Home energy use

Home energy use in New Forest

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
2,637 kWh
a year, 7% more than Great Britain
Gas, median home
9,805 kWh
a year, about the same as Great Britain
At today’s price cap
£1,780
a year for the median home

The typical home in New Forest used 2,637 kWh of electricity and 9,805 kWh of gas in 2024. Against the typical home across Great Britain, that is 7% more electricity and about the same gas.

Of 350 local authority areas in Great Britain, New Forest comes 101st for electricity use and 183rd 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 (3,606 kWh of electricity, 11,192 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 New Forest medians would pay about £1,780 a year: £873 for electricity and £908 for gas, standing charges included. The same sum for the Great Britain medians comes to £1,745. These use the Southern England region’s rates.

New Forest is in the Southern 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 21% 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
2,2502,5002,7503,0003,2503,50020152017201920212024New ForestGreat Britain
Gas, median kWh a year, weather-corrected
9,00010,00011,00012,00013,00020152017201920212024New ForestGreat Britain

How does your home compare?

Areas with similar use

Median electricity / gas, nearest to New Forest.

Elsewhere in South East

Common questions

How much electricity does a home in New Forest use?
The median home used 2,637 kWh of electricity in 2024, against 2,471 kWh across Great Britain. The mean was higher, 3,606 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 New Forest use?
The median home with a gas meter used 9,805 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 New Forest?
At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using the New Forest medians would pay about £1,780 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 New Forest (E07000091) from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s electricity and gas consumption statistics, published 18 December 2025, covering 81,737 domestic electricity meters and 70,739 gas meters. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.