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Fuel Oil Movements 2021

Dublin city accounted for 18% of unleaded petrol sales in 2021

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CSO statistical publication, 20 December 2022, 11am

Key Findings

Dublin city accounted for 18% of unleaded petrol sales and 13% of autodiesel sales in 2021. (see Tables 2.1 and 2.2)
Cork at 10% had the second highest proportion of sales of autodiesel in 2021 followed by Limerick with 6%. (see Table 2.1)
Cork accounted for the highest proportion of sales of marked gas oil in 2021 at 15% and the highest proportion of kerosene at 11%. (see Tables 2.3 and 2.4)
Forecourts accounted for 94% of sales of unleaded petrol in 2021 reflecting its use by private motorists in urban areas. (see Table 1.2)
Forecourts accounted for 74% of autodiesel sales in 2021 down from 78% in 2019. (see Table 1.1)
Non-forecourts accounted for 93% of sales of marked gas oil and 98% of sales of kerosene in 2021. (see Tables 1.3 and 1.4)

Statistician's Comment

Commenting on the release Paul McElvaney, Statistician in the Environment and Climate Division, said: "This new release is based on returns by mineral oil fuel traders to the Revenue Commissioners. The report provides a breakdown by county and by forecourts. The report shows that road transport fuels are mainly sold through forecourts. Marked gas oil and kerosene are mainly sold directly to the final customer.

In 2021, 94% of sales of unleaded petrol were sold in forecourts. This was a decrease from 97% in 2020 and 98% in 2019. Similarly 74% of sales of autodiesel were sold in forecourts in 2021 which was a decrease from 75% in 2020 and 78% in 2019. (see Tables 1.1 and 1.2)"

County distribution

"Dublin city had the highest proportion of sales of unleaded petrol (18%) and autodiesel (13%) in 2021. (see Tables 2.1 and 2.2) In contrast, Cork had the highest proportions of sales of marked gas oil (15%) and of kerosene (11%) in 2021. (see Tables 2.3 and 2.4)

Urban areas typically accounted for a higher proportion of unleaded petrol sales than of autodiesel sales. In 2021, Cork accounted for 12% of unleaded petrol sales and 10% of sales of autodiesel. Dublin county had 8% of unleaded petrol and 5% of autodiesel. In contrast, Monaghan accounted for 1% of sales of unleaded petrol and 4% of sales of autodiesel. Similarly Louth accounted for 2% of sales of unleaded petrol and 4% of sales of autodiesel."

Tables and Graphs

	Forecourt Sales
Autodiesel	74
Unleaded Petrol	94
Marked Gas Oil	7
Kerosene	2

	Autodiesel Sales
Dublin City	448.787
Cork	355.79
Limerick	196.046
Donegal	184.581
Kildare	173.174
Galway	172.377
Meath	154.991
Dublin County	154.261
Louth	149.588
Wexford	147.085

	Kerosene Sales
Cork	118.443
Galway	88.263
Dublin City	67.489
Donegal	63.922
Wexford	63.29
Dublin County	58.392
Tipperary	55.373
Mayo	53.254
Kerry	52.819
Limerick	46.462

Figure 4: Location of Forecourts 2021

Table 1.1 Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Autodiesel by Type of Movement for 2013-2021

Table 1.2 Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Unleaded Petrol by Type of Movement for 2013-2021

Table 1.3 Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movement of Marked Gas Oil by Type of Movement for 2013-2021

Table 1.4 Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Kerosene by Type of Movement for 2013-2021

Table 2.1 Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Autodiesel by County for 2013-2021

