What is a typical household?

Chrysalis

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Chrysalis said:

Typical seems to be quite high usage, I fall at about £950 annual cost on April cap, and the average usage is nearly 2 grand.

It's actually the median consumption of all dual fuel households on single rate meters (excluding anything under 10kWh as OFGEM considers these to be vacant properties), if you want the technical explanation, but I didn't think that's what the OP was thinking about.

Yeah, my comment I meant that it seems average people use energy quite freely, whilst I am wary of what I use, hence me considering it high.

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Chrysalis said:

[Deleted User] said:

Chrysalis said:

Typical seems to be quite high usage, I fall at about £950 annual cost on April cap, and the average usage is nearly 2 grand.

It's actually the median consumption of all dual fuel households on single rate meters (excluding anything under 10kWh as OFGEM considers these to be vacant properties), if you want the technical explanation, but I didn't think that's what the OP was thinking about.

Yeah, my comment I meant that it seems average people use energy quite freely, whilst I am wary of what I use, hence me considering it high.

Very much so - and if you look at the mean (which is what most people think about when they say "average"), for electricity this was last calculated at 3421 kWh.

Qyburn

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Which has to be amongst the least useful government produced data tables ever.

It really bugs me the way they give a single figure combining gas and electricity.  It's as if they didn't realise that a lot of people don't have access to mains gas. Presenting it this way means we don't have the slightest idea how it will affect us.  As an unlikely example, supposing this reduction in the proposed "typical annual" bill came about solely by lowering the cap on gas.  Even if they just published "typical annual" figures for gas and electricity separately then at least we'd know a bit more.

I must say that even for the already published caps, both the one in place at the moment and the one originally proposed for October, it's not that easy to actually drill down and find unit rates.  And even when you do they're still "typical" because the actual capped rates differ between areas.

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Qyburn said:

I must say that even for the already published caps, both the one in place at the moment and the one originally proposed for October, it's not that easy to actually drill down and find unit rates.  And even when you do they're still "typical" because the actual capped rates differ between areas.

It's easy - well not exactly easy, but directly possible - you need to stop looking at press releases and headlines for numbers if you wish to be that exact.

killerferret666

single person, 1980s 3 bed place. 6500kwh Gas 1550kwh Elec

Usage dropped a lot post 2020 when I had a lot of work done downstairs, including the front & rear doors & windows replaced. That made a big difference to my gas useage even before all this energy pricing increase before I was always over 8000Kwh

StocktonFlyer

4 adults (2 grown up children 17 and 21) in an Edwardian (1910) mid-terrace in North East England. Approx 12,500 kwh gas and 4,000 kwh electric per year.

strawb_shortcake

Currently 3 adults, 2 children, living in 3 bed 1950s semi. 

Oil 750l a year 
Elec 3200kwh per year.

I'd like to think when the 3rd adult vacates to uni next week our electric will drop slightly.

We also have a nice new shiny door which is 100 times better than the previous drafty one which could be opened with a club card so hoping we will retain heat better too this winter.

ossie48

3 adults in a 5 bed detached mid 90's house, heating when on set to 19C...off at night, live on south coast. Gas =12000kwh....Electricity is 6000kwh... I'm trying to address our ridiculous electricity situation. The only thing I can see out of the norm is we have a second small fridge freezer in the garage  

mattojgb

Halved our gas usage (15000-7500kwh 3-bed 1950s semi) following installation of a condensing boiler and smart radiator valves (Wiser system - eco settings) on most radiators. About a third of that was due to boiler and then a further 25% due to smart radiator valves. That was also maintaining rooms at 19-20 degrees when heated. Hoping to reduce gas usage further this winter mostly through not heating bedrooms as much.

DjangoJan

2 adults in 3 bedroom detached house . Built 1998 so I think 40mm celotex wall insulation and 8 inch loft insulation. South facing so house warms up quickly in the sun.

No gas supply , log burner with access to free wood that I cut myself,  Euromax electric combo boiler , so well insulated water tank with immersion heater and a hilarious 8kw element for heating a few radiators ( Was only ever for ultra cold winter emergencies, but will probably now be disconnected as the running cost will be so eye wateringly high)

Recently installed energy monitors and we are averaging I reckon 15kw( using no room heating) a day and virtually no tumble drying . Hot water heater is the main culprit : 40% of total , washing machine , dryer and fridge freezer 15%, Dishwasher 15%, Cooker and Hob 15%. 

I think we will end up on about 6000-7000 KW with very frugal use of tiny electric oil radiators in winter and will have the log burner running from prob 2-3pm everyday in winter . 

Just starting to install solar and batteries . 

Simple act of fitting an Emporia smartvue and making sure everything is turned off I think has saved 25% energy over years gone by . 

Log burner was I think the best money I ever spent on the house.