Home energy use

Home energy use in Trafford

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
2,669 kWh
a year, 8% more than Great Britain
Gas, median home
11,340 kWh
a year, 15% more than Great Britain
At today’s price cap
£1,874
a year for the median home

The typical home in Trafford used 2,669 kWh of electricity and 11,340 kWh of gas in 2024. Against the typical home across Great Britain, that is 8% more electricity and 15% more gas.

Of 350 local authority areas in Great Britain, Trafford comes 90th for electricity use and 37th 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 (3,454 kWh of electricity, 12,979 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 Trafford medians would pay about £1,874 a year: £874 for electricity and £1,000 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.

Trafford 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 20% 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
2,2502,5002,7503,0003,2503,50020152017201920212024TraffordGreat Britain
Gas, median kWh a year, weather-corrected
8,00010,00012,00014,00016,00020152017201920212024TraffordGreat Britain

How does your home compare?

Areas with similar use

Median electricity / gas, nearest to Trafford.

Elsewhere in North West

Common questions

How much electricity does a home in Trafford use?
The median home used 2,669 kWh of electricity in 2024, against 2,471 kWh across Great Britain. The mean was higher, 3,454 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 Trafford use?
The median home with a gas meter used 11,340 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 Trafford?
At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using the Trafford medians would pay about £1,874 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 Trafford (E08000009) from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s electricity and gas consumption statistics, published 18 December 2025, covering 101,870 domestic electricity meters and 92,411 gas meters. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.