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Networked Gas Consumption

2020

Networked Gas Consumption by Sector 2011-2020
% of row				Gigawatt hours
Year	% Power Plants	% Non-Residential	% Residential	Total
2011	64	21	15	53,339
2012	62	23	15	51,059
2013	60	24	16	48,981
2014	60	25	15	47,167
2015	59	26	15	47,503
2016	62	24	13	53,704
2017	63	24	13	54,726
2018	61	25	14	57,129
2019	58	30	13	57,744
2020	56	30	14	57,953

Residential gas consumption increased by 6.1% in 2020

Figure 1 Networked Gas Consumption by Sector 2020 ('000 GWh)

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Power plants accounted for 56% of total networked gas consumption in 2020, compared with 30% by the non-residential sector and 14% by the residential sector (see Headline Table, Table 1 and Figure 1). This pattern was broadly similar in the period from 2011 to 2019. Total consumption in 2020 was 57,953 gigawatt hours, an increase of 0.4% over 2019 consumption, and the highest consumption over the 2011-2020 period. The increase in consumption was comprised of a 2.3% decrease in consumption by power plants, a 3.1% increase by the non-residential sector and a 6.1% increase by the residential sector (see Tables 2B, 2C and 2D).

There is strong seasonal variation in networked gas consumption by households. The January to March quarter has by far the highest consumption, at 44% of the annual total in 2020. In contrast, July to September accounted for only 9% of total residential consumption in 2020 (see Table 2D and Figure 2). Seasonal variation was less evident in other sectors, with the third quarter of 2020 accounting for 28% of total usage by power plants and for 23% of consumption in the non-residential sector (see Tables 2B and 2C).

X-axis label	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec
2011	5.762	2.029	0.681	1.946
2012	4.363	2.556	0.596	2.537
2013	4.647	2.925	0.427	1.914
2014	4.454	1.961	0.416	1.804
2015	4.522	2.151	0.557	1.86
2016	3.989	2.416	0.415	2.001
2017	3.992	1.989	0.483	2.036
2018	4.658	2.444	0.367	2.305
2019	3.773	2.301	0.501	2.358
2020	4.308	2.012	0.675	2.415

Table 3B shows residential consumption by county. Dublin postal districts accounted for 45% of total residential consumption in 2020, followed by Dublin county, which accounted for a further 17%, and Cork at 11%. Three counties (Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network.

Table 4B shows residential consumption for individual Dublin postal districts. Dublin 15, with 376 GWh, had the highest residential consumption in 2020, followed by Dublin 24 with 266 GWh. The postal districts with the lowest residential consumption were Dublin 2 (31 GWh) and Dublin 1 (33 GWh).

Table 5C provides annual median residential consumption figures at Dublin postal district level. Dublin 2 at 6,607 kWh, Dublin 1 at 6,867 kWh, and Dublin 8 at 7,980 kWh had the lowest median consumption figures in 2020. These areas were all well below the median consumption of 10,781 kWh for all households in the Dublin postal district areas. In contrast, Dublin 16 had the highest median consumption (13,663 kWh), followed by Dublin 14 (13,539 kWh) and Dublin 6W (12,911 kWh).

X-axis label	Consumption
Cavan	11.554
Dublin County	11.336
Dublin Postal Districts	10.781
Kildare	10.698
Meath	10.666
Offaly	10.074
Laois	9.834
Wicklow	9.74
Carlow	9.495
Tipperary	9.476
Westmeath	9.416
Louth	9.395
Limerick	8.963
Cork	8.916
Monaghan	8.916
Kilkenny	8.906
Galway	8.686
Waterford	8.267
Clare	8.231
Mayo	7.417

Table 5B and Figure 3 show the annual median residential consumption at county level. Figures for Kerry, Longford, Roscommon and Wexford are based on low meter numbers (see Table 6B) and have been omitted from the graph. Out of the other counties, Mayo had the lowest median consumption in 2020 at 7,417 kWh, while Cavan had the highest median consumption at 11,554 kWh compared with the median consumption of 10,253 kWh for all households in the State. Table 5D shows the quarterly median consumption figures for 2020 at county level.

