Home energy use

Home energy use in Birmingham

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
2,586 kWh
a year, 5% more than Great Britain
Gas, median home
11,144 kWh
a year, 13% more than Great Britain
At today’s price cap
£1,860
a year for the median home

The typical home in Birmingham used 2,586 kWh of electricity and 11,144 kWh of gas in 2024. Against the typical home across Great Britain, that is 5% more electricity and 13% more gas.

Of 350 local authority areas in Great Britain, Birmingham comes 126th for electricity use and 44th 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 (3,364 kWh of electricity, 12,711 kWh of gas) because a minority of big users pulls an average up.

What it costs

At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using exactly the Birmingham medians would pay about £1,860 a year: £871 for electricity and £989 for gas, standing charges included. The same sum for the Great Britain medians comes to £1,745. These use the West Midlands region’s rates.

Birmingham is in the West Midlands 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 19% and its gas use has fallen 11%. 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
2,2002,4002,6002,8003,0003,2003,40020152017201920212024BirminghamGreat Britain
Gas, median kWh a year, weather-corrected
9,00010,00011,00012,00013,00014,00020152017201920212024BirminghamGreat Britain

How does your home compare?

Areas with similar use

Median electricity / gas, nearest to Birmingham.

Elsewhere in West Midlands

Common questions

How much electricity does a home in Birmingham use?
The median home used 2,586 kWh of electricity in 2024, against 2,471 kWh across Great Britain. The mean was higher, 3,364 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 Birmingham use?
The median home with a gas meter used 11,144 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 Birmingham?
At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using the Birmingham medians would pay about £1,860 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 Birmingham (E08000025) from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s electricity and gas consumption statistics, published 18 December 2025, covering 446,294 domestic electricity meters and 387,741 gas meters. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.