Home energy use

Home energy use in Dartford

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
2,512 kWh
a year, 2% more than Great Britain
Gas, median home
9,537 kWh
a year, 3% less than Great Britain
At today’s price cap
£1,726
a year for the median home

The typical home in Dartford used 2,512 kWh of electricity and 9,537 kWh of gas in 2024. Against the typical home across Great Britain, that is 2% more electricity and 3% less gas.

Of 350 local authority areas in Great Britain, Dartford comes 177th for electricity use and 225th 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 (3,254 kWh of electricity, 10,709 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 Dartford medians would pay about £1,726 a year: £845 for electricity and £881 for gas, standing charges included. The same sum for the Great Britain medians comes to £1,745. Dartford sits across two electricity regions, so these blend their rates by where its homes are.

Dartford is split between electricity regions: London (about 52% of homes) and South East England (about 48% of homes). 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 23% and its gas use has fallen 18%. 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
2,2002,4002,6002,8003,0003,2003,40020152017201920212024DartfordGreat Britain
Gas, median kWh a year, weather-corrected
9,00010,00011,00012,00013,00020152017201920212024DartfordGreat Britain

How does your home compare?

Areas with similar use

Median electricity / gas, nearest to Dartford.

Elsewhere in South East

Common questions

How much electricity does a home in Dartford use?
The median home used 2,512 kWh of electricity in 2024, against 2,471 kWh across Great Britain. The mean was higher, 3,254 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 Dartford use?
The median home with a gas meter used 9,537 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 Dartford?
At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using the Dartford medians would pay about £1,726 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 Dartford (E07000107) from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s electricity and gas consumption statistics, published 18 December 2025, covering 50,099 domestic electricity meters and 45,516 gas meters. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.