Home energy use

Home energy use in Salford

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
2,614 kWh
a year, 6% more than Great Britain
Gas, median home
9,257 kWh
a year, 6% less than Great Britain
At today’s price cap
£1,696
a year for the median home

The typical home in Salford used 2,614 kWh of electricity and 9,257 kWh of gas in 2024. Against the typical home across Great Britain, that is 6% more electricity and 6% less gas.

Of 350 local authority areas in Great Britain, Salford comes 111th for electricity use and 253rd 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 (3,317 kWh of electricity, 10,725 kWh of gas) because a minority of big users pulls an average up.

Only about 74% of homes in Salford have a mains gas meter, against about 84% across Great Britain. Homes off the gas grid heat with electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel, which tends to push electricity use up.

What it costs

At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using exactly the Salford medians would pay about £1,696 a year: £859 for electricity and £836 for gas, standing charges included. The same sum for the Great Britain medians comes to £1,745. These use the North West England region’s rates.

Salford is in the North 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 17% and its gas use has fallen 14%. 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
2,4002,6002,8003,0003,2003,40020152017201920212024SalfordGreat Britain
Gas, median kWh a year, weather-corrected
8,0009,00010,00011,00012,00013,00020152017201920212024SalfordGreat Britain

How does your home compare?

Areas with similar use

Median electricity / gas, nearest to Salford.

Elsewhere in North West

Common questions

How much electricity does a home in Salford use?
The median home used 2,614 kWh of electricity in 2024, against 2,471 kWh across Great Britain. The mean was higher, 3,317 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 Salford use?
The median home with a gas meter used 9,257 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 Salford?
At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using the Salford medians would pay about £1,696 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 Salford (E08000006) from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s electricity and gas consumption statistics, published 18 December 2025, covering 134,070 domestic electricity meters and 98,798 gas meters. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.