Table 6A and 6B show the number of gas meters by county. Dublin postal district areas accounted for 43% of both non-residential and residential meters in 2020. The number of non-residential meters increased by 9.6% from 26,526 in 2011 to 29,083 in 2018; then it decreased by 0.5% to 28,929 in 2019 and increased by 0.3% to 29,016 in 2020. The number of residential meters has increased by 8.7% from 632,932 in 2011 to 687,749 in 2020. Figure 4 shows the locations of residential meters in 2020. The residential meters are concentrated in large urban areas (Dublin postal district, Dublin county, Cork, Kildare and Limerick).

Figure 4: Location of Residential Meters 2020

Show Table 1 Networked Gas Consumption by Sector 2011-2020

Table 1 Networked Gas Consumption by Sector 2011-2020
Gigawatt hours					% of row
Year	Power Plants	Non-Residential	Residential	Total	% Power Plants	% Non-Residential	% Residential
2011	33,960	11,379	8,000	53,339	64	21	15
2012	31,553	11,804	7,701	51,059	62	23	15
2013	29,264	11,977	7,740	48,981	60	24	16
2014	28,520	11,791	6,855	47,167	60	25	15
2015	27,830	12,422	7,250	47,503	59	26	15
2016	33,536	13,004	7,164	53,704	62	24	13
2017	34,574	13,092	7,061	54,726	63	24	13
2018	35,119	13,999	8,011	57,129	61	25	14
2019	33,245	17,039	7,459	57,744	58	30	13
2020	32,477	17,560	7,916	57,953	56	30	14

Table 2A Networked Gas Consumption by Quarter 2011-2020
Gigawatt hours						% of row
Year	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Total	% Q1	% Q2	% Q3	% Q4
2011	16,894	12,407	11,691	12,347	53,339	32	23	22	23
2012	14,995	12,661	10,486	12,918	51,059	29	25	21	25
2013	14,880	12,539	9,880	11,681	48,981	30	26	20	24
2014	13,590	11,806	10,658	11,113	47,167	29	25	23	24
2015	13,807	11,277	10,778	11,640	47,503	29	24	23	25
2016	14,297	13,600	12,092	13,715	53,704	27	25	23	26
2017	14,697	13,644	12,953	13,432	54,726	27	25	24	25
2018	14,990	14,975	12,940	14,224	57,129	26	26	23	25
2019	15,125	15,465	12,783	14,370	57,744	26	27	22	25
2020	15,817	14,441	13,789	13,906	57,953	27	25	24	24

Table 2B Networked Gas Consumption by Quarter for Power Plants Sector 2011-2020
Gigawatt hours							% of row
Year	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Total	% Q1	% Q2	% Q3	% Q4
2011	9,153	8,086	8,742	7,978	33,960	27	24	26	23
2012	8,423	7,670	7,523	7,937	31,553	27	24	24	25
2013	7,688	7,089	7,183	7,304	29,264	26	24	25	25
2014	6,642	7,236	7,891	6,751	28,520	23	25	28	24
2015	6,584	6,435	7,716	7,094	27,830	24	23	28	25
2016	7,349	8,355	9,044	8,789	33,536	22	25	27	26
2017	7,715	8,757	9,754	8,348	34,574	22	25	28	24
2018	7,129	9,426	9,821	8,743	35,119	20	27	28	25
2019	7,097	9,040	8,682	8,427	33,245	21	27	26	25
2020	7,481	8,389	9,031	7,576	32,477	23	26	28	23