Table 2.1 Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Autodiesel by County for 2013-2021
'000 litres
County	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Carlow	41,550	44,567	47,857	48,588	58,351	59,067	62,021	51,710	56,267
Cavan	61,034	63,439	71,008	76,154	80,745	79,529	80,622	74,076	75,842
Clare	56,210	55,578	59,219	64,384	70,120	72,229	76,603	65,245	70,563
Cork	319,236	314,355	317,323	337,364	360,806	366,085	394,257	344,419	355,790
Donegal	188,356	191,309	213,788	234,946	219,966	220,586	213,209	181,148	184,581
Dublin City	334,096	364,432	390,956	417,078	467,577	475,357	477,943	390,102	448,787
Dublin County	163,393	179,594	179,495	188,166	196,353	194,638	188,448	147,494	154,261
Galway	128,719	133,852	146,719	163,664	179,060	181,509	199,153	163,718	172,377
Kerry	76,897	80,017	84,128	94,782	101,639	102,794	106,943	90,571	96,926
Kildare	121,168	147,670	163,421	171,398	185,078	186,055	187,421	161,693	173,174
Kilkenny	52,852	56,093	58,677	64,318	71,625	75,065	76,932	66,919	70,776
Laois	44,579	52,426	58,451	60,993	64,441	66,526	67,249	61,293	70,901
Leitrim	16,576	19,668	24,764	21,910	22,986	21,724	22,123	20,496	22,428
Limerick	111,463	125,061	128,878	131,510	143,217	145,940	157,998	133,273	196,046
Longford	29,827	31,859	34,543	37,333	38,449	39,756	41,314	37,880	38,070
Louth	133,258	141,224	168,260	183,146	195,454	186,469	174,020	167,770	149,588
Mayo	81,901	88,284	92,455	97,320	106,858	105,420	107,648	92,836	100,500
Meath	99,890	111,957	123,055	137,446	149,480	157,045	161,704	142,238	154,991
Monaghan	107,030	105,423	147,687	165,772	162,300	149,700	151,649	127,954	125,231
Offaly	38,234	40,161	43,925	47,482	52,826	53,676	57,626	49,029	50,963
Roscommon	36,196	42,888	48,577	52,991	58,374	60,149	65,551	57,543	58,346
Sligo	54,320	45,274	48,957	42,225	39,690	40,677	41,410	33,761	35,234
Tipperary	99,302	115,434	128,322	143,216	157,498	149,906	151,493	131,636	140,951
Waterford	65,348	67,486	73,841	74,644	80,765	79,917	81,682	70,697	74,903
Westmeath	58,898	64,166	68,561	74,869	86,068	84,325	91,865	87,600	95,883
Wexford	100,784	103,955	113,335	126,139	140,937	146,725	154,804	142,155	147,085
Wicklow	55,242	60,717	69,393	72,390	80,706	88,394	87,204	74,128	77,363

Total	2,676,358	2,846,887	3,105,597	3,330,229	3,571,370	3,589,262	3,678,892	3,167,385	3,397,827

Open in Excel: Fuel Oil Movements 2021 Table 2.1 (XLS 13KB)

Table 2.2 Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Unleaded Petrol by County for 2013-2021

