Home energy use

Home energy use in West Berkshire

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
3,053 kWh
a year, 24% more than Great Britain
Gas, median home
10,784 kWh
a year, 9% more than Great Britain
At today’s price cap
£1,970
a year for the median home

The typical home in West Berkshire used 3,053 kWh of electricity and 10,784 kWh of gas in 2024. Against the typical home across Great Britain, that is 24% more electricity and 9% more gas.

Of 350 local authority areas in Great Britain, West Berkshire comes 8th for electricity use and 67th 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 (4,280 kWh of electricity, 12,140 kWh of gas) because a minority of big users pulls an average up.

Only about 70% of homes in West Berkshire 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 West Berkshire medians would pay about £1,970 a year: £983 for electricity and £987 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.

West Berkshire 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 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
2,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,50020152017201920212024West BerkshireGreat Britain
Gas, median kWh a year, weather-corrected
9,00010,00011,00012,00013,00014,00020152017201920212024West BerkshireGreat Britain

How does your home compare?

Areas with similar use

Median electricity / gas, nearest to West Berkshire.

Elsewhere in South East

Common questions

How much electricity does a home in West Berkshire use?
The median home used 3,053 kWh of electricity in 2024, against 2,471 kWh across Great Britain. The mean was higher, 4,280 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 West Berkshire use?
The median home with a gas meter used 10,784 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 West Berkshire?
At the price cap for 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, a home using the West Berkshire medians would pay about £1,970 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 West Berkshire (E06000037) from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s electricity and gas consumption statistics, published 18 December 2025, covering 69,783 domestic electricity meters and 48,510 gas meters. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.