Table 2C Networked Gas Consumption by Quarter for Non-Residential Sector 2011-2020
Gigawatt hours						% of row
Year	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Total	% Q1	% Q2	% Q3	% Q4
2011	3,535	2,704	2,291	2,849	11,379	31	24	20	25
2012	3,361	3,020	2,375	3,048	11,804	28	26	20	26
2013	3,703	3,154	2,246	2,873	11,977	31	26	19	24
2014	3,610	2,952	2,318	2,912	11,791	31	25	20	25
2015	3,812	3,057	2,504	3,048	12,422	31	25	20	25
2016	3,861	3,259	2,592	3,292	13,004	30	25	20	25
2017	3,852	3,184	2,687	3,369	13,092	29	24	21	26
2018	4,215	3,452	2,704	3,627	13,999	30	25	19	26
2019	5,010	4,479	3,540	4,010	17,039	29	26	21	24
2020	4,851	4,304	4,039	4,365	17,560	28	25	23	25

Table 2D Networked Gas Consumption by Quarter for Residential Sector 2011-2020
Gigawatt hours						% of row
Year	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Total	% Q1	% Q2	% Q3	% Q4
2011	4,206	1,616	657	1,520	8,000	53	20	8	19
2012	3,212	1,970	587	1,932	7,701	42	26	8	25
2013	3,489	2,296	451	1,504	7,740	45	30	6	19
2014	3,338	1,618	449	1,450	6,855	49	24	7	21
2015	3,410	1,784	558	1,498	7,250	47	25	8	21
2016	3,088	1,986	457	1,633	7,164	43	28	6	23
2017	3,130	1,703	512	1,716	7,061	44	24	7	24
2018	3,646	2,096	414	1,854	8,011	46	26	5	23
2019	3,018	1,947	562	1,933	7,459	40	26	8	26
2020	3,485	1,748	719	1,965	7,916	44	22	9	25

Table 3A Networked Gas Consumption by County¹ for Non-Residential Sector 2011-2020
Gigawatt hours
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Carlow	143	145	127	121	125	141	140	149	148	164
Cavan	409	389	430	507	520	626	687	750	824	777
Clare	117	108	113	98	106	117	120	126	148	117
Cork	2,741	3,027	2,992	2,941	3,034	3,155	3,082	3,148	5,859	6,831
Dublin County	615	651	618	574	594	591	600	625	849	793
Dublin Postal Districts	3,328	3,320	3,419	3,205	3,402	3,451	3,446	3,768	3,696	3,428
Galway	186	202	214	226	251	270	276	287	339	284
Kerry	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	140	321	303
Kildare	617	647	680	697	764	776	775	816	777	800
Kilkenny	511	511	520	526	640	663	649	690	720	749
Laois	68	74	80	77	83	78	74	74	81	80
Limerick	812	784	767	755	754	800	794	844	792	767
Longford	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	14	26
Louth	524	537	490	502	448	474	546	560	492	388
Mayo	220	249	258	271	285	288	291	300	332	310
Meath	147	152	182	214	227	241	247	272	273	281
Monaghan	43	38	65	91	116	121	93	91	48	101
Offaly	42	52	47	52	67	83	92	112	108	113
Roscommon²	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Tipperary	271	311	330	347	405	479	483	489	471	484
Waterford	327	345	342	289	293	344	376	398	381	369
Westmeath	101	117	146	144	146	141	134	148	134	128
Wexford	–	–	–	–	–	9	50	64	79	103
Wicklow	157	147	158	155	162	156	135	147	144	165

Total	11,379	11,804	11,977	11,791	12,422	13,004	13,092	13,999	17,039	17,560
¹ Three counties (Donegal, Leitrim, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network
² Meters in Roscommon are located only in the western part of Athlone
– No consumption recorded
Due to rounding, a value of 0 in this table indicates consumption of less than 0– 5 GWh

