Home energy use

Home energy use in Gwynedd

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.

Electricity, median home
2,590 kWh
a year, 5% more than Great Britain
Gas, median home
8,323 kWh
a year, 16% less than Great Britain
At today’s price cap
£1,737
a year for the median home

The typical home in Gwynedd used 2,590 kWh of electricity and 8,323 kWh of gas in 2024. Against the typical home across Great Britain, that is 5% more electricity and 16% less gas.

Of 350 local authority areas in Great Britain, Gwynedd comes 123rd for electricity use and 318th 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 (3,639 kWh of electricity, 9,871 kWh of gas) because a minority of big users pulls an average up.

Only about 51% of homes in Gwynedd 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 Gwynedd medians would pay about £1,737 a year: £969 for electricity and £768 for gas, standing charges included. The same sum for the Great Britain medians comes to £1,745. These use the Merseyside and North Wales region’s rates.

Gwynedd is in the Merseyside and North Wales 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 24% and its gas use has fallen 16%. 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
2,2502,5002,7503,0003,2503,5003,75020152017201920212024GwyneddGreat Britain
Gas, median kWh a year, weather-corrected
6,0008,00010,00012,00014,00020152017201920212024GwyneddGreat Britain

How does your home compare?

Areas with similar use

Median electricity / gas, nearest to Gwynedd.

Elsewhere in Wales

Common questions

How much electricity does a home in Gwynedd use?
The median home used 2,590 kWh of electricity in 2024, against 2,471 kWh across Great Britain. The mean was higher, 3,639 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 Gwynedd use?
The median home with a gas meter used 8,323 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 Gwynedd?
At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using the Gwynedd medians would pay about £1,737 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 Gwynedd (W06000002) from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s electricity and gas consumption statistics, published 18 December 2025, covering 60,481 domestic electricity meters and 31,015 gas meters. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.