Home energy use

Home energy use in Aberdeenshire

How much electricity and gas the typical home here uses, from meter readings for every home in Great Britain, and how that compares with everywhere else.

Verified: 23 October 2026 from DESNZ subnational consumption statistics
Where these figures come from
Electricity, median home
2,843 kWh
a year, 15% more than Great Britain
Gas, median home
11,994 kWh
a year, 22% more than Great Britain
At today’s price cap
£2,003
a year for the median home

The typical home in Aberdeenshire used 2,843 kWh of electricity and 11,994 kWh of gas in 2024. Against the typical home across Great Britain, that is 15% more electricity and 22% more gas.

Of 350 local authority areas in Great Britain, Aberdeenshire comes 39th for electricity use and 18th of 347 for gas, counting from the highest. These are medians: half the homes here use more and half use less. The mean is higher (3,932 kWh of electricity, 13,380 kWh of gas) because a minority of big users pulls an average up.

Only about 56% of homes in Aberdeenshire have a mains gas meter, against about 84% across Great Britain. Homes off the gas grid heat with electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel, which tends to push electricity use up.

What it costs

At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using exactly the Aberdeenshire medians would pay about £2,003 a year: £950 for electricity and £1,053 for gas, standing charges included. The same sum for the Great Britain medians comes to £1,745. These use the North Scotland region’s rates.

Aberdeenshire is in the North Scotland electricity region. See every region’s rates on energy prices by region.

Your own use is on your bill or in your supplier’s app. Put it into the direct debit checker to see whether you are paying the right amount each month.

Over the last ten years

Since 2015, the typical home’s electricity use here has fallen 26% and its gas use has fallen 20%. The biggest drop came in 2022, the year of the energy price crisis, and use has stayed close to that lower level since.

Electricity, median kWh a year
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Gas, median kWh a year, weather-corrected
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How does your home compare?

Areas with similar use

Median electricity / gas, nearest to Aberdeenshire.

Elsewhere in Scotland

Common questions

How much electricity does a home in Aberdeenshire use?
The median home used 2,843 kWh of electricity in 2024, against 2,471 kWh across Great Britain. The mean was higher, 3,932 kWh, because a minority of heavy users pulls an average up; the median is the household in the middle.
How much gas does a home in Aberdeenshire use?
The median home with a gas meter used 11,994 kWh of gas in 2024, against 9,859 kWh across Great Britain. The figures are weather-corrected by DESNZ, so a cold winter doesn’t make one area look worse than another.
What does energy cost for a typical home in Aberdeenshire?
At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using the Aberdeenshire medians would pay about £2,003 a year, standing charges included. Your own bill depends on your own use, which is on your bill or in your supplier’s app.

Figures for Aberdeenshire (S12000034) from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s electricity and gas consumption statistics, published 18 December 2025, covering 126,437 domestic electricity meters and 70,887 gas meters. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.