How much electricity does a home in Isles of Scilly use?

The median home used 5,034 kWh of electricity in 2024, against 2,471 kWh across Great Britain. The mean was higher, 6,220 kWh, because a minority of heavy users pulls an average up; the median is the household in the middle.

Is there mains gas in Isles of Scilly?

No. DESNZ records no domestic gas meters in Isles of Scilly. Homes heat with electricity, heating oil, LPG or solid fuel, which is one reason electricity use is 104% more than the Great Britain median.

What does energy cost for a typical home in Isles of Scilly?

At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using the Isles of Scilly median would pay about £1,541 a year, standing charges included. Your own bill depends on your own use, which is on your bill or in your supplier’s app.

Home energy use

Home energy use in Isles of Scilly

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: 5,034 kWh; a year, 104% more than Great Britain
Gas, median home: No mains gas; DESNZ records no domestic gas meters here
At today’s price cap: £1,541; a year for the median home, electricity only

The typical home in Isles of Scilly used 5,034 kWh of electricity in 2024, 104% more than the typical home across Great Britain. There is no mains gas grid here, so homes heat with electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel.

Of 350 local authority areas in Great Britain, Isles of Scilly comes 1st for electricity use, counting from the highest. These are medians: half the homes here use more and half use less. The mean is higher (6,220 kWh of electricity) because a minority of big users pulls an average up.

38% of electricity meters here are on Economy 7 or a similar day and night meter, against 12% across Great Britain. That usually means electric storage heaters or a hot water cylinder heated overnight, and it is worth checking your night rate is the one you are using most.

What it costs

At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using exactly the Isles of Scilly median would pay about £1,541 a year for electricity, standing charges included, against £850 for the Great Britain median. Homes heated by oil, LPG or solid fuel pay for that on top. These use the South West England region’s rates.

Isles of Scilly is in the South West England 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 12%. The biggest drop came in 2022, the year of the energy price crisis.

Electricity, median kWh a year

How does your home compare?

Is my electricity use normal? Your yearly use against homes like yours, by property type, heat pump and electric car.
Electricity smart meter analyser reads your supplier’s download and shows what your home uses hour by hour, without the file leaving your device.
Heat pump calculator What a heat pump would cost to run against oil, LPG or electric heating.
Grant checker Including the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, which covers England.

Areas with similar use

Orkney Islands4,315 kWh
Shetland Islands4,152 kWh

Median electricity, nearest to Isles of Scilly.

Elsewhere in South West

Common questions

How much electricity does a home in Isles of Scilly use?: The median home used 5,034 kWh of electricity in 2024, against 2,471 kWh across Great Britain. The mean was higher, 6,220 kWh, because a minority of heavy users pulls an average up; the median is the household in the middle.
Is there mains gas in Isles of Scilly?: No. DESNZ records no domestic gas meters in Isles of Scilly. Homes heat with electricity, heating oil, LPG or solid fuel, which is one reason electricity use is 104% more than the Great Britain median.
What does energy cost for a typical home in Isles of Scilly?: At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using the Isles of Scilly median would pay about £1,541 a year, standing charges included. Your own bill depends on your own use, which is on your bill or in your supplier’s app.