Household vs household: who uses more electricity?
Side-by-side official consumption benchmarks for the household choices people actually wonder about, in each country whose statistics can tell the two apart.
- Single person in an apartment vs Family of four in a house7,184 vs 13,072 kWh/yr in the US, 1.8×the US · the UK · Germany · France · Australia · Canada
- Single person in an apartment vs Couple in an apartment7,184 vs 10,648 kWh/yr in the US, 1.5×the US · the UK · Germany · France · Australia · Canada
- Couple in an apartment vs Couple in a house1,900 vs 2,700 kWh/yr in Germany, 1.4×Germany · France · Canada
- Family of four in a house vs All-electric family house3,800 vs 6,100 kWh/yr in the UK, 1.6×the UK · Germany · France · Canada
- Family of four in a house vs Family of five or more in a house13,072 vs 14,336 kWh/yr in the US, 1.1×the US · Germany · France · Australia
- Student house share vs Family of four in a house14,336 vs 13,072 kWh/yr in the US, 0.9×the US · Germany · France · Australia · Canada