Table 3B Networked Gas Consumption by County¹ for Residential Sector 2011-2020
Gigawatt hours
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Carlow	70	74	69	63	66	69	69	75	71	72
Cavan	17	18	19	15	17	18	17	18	18	20
Clare	46	43	46	42	45	45	46	51	46	46
Cork	858	784	819	719	748	762	721	858	777	839
Dublin County	1,279	1,248	1,296	1,132	1,202	1,147	1,177	1,312	1,234	1,332
Dublin Postal Districts	3,701	3,612	3,583	3,165	3,352	3,319	3,234	3,637	3,373	3,590
Galway	68	64	67	57	63	63	62	72	68	69
Kerry	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	1
Kildare	402	384	350	338	367	335	359	413	383	407
Kilkenny	74	72	72	64	68	69	67	71	75	72
Laois	88	81	82	72	78	75	79	86	81	85
Limerick	273	247	257	234	239	245	237	271	254	265
Longford	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
Louth	241	239	239	209	227	225	227	254	238	248
Mayo	3	4	4	4	6	6	7	8	9	9
Meath	293	286	285	253	266	270	255	302	293	307
Monaghan	10	11	15	11	12	11	10	13	12	13
Offaly	20	19	19	17	18	18	18	20	19	19
Roscommon²	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Tipperary	99	82	86	77	75	79	78	89	80	83
Waterford	178	163	158	142	145	148	149	165	152	159
Westmeath	38	36	36	32	35	34	35	40	38	38
Wexford	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0
Wicklow	241	232	237	208	223	225	215	253	236	241

Total	8,000	7,701	7,740	6,855	7,250	7,164	7,061	8,011	7,459	7,916
1 Three counties (Donegal, Leitrim, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network
² Meters in Roscommon are located only in the western part of Athlone
– No consumption recorded
Due to rounding, a value of 0 in this table indicates consumption of less than 0– 5 GWh

Table 4A Networked Gas Consumption by Dublin Postal District for Non-Residential Sector 2011-2020
Gigawatt hours
Dublin Postal District	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Dublin 01	205	184	207	191	216	215	213	221	242	193
Dublin 02	327	322	362	333	364	361	353	374	413	332
Dublin 03	70	59	58	55	62	64	63	69	62	57
Dublin 04	381	390	399	367	367	370	365	380	379	330
Dublin 05	52	56	53	52	56	50	48	55	54	49
Dublin 06	57	54	62	58	61	60	59	62	64	58
Dublin 06W	26	25	26	23	28	28	27	27	31	27
Dublin 07	155	152	157	139	148	152	145	169	166	166
Dublin 08	497	482	479	469	483	488	474	483	486	452
Dublin 09	138	142	148	128	145	144	141	150	147	137
Dublin 10	47	50	50	48	49	48	48	53	51	48
Dublin 11	108	109	101	88	97	97	101	113	113	96
Dublin 12	158	173	177	167	169	174	175	190	184	177
Dublin 13	22	22	27	26	31	32	31	34	40	38
Dublin 14	67	66	69	61	66	64	65	64	68	69
Dublin 15	235	243	234	227	235	249	239	304	283	314
Dublin 16	34	31	33	32	36	39	37	36	42	43
Dublin 17	54	55	57	54	60	60	59	62	69	67
Dublin 18	82	88	92	88	93	88	100	99	102	103
Dublin 20	24	33	28	26	27	27	30	33	32	33
Dublin 22	409	400	403	395	423	454	489	575	470	460
Dublin 24	180	184	196	178	186	187	185	214	198	181