Table 2.2 Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Unleaded Petrol by County for 2013-2021
'000 litres
County	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Carlow	21,507	20,300	18,987	16,665	16,027	14,241	13,424	9,823	10,219
Cavan	22,107	21,098	20,948	18,792	16,769	14,321	12,837	10,147	11,021
Clare	37,293	34,971	33,282	31,491	29,089	25,505	24,892	18,097	18,322
Cork	206,764	187,182	172,637	165,133	155,229	137,830	132,767	97,810	100,580
Donegal	60,224	56,312	55,898	51,567	45,769	41,403	38,632	28,688	29,837
Dublin City	257,616	240,451	232,138	223,535	214,085	186,708	182,335	132,735	145,730
Dublin County	156,697	149,283	132,008	122,304	112,449	98,885	88,804	60,634	63,171
Galway	76,358	69,438	68,732	66,330	64,507	59,069	58,151	40,689	42,612
Kerry	54,725	51,292	48,293	47,170	44,399	39,541	37,499	27,709	28,102
Kildare	69,706	71,273	71,723	71,762	67,329	58,271	52,662	38,529	41,263
Kilkenny	25,362	24,372	22,503	22,064	21,791	19,018	17,262	12,446	12,292
Laois	21,278	23,889	23,564	20,847	19,548	17,343	16,365	11,997	13,191
Leitrim	8,209	9,491	10,682	8,286	7,237	6,478	5,956	4,900	5,030
Limerick	79,563	78,188	70,255	62,692	58,791	51,995	51,057	36,990	59,537
Longford	11,369	10,846	10,716	10,113	9,194	7,935	7,718	5,771	5,624
Louth	45,291	42,530	42,120	37,149	34,355	29,514	26,429	25,794	19,887
Mayo	44,529	41,026	37,532	35,786	34,325	29,781	27,709	20,555	21,321
Meath	58,297	55,472	52,153	50,215	46,977	41,978	40,690	30,966	33,983
Monaghan	18,114	15,804	16,310	14,421	12,173	11,300	10,828	8,174	8,142
Offaly	20,813	19,986	19,025	18,075	16,999	14,536	14,193	10,450	10,347
Roscommon	15,041	15,242	16,015	15,609	14,791	13,336	12,875	9,610	9,730
Sligo	29,209	23,435	25,473	18,295	15,050	13,646	12,616	9,264	9,370
Tipperary	48,671	50,581	49,637	50,363	47,059	37,774	35,143	26,382	27,975
Waterford	55,062	51,405	48,811	43,521	38,534	32,610	30,958	23,674	24,600
Westmeath	30,430	29,233	27,111	25,691	24,216	21,040	20,727	16,322	16,999
Wexford	48,746	45,119	44,410	44,077	42,406	37,123	35,686	27,699	27,513
Wicklow	44,811	44,970	45,262	42,905	40,639	36,364	34,871	26,840	28,299

Total	1,567,791	1,483,192	1,416,224	1,334,857	1,249,735	1,097,546	1,043,084	772,693	824,697

Open in Excel: Fuel Oil Movements 2021 Table 2.2 (XLS 13KB)

Table 2.3 Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Marked Gas Oil by County for 2013-2021

Table 2.3 Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Marked Gas Oil by County for 2013-2021
'000 litres
County	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Carlow	19,105	18,048	18,519	18,932	18,818	19,263	20,123	20,277	20,593
Cavan	37,283	26,199	24,468	22,267	21,824	22,363	21,578	23,615	24,857
Clare	24,746	23,848	25,591	26,453	24,867	26,359	24,279	25,158	26,225
Cork	189,261	159,585	166,563	173,119	183,966	187,369	186,069	184,959	181,391
Donegal	79,448	70,044	66,642	67,856	70,591	74,661	72,506	75,159	72,650
Dublin City	92,216	78,403	89,014	102,888	110,164	113,190	126,587	117,911	153,918
Dublin County	7,313	15,205	13,952	15,374	15,211	14,322	13,287	14,157	19,529
Galway	56,287	52,876	50,970	54,258	49,066	51,428	51,750	60,757	59,186
Kerry	44,845	40,229	39,391	45,585	42,860	43,285	42,178	45,953	44,770
Kildare	39,917	37,220	34,710	30,821	32,846	35,135	35,468	34,561	36,252
Kilkenny	32,280	30,601	27,459	25,703	25,435	26,287	26,887	31,662	29,107
Laois	21,879	18,062	17,709	17,214	16,907	17,822	18,904	20,219	22,187
Leitrim	4,619	4,078	3,682	4,368	4,729	4,807	4,768	4,740	4,991
Limerick	32,634	33,983	40,900	41,091	41,994	40,082	48,919	57,196	43,835
Longford	14,135	13,216	12,208	13,114	12,516	14,067	11,200	12,149	11,571
Louth	31,789	33,639	28,366	23,465	24,410	23,497	24,829	29,071	27,640
Mayo	32,018	34,522	33,673	33,050	32,264	34,013	35,756	38,564	44,499
Meath	49,950	45,732	43,669	49,596	50,146	51,252	51,019	55,444	58,743
Monaghan	37,722	29,990	25,838	24,968	25,605	27,371	27,397	28,784	31,706
Offaly	23,878	23,908	22,918	26,305	23,162	22,345	22,142	25,610	44,271
Roscommon	22,232	19,126	17,256	16,591	16,614	17,169	17,469	20,062	20,081
Sligo	23,491	17,684	14,526	14,299	13,705	13,170	12,363	12,302	10,702
Tipperary	55,310	48,445	49,737	49,641	47,397	49,882	47,018	49,519	48,493
Waterford	24,040	24,987	26,786	29,084	27,060	28,402	27,404	29,791	26,571
Westmeath	24,809	22,911	23,204	24,763	28,313	26,572	24,079	21,013	20,482
Wexford	57,100	53,229	71,940	60,166	61,986	63,544	60,661	61,549	58,464
Wicklow	23,281	21,759	24,615	33,216	32,181	39,015	37,865	34,169	30,453

