Home energy use

Home energy use in Portsmouth

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
2,329 kWh
a year, 6% less than Great Britain
Gas, median home
8,205 kWh
a year, 17% less than Great Britain
At today’s price cap
£1,568
a year for the median home

The typical home in Portsmouth used 2,329 kWh of electricity and 8,205 kWh of gas in 2024. Against the typical home across Great Britain, that is 6% less electricity and 17% less gas.

Of 350 local authority areas in Great Britain, Portsmouth comes 277th for electricity use and 322nd 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 (2,995 kWh of electricity, 9,443 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 Portsmouth medians would pay about £1,568 a year: £791 for electricity and £777 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.

Portsmouth 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 13%. 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
2,0002,2502,5002,7503,0003,2503,50020152017201920212024PortsmouthGreat Britain
Gas, median kWh a year, weather-corrected
6,0008,00010,00012,00014,00020152017201920212024PortsmouthGreat Britain

How does your home compare?

Areas with similar use

Median electricity / gas, nearest to Portsmouth.

Elsewhere in South East

Common questions

How much electricity does a home in Portsmouth use?
The median home used 2,329 kWh of electricity in 2024, against 2,471 kWh across Great Britain. The mean was higher, 2,995 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 Portsmouth use?
The median home with a gas meter used 8,205 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 Portsmouth?
At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using the Portsmouth medians would pay about £1,568 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 Portsmouth (E06000044) from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s electricity and gas consumption statistics, published 18 December 2025, covering 90,121 domestic electricity meters and 79,146 gas meters. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.