Total	3,328	3,320	3,419	3,205	3,402	3,451	3,446	3,768	3,696	3,428

Table 4B Networked Gas Consumption by Dublin Postal District for Residential Sector 2011-2020
Gigawatt hours
Dublin Postal District	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Dublin 01	40	32	35	32	32	32	31	35	31	33
Dublin 02	30	25	33	28	29	28	29	32	29	31
Dublin 03	157	147	154	136	143	140	135	154	141	146
Dublin 04	195	192	199	174	183	185	178	176	179	193
Dublin 05	239	228	230	196	210	208	194	223	207	210
Dublin 06	176	159	174	158	168	171	161	188	168	178
Dublin 06W	110	119	86	101	110	105	104	121	109	114
Dublin 07	201	176	182	157	167	166	153	178	164	167
Dublin 08	135	138	119	121	124	122	123	138	126	131
Dublin 09	214	220	226	197	209	205	198	226	210	213
Dublin 10	77	78	70	63	64	57	63	69	64	68
Dublin 11	237	224	224	194	207	204	198	218	205	211
Dublin 12	233	243	210	179	213	203	202	227	207	217
Dublin 13	170	165	168	144	155	154	148	164	170	162
Dublin 14	228	229	227	201	212	211	207	213	231	230
Dublin 15	387	366	379	332	352	353	334	387	360	376
Dublin 16	207	208	209	183	193	182	197	213	174	235
Dublin 17	61	59	57	49	51	50	48	53	52	51
Dublin 18	165	161	171	150	157	158	150	176	162	170
Dublin 20	43	42	43	39	37	36	39	45	39	43
Dublin 22	146	149	143	128	117	131	128	145	134	144
Dublin 24	250	253	244	203	219	219	214	258	211	266

Total	3,701	3,612	3,583	3,165	3,352	3,319	3,234	3,637	3,373	3,590

Table 5A Quarterly Networked Gas Median Consumption for Residential Sector 2011-2020
Median kilowatt hours
Year	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Annual
2011	5,762	2,029	681	1,946	11,461
2012	4,363	2,556	596	2,537	10,909
2013	4,647	2,925	427	1,914	10,898
2014	4,454	1,961	416	1,804	9,474
2015	4,522	2,151	557	1,860	9,920
2016	3,989	2,416	415	2,001	9,716
2017	3,992	1,989	483	2,036	9,431
2018	4,658	2,444	367	2,305	10,662
2019	3,773	2,301	501	2,358	9,716
2020	4,308	2,012	675	2,415	10,253

Table 5B Annual Networked Gas Median Consumption by County¹ for Residential Sector 2011-2020
Median kilowatt hours
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Carlow	9,931	10,376	9,806	8,753	9,098	9,353	9,286	10,129	9,538	9,495
Cavan	11,017	11,492	12,089	9,831	10,252	10,282	9,423	10,265	10,387	11,554
Clare	9,085	8,632	8,846	8,108	8,537	8,393	8,274	9,217	8,308	8,231
Cork	9,904	8,825	9,129	7,930	8,204	8,343	7,734	9,249	8,279	8,916
Dublin County	12,257	11,865	12,226	10,452	10,929	10,221	10,330	11,602	10,472	11,336
Dublin Postal Districts	12,135	11,777	11,593	10,037	10,547	10,376	10,006	11,192	10,154	10,781
Galway	9,672	9,004	9,454	7,931	8,585	8,507	8,112	9,454	8,665	8,686
Kerry	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,628	8,391	10,480
Kildare	12,584	11,898	10,726	10,162	10,828	9,672	10,169	11,494	10,344	10,698
Kilkenny	9,939	9,549	9,465	8,169	8,737	8,710	8,405	8,998	9,150	8,906
Laois	10,906	10,068	10,066	8,700	9,349	9,035	9,364	10,133	9,547	9,834
Limerick	9,833	8,940	9,281	8,288	8,401	8,587	8,149	9,249	8,617	8,963
Longford	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3555	1,579
Louth	10,407	10,209	10,102	8,718	9,390	9,157	9,079	10,003	9,243	9,395
Mayo	6,042	6,328	6,405	5,003	6,276	6,665	6,548	7,671	7,302	7,417
Meath	12,170	11,962	11,921	10,470	10,847	10,909	9,825	11,355	10,572	10,666
Monaghan	8,515	9,874	12,464	9,128	9,795	8,745	7,438	10,022	8,884	8,916
Offaly	10,863	10,338	10,514	8,994	9,864	9,565	9,607	10,958	9,952	10,074
Roscommon²	11,602	10,935	10,576	10,738	11,187	10,779	11,105	13,475	12,454	12,689
Tipperary	12,139	9,803	10,237	9,126	8,811	9,198	8,981	10,232	9,271	9,476
Waterford	9,725	8,793	8,393	7,488	7,546	7,684	7,614	8,455	7,891	8,267
Westmeath	10,350	9,623	9,679	8,383	8,897	8,783	8,806	9,982	9,118	9,416
Wexford	–	–	–	–	–	4,315	5,194	7,996	9,360	12,228
Wicklow	11,002	10,487	10,595	9,087	9,649	9,584	9,069	10,515	9,644	9,740

