Home energy use

Home energy use in Nuneaton and Bedworth

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
2,436 kWh
a year, about the same as Great Britain
Gas, median home
9,699 kWh
a year, 2% less than Great Britain
At today’s price cap
£1,671
a year for the median home

The typical home in Nuneaton and Bedworth used 2,436 kWh of electricity and 9,699 kWh of gas in 2024. Against the typical home across Great Britain, that is about the same electricity and 2% less gas.

Of 350 local authority areas in Great Britain, Nuneaton and Bedworth comes 223rd for electricity use and 196th 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 (3,100 kWh of electricity, 10,615 kWh of gas) because a minority of big users pulls an average up.

24% 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 Nuneaton and Bedworth medians would pay about £1,671 a year: £806 for electricity and £866 for gas, standing charges included. The same sum for the Great Britain medians comes to £1,745. These use the East Midlands region’s rates.

Nuneaton and Bedworth is in the East 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 24% and its gas use has fallen 19%. The biggest drop came in 2022, the year of the energy price crisis, and use has stayed close to that lower level since.

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Gas, median kWh a year, weather-corrected
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How does your home compare?

Areas with similar use

Median electricity / gas, nearest to Nuneaton and Bedworth.

Elsewhere in West Midlands

Common questions

How much electricity does a home in Nuneaton and Bedworth use?
The median home used 2,436 kWh of electricity in 2024, against 2,471 kWh across Great Britain. The mean was higher, 3,100 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 Nuneaton and Bedworth use?
The median home with a gas meter used 9,699 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 Nuneaton and Bedworth?
At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using the Nuneaton and Bedworth medians would pay about £1,671 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 Nuneaton and Bedworth (E07000219) from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s electricity and gas consumption statistics, published 18 December 2025, covering 61,528 domestic electricity meters and 57,994 gas meters. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.