,053	21
239	Tower Hamlets E09000030	3,046	21
240	Telford and Wrekin E06000020	3,044	21
241	Thanet E07000114	3,039	20
242	Rochdale E08000005	3,033	20
243	Ashfield E07000170	3,031	20
244	Hastings E07000062	3,021	19
245	Pendle E07000122	3,017	19
246	Brighton and Hove E06000043	3,012	19
247	Wirral E08000015	3,001	18
248	Oldham E08000004	3,000	18
249	Camden E09000007	2,999	18
250	Newham E09000025	2,998	17
251	Waltham Forest E09000031	2,997	17
252	Haringey E09000014	2,997	17
253	Portsmouth E06000044	2,995	16
254	Sefton E08000014	2,985	16
255	Bolsover E07000033	2,979	15
256	Eastbourne E07000061	2,972	15
257	Sheffield E08000039	2,956	15
258	Doncaster E08000017	2,955	15
259	Southwark E09000028	2,955	14
260	Halton E06000006	2,951	14
261	Exeter E07000041	2,948	14
262	Lewisham E09000023	2,946	13
263	Wigan E08000010	2,939	13
264	Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	2,924	13
265	Mansfield E07000174	2,921	12
266	Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	2,918	12
267	Darlington E06000005	2,918	12
268	Tameside E08000008	2,917	11
269	North East Lincolnshire E06000012	2,912	11
270	Greenwich E09000011	2,910	11
271	Hackney E09000012	2,903	10
272	Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	2,899	10
273	Liverpool E08000012	2,894	9
274	Burnley E07000117	2,888	9
275	Rotherham E08000018	2,888	9
276	Barnsley E08000038	2,877	8
277	Wakefield E08000036	2,877	8
278	Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	2,870	8
279	Plymouth E06000026	2,861	7
280	St. Helens E08000013	2,857	7
281	Knowsley E08000011	2,850	6
282	Hyndburn E07000120	2,840	6
283	Lincoln E07000138	2,839	5
284	Chesterfield E07000034	2,830	5
285	County Durham E06000047	2,814	4
286	Lambeth E09000022	2,813	4
287	Middlesbrough E06000002	2,794	4
288	Norwich E07000148	2,788	3
289	Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	2,758	3
290	Hartlepool E06000001	2,744	2
291	Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	2,734	2
292	Islington E09000019	2,730	2
293	Gateshead E08000037	2,705	1
294	Sunderland E08000024	2,672	1
295	North Tyneside E08000022	2,669	0
296	South Tyneside E08000023	2,534	0

How this ranking is made

Electricity use per meter, kWh a year: the published figure for the area, unchanged.. Mean annual electricity consumption per domestic meter by local authority, from DESNZ's sub-national electricity consumption statistics. Includes homes heated by electricity, which is why some rural and off-gas areas are high.

Source: DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics · Sub-national electricity consumption statistics, 2005 to 2024, released 2025-12-18. Boundaries: 2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2. Percentiles are calculated across the whole UK, so they do not change when the table is filtered to one nation. A ranking compares areas of very different sizes and populations; the figure is the publisher’s own, and its rank is Civometry’s ordering of those published figures.

Isles of Scilly has the highest electricity use per meter, kwh a year of 296 England local authorities with a published figure, at 6,220 (Latest published: 2024). Source: DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics.

Civometry · Mean domestic electricity use per meter