State	11,461	10,909	10,898	9,474	9,920	9,716	9,431	10,662	9,716	10,253
1 Three counties (Donegal, Leitrim, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network
² Meters in Roscommon are located only in the western part of Athlone
– No consumption recorded

Table 5C Annual Networked Gas Median Consumption by Dublin Postal District for Residential Sector 2011-2020
Median kilowatt hours
Dublin Postal District	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Dublin 01	8,418	6,455	7,467	6,346	6,581	6,273	6,364	6,876	6,536	6,867
Dublin 02	6,826	5,683	7,327	6,345	6,502	6,232	5,967	7,004	6,366	6,607
Dublin 03	12,042	11,366	12,101	10,434	10,985	10,717	10,270	11,705	10,557	10,817
Dublin 04	11,377	11,008	11,558	9,917	10,320	10,336	9,974	9,630	9,901	10,661
Dublin 05	14,533	13,776	13,903	11,641	12,339	12,188	11,338	12,961	11,880	11,990
Dublin 06	13,186	11,780	12,414	11,215	11,916	11,990	11,181	13,180	11,839	12,595
Dublin 06W	13,536	14,380	10,447	11,963	12,783	12,283	11,902	13,770	12,248	12,911
Dublin 07	12,566	10,893	11,360	9,616	10,133	10,103	9,259	10,697	9,906	9,982
Dublin 08	8,553	8,549	7,471	7,316	7,540	7,476	7,453	8,415	7,663	7,980
Dublin 09	11,615	11,893	12,298	10,425	11,058	10,774	10,344	11,736	10,740	10,778
Dublin 10	11,857	11,764	10,864	9,679	9,749	8,718	9,451	10,248	9,263	9,849
Dublin 11	12,392	11,566	11,411	9,803	10,347	10,167	9,707	10,653	10,015	10,212
Dublin 12	12,205	12,568	10,928	9,003	10,830	10,337	10,127	11,404	10,201	10,637
Dublin 13	13,349	12,832	13,122	11,016	11,806	11,610	10,645	11,655	11,459	11,062
Dublin 14	14,469	14,564	14,397	12,325	13,076	12,819	12,333	12,648	13,048	13,539
Dublin 15	12,390	11,583	11,988	10,278	10,850	10,738	10,015	11,371	10,373	10,713
Dublin 16	13,537	13,388	13,362	11,549	11,926	10,789	11,736	12,729	9,748	13,663
Dublin 17	12,852	12,651	12,153	10,289	10,741	10,394	9,942	10,930	10,604	10,406
Dublin 18	11,209	10,950	11,423	9,913	10,310	10,216	9,542	10,933	9,741	10,355
Dublin 20	12,619	12,789	12,240	10,522	9,683	9,509	10,343	11,830	10,488	11,366
Dublin 22	10,870	11,060	10,718	9,501	8,635	9,761	9,368	10,459	9,682	10,239
Dublin 24	11,620	11,798	11,299	9,336	10,000	9,840	9,497	11,139	9,143	11,225

Dublin Postal Districts	12,135	11,777	11,593	10,037	10,547	10,376	10,006	11,192	10,154	10,781