Total	1,101,590	997,528	1,014,307	1,044,190	1,054,636	1,086,672	1,092,504	1,134,349	1,173,167

Open in Excel: Fuel Oil Movements 2021 Table 2.3 (XLS 13KB)

Table 2.4 Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Kerosene by County for 2013-2021

Table 2.4 Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Kerosene by County for 2013-2021
'000 litres
County	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Carlow	8,700	8,566	10,332	10,871	11,623	12,528	11,738	12,437	12,077
Cavan	23,592	19,633	23,192	22,456	23,506	25,440	23,106	28,305	27,868
Clare	28,694	27,990	31,477	31,282	32,755	34,869	32,558	39,100	34,279
Cork	123,844	106,256	115,627	122,005	119,418	127,442	123,651	143,446	118,443
Donegal	55,830	50,375	62,984	61,677	67,384	70,121	63,713	77,987	63,922
Dublin City	41,310	31,788	40,407	42,792	46,928	41,393	37,931	35,120	67,489
Dublin County	12,082	33,877	37,561	36,813	38,206	38,892	36,859	42,421	58,392
Galway	66,859	63,189	75,358	76,945	75,844	82,914	81,682	110,134	88,263
Kerry	41,825	39,993	48,500	52,834	52,028	56,373	53,237	63,983	52,819
Kildare	43,320	41,834	46,780	51,870	53,533	56,122	48,760	51,473	44,843
Kilkenny	28,794	28,062	33,019	33,903	34,582	37,647	34,082	39,905	35,917
Laois	17,093	13,084	16,582	16,073	17,514	18,596	18,213	21,244	20,085
Leitrim	2,189	1,688	1,807	3,052	4,398	4,481	4,229	5,197	4,978
Limerick	34,208	35,982	46,775	48,619	50,772	55,865	52,540	61,007	46,462
Longford	9,320	9,988	10,848	11,204	11,660	12,642	11,775	14,141	11,897
Louth	27,517	22,310	26,822	27,804	30,593	31,071	27,797	32,446	29,278
Mayo	42,518	40,757	51,551	51,560	52,578	55,494	54,070	67,002	53,254
Meath	35,475	34,499	37,718	38,819	40,458	42,082	40,464	49,303	40,754
Monaghan	13,116	10,941	14,114	15,466	18,457	18,935	16,771	20,673	16,644
Offaly	17,483	14,080	16,918	17,374	17,812	18,282	17,685	21,808	20,336
Roscommon	21,460	20,577	25,246	25,916	26,881	28,189	27,275	35,022	27,158
Sligo	23,891	25,479	29,289	27,637	26,157	26,650	22,480	27,106	21,033
Tipperary	49,397	46,766	54,340	55,768	55,784	60,834	55,142	65,020	55,373
Waterford	22,580	21,330	23,433	24,265	25,287	27,084	24,173	27,854	23,250
Westmeath	26,990	25,024	31,405	33,188	36,912	35,595	30,885	33,333	26,127
Wexford	33,197	33,369	43,314	45,758	51,489	58,901	53,515	67,298	63,290
Wicklow	55,173	49,388	59,387	63,711	66,116	70,467	63,734	63,859	42,387

Total	906,456	856,821	1,014,784	1,049,661	1,088,674	1,148,910	1,068,064	1,256,626	1,106,619

Open in Excel: Fuel Oil Movements 2021 Table 2.4 (XLS 13KB)

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