Strange that all oil companies locally charge the exact same price.

RikM

Typical? I don't know. But looking back through emails I bought 2600l in the year to last Feb. To get "typical" I'd have to average it out over a number of years.
4 bed detached house, for comparison...

Rodders53

There is no typical but a wide range of usage.   Ofgem has published an average of 16,736 kWh for (natural) gas consumption for domestic households in 2008 and that goes down to 13,606 kWh in 2018... based on numbers from the energy suppliers.  Oil has 10.35 kWh per litre so you can do the sums on that.
Looks like average consumption is dropping every year.  Why? More 1bed flats skewing the numbers? Newer homes with better insulation?  Replacement boilers?  Updated insulation, windows and draught proofing of homes?  Wood burners?

But some homes will simply use considerably more than that 'average' and some considerably less... that's where averages come from.

For what it's worth I've bought 7,255 litres in the 5 years of living with oil.  Tank is currently almost full (983 litre last delivery a month ago, no heating on yet)... but there was quite a bit in the tank when we moved in.  No real idea of exactly how much we've really used.  
It might be pretty close to that average gas consumption figure;  but I'd not say my fairly large, modern, detached 4 bedroom home with only two occupants is average.  Certainly the Council don't charge me Band D tax

Ticked

qwert_yuiop said:

Well of course it does, but what’s the typical consumption on here? 

3 bed bungalow, well insulated and Hive control. At home all day, using around 1000 litres per year.

motorguy

4 bed house, well insulated, underfloor heating upstairs and downstairs, plus 1 bedroom granny flat.  Total square footage is about 4,000.  

Coming in at around 4,400 litres a year. 

So i guess thats 1.1 litre per square foot per year ish?

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motorguy said:

4 bed house, well insulated, underfloor heating upstairs and downstairs, plus 1 bedroom granny flat.  Total square footage is about 4,000.  

Coming in at around 4,400 litres a year. 

So i guess thats 1.1 litre per square foot per year ish?

Interesting breakdown, I hadn’t ever thought of doing this! Did it for ours, 0.95 litre per square foot per year.
Good basis for comparison. 

motorguy

Ticked said:

motorguy said:

4 bed house, well insulated, underfloor heating upstairs and downstairs, plus 1 bedroom granny flat.  Total square footage is about 4,000.  

Coming in at around 4,400 litres a year. 

So i guess thats 1.1 litre per square foot per year ish?

Interesting breakdown, I hadn’t ever thought of doing this! Did it for ours, 0.95 litre per square foot per year.
Good basis for comparison. 

yes its probably as good a measure as any.

Our house would have a good level of insulation, rooms zoned, etc, and the boiler is only a couple of years old but i think its above average usage as my wifes very elderly parents live in the granny flat and the heat is on a lot for them at times when we wouldnt otherwise bother and also set to a higher temp for them.  They're also pretty hopeless at keeping doors closed.

motorguy

Back to the point in hand - "Strange that all oil companies locally charge the exact same price".

They dont.  Theres 3p per litre difference across all logged suppliers here and they pretty much all charge different prices.  On 900 litres, thats £27 variance.

https://www.cheapestoil.co.uk/Heating-Oil-NI?Page=1&ps=0

Jimbo37

The Consumer COuncil NI suggests average consumption is 2750, but I think 1500 to 2000 is more typical for a family home (- I cant post link, coz Im a newbie