Table 5D Quarterly Networked Gas Median Consumption by County¹ for Residential Sector 2020
Median kilowatt hours
County	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Ratio Q1/Q3
Carlow	3,155	2,278	448	3,231	7
Cavan	5,239	1,951	1,138	2,342	5
Clare	3,148	1,623	652	2,043	5
Cork	4,029	1,573	534	1,958	8
Dublin County	5,190	2,174	850	2,361	6
Dublin Postal Districts	4,325	2,260	698	2,717	6
Galway	4,446	1,158	923	1,889	5
Kerry	5,787	1,147	876	2,545	7
Kildare	5,597	1,653	901	2,047	6
Kilkenny	3,806	1,784	620	1,846	6
Laois	3,623	2,003	571	2,814	6
Limerick	3,819	1,623	424	2,144	9
Longford	0	107	0	1,579	–
Louth	3,415	2,127	526	2,821	7
Mayo	3,738	1,045	836	1,737	5
Meath	4,397	2,080	733	2,523	6
Monaghan	4,876	1,425	984	1,407	5
Offaly	3,391	3,192	645	2,700	5
Roscommon²	4,029	3,979	885	3,031	5
Tipperary	4,783	1,403	684	1,942	7
Waterford	3,581	1,477	414	1,965	9
Westmeath	3,186	2,932	567	2,399	6
Wexford	3,495	3,072	325	3,605	11
Wicklow	3,791	2,220	653	2,246	6

State	4,308	2,012	675	2,415	6
¹ Three counties (Donegal, Leitrim, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network
² Meters in Roscommon are only located in the western part of Athlone
– No consumption recorded

Table 5E Quarterly Networked Gas Median Consumption by Dublin Postal District for Residential Sector 2020
Median kilowatt hours
Dublin Postal District	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Ratio Q1/Q3
Dublin 01	3,171	996	634	1,522	5
Dublin 02	3,320	940	571	1,388	6
Dublin 03	4,779	2,223	594	2,406	8
Dublin 04	4,739	2,350	842	1,875	6
Dublin 05	3,986	3,509	470	3,783	9
Dublin 06	5,445	2,539	752	2,772	7
Dublin 06W	7,302	2,048	924	2,347	8
Dublin 07	3,448	2,832	515	2,718	7
Dublin 08	4,101	1,335	777	1,411	5
Dublin 09	3,940	2,598	571	2,823	7
Dublin 10	4,589	1,631	820	2,273	6
Dublin 11	3,585	2,621	538	3,052	7
Dublin 12	5,749	1,705	855	1,886	7
Dublin 13	3,543	3,132	525	3,609	7
Dublin 14	4,750	3,121	762	4,379	6
Dublin 15	3,574	3,449	616	2,788	6
Dublin 16	5,424	2,624	992	4,153	6
Dublin 17	3,667	2,273	638	3,366	6
Dublin 18	4,554	1,702	1,012	2,313	5
Dublin 20	6,009	2,036	979	1,891	6
Dublin 22	5,002	1,620	889	2,218	6
Dublin 24	5,195	1,782	948	3,003	6

