Home energy use

Home energy use in Richmond upon Thames

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
2,576 kWh
a year, 4% more than Great Britain
Gas, median home
11,183 kWh
a year, 13% more than Great Britain
At today’s price cap
£1,885
a year for the median home

The typical home in Richmond upon Thames used 2,576 kWh of electricity and 11,183 kWh of gas in 2024. Against the typical home across Great Britain, that is 4% more electricity and 13% more gas.

Of 350 local authority areas in Great Britain, Richmond upon Thames comes 135th for electricity use and 40th 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 (3,567 kWh of electricity, 13,453 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 Richmond upon Thames medians would pay about £1,885 a year: £875 for electricity and £1,010 for gas, standing charges included. The same sum for the Great Britain medians comes to £1,745. Richmond upon Thames sits across two electricity regions, so these blend their rates by where its homes are.

Richmond upon Thames is split between electricity regions: South East England (about 80% of homes) and London (about 20% of homes). 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 20% 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.

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How does your home compare?

Areas with similar use

Median electricity / gas, nearest to Richmond upon Thames.

Elsewhere in London

Common questions

How much electricity does a home in Richmond upon Thames use?
The median home used 2,576 kWh of electricity in 2024, against 2,471 kWh across Great Britain. The mean was higher, 3,567 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 Richmond upon Thames use?
The median home with a gas meter used 11,183 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 Richmond upon Thames?
At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using the Richmond upon Thames medians would pay about £1,885 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 Richmond upon Thames (E09000027) from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s electricity and gas consumption statistics, published 18 December 2025, covering 84,779 domestic electricity meters and 77,578 gas meters. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.