Dublin Postal Districts	4,325	2,260	698	2,717	6

Table 6B Number of Meters by County¹ for Residential Sector 2011-2020
Number of Meters
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Carlow	6,610	6,643	6,680	6,727	6,796	6,903	6,929	6,949	6,891	6,938
Cavan	1,397	1,440	1,448	1,478	1,494	1,520	1,531	1,554	1,564	1,592
Clare	4,538	4,596	4,633	4,688	4,725	4,795	4,895	4,923	4,912	4,936
Cork	79,501	80,179	80,847	81,479	81,993	82,852	83,646	84,441	84,210	84,721
Dublin County	91,483	92,246	93,141	94,281	95,562	96,817	98,248	100,147	101,441	102,522
Dublin Postal Districts	279,553	280,679	282,274	283,609	285,537	287,862	291,162	294,059	294,951	296,776
Galway	6,482	6,509	6,556	6,611	6,693	6,795	6,906	7,009	7,101	7,241
Kerry	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	42	50
Kildare	29,832	30,061	30,505	30,871	31,421	31,952	32,782	33,524	34,274	34,934
Kilkenny	6,675	6,742	6,843	6,880	6,908	6,961	7,004	7,059	7,086	7,101
Laois	7,546	7,661	7,718	7,736	7,781	7,855	7,900	7,987	7,955	8,060
Limerick	24,989	25,071	25,219	25,371	25,509	25,828	26,305	26,603	26,517	26,673
Longford	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	6
Louth	21,207	21,437	21,825	22,024	22,272	22,562	22,886	23,258	23,546	24,147
Mayo	395	442	521	595	664	712	777	855	939	1,006
Meath	22,208	22,335	22,512	22,705	22,849	23,285	24,040	25,005	25,830	26,651
Monaghan	1,023	1,055	1,075	1,090	1,106	1,128	1,169	1,204	1,267	1,287
Offaly	1,786	1,792	1,794	1,808	1,822	1,822	1,827	1,831	1,818	1,822
Roscommon²	73	73	73	73	72	72	73	74	74	74
Tipperary	7,636	7,684	7,742	7,782	7,829	7,894	7,932	7,973	7,907	7,957
Waterford	16,760	16,874	17,035	17,147	17,192	17,416	17,519	17,623	17,451	17,445
Westmeath	3,531	3,548	3,575	3,616	3,644	3,691	3,727	3,790	3,811	3,798
Wexford	–	–	–	–	–	3	9	16	19	22
Wicklow	19,707	19,863	20,102	20,325	20,676	20,941	21,258	21,653	21,800	21,990

Total	632,932	636,930	642,118	646,896	652,545	659,666	668,525	677,563	681,409	687,749
1 Three counties (Donegal, Leitrim, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network
² Meters in Roscommon are located only in the western part of Athlone
– No consumption recorded

Table 6A Number of Meters by County¹ for Non-Residential Sector 2011-2020
Number of Meters
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Carlow	414	416	423	419	421	419	426	429	417	406
Cavan	94	96	98	104	111	114	121	127	125	125
Clare	233	247	259	277	288	293	311	321	327	329
Cork	3,303	3,356	3,394	3,435	3,475	3,500	3,553	3,570	3,476	3,516
Dublin County	2,428	2,484	2,531	2,558	2,575	2,612	2,635	2,633	2,637	2,644
Dublin Postal Districts	11,784	11,911	12,001	12,123	12,218	12,337	12,418	12,465	12,404	12,392
Galway	262	300	340	389	421	440	457	475	503	517
Kerry	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	10	13
Kildare	1,242	1,262	1,284	1,325	1,364	1,373	1,328	1,335	1,352	1,343
Kilkenny	441	454	465	474	481	489	495	493	493	502
Laois	244	256	263	265	269	271	277	284	281	282
Limerick	1,385	1,405	1,414	1,417	1,429	1,448	1,482	1,474	1,424	1,410
Longford	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	3
Louth	1,200	1,224	1,223	1,251	1,273	1,286	1,305	1,307	1,316	1,315
Mayo	121	157	176	202	221	240	261	286	300	310
Meath	847	870	889	910	923	946	955	967	967	963
Monaghan	88	90	89	92	92	95	95	98	101	104
Offaly	109	122	123	127	133	137	141	145	152	157
Roscommon²	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	6	9
Tipperary	453	473	489	502	511	522	528	540	539	560
Waterford	876	907	918	929	936	949	947	940	945	928
Westmeath	154	173	182	193	211	219	223	225	230	242
Wexford	–	–	–	–	–	5	13	27	37	44
Wicklow	847	860	878	883	892	907	920	933	886	902

Total	26,526	27,065	27,441	27,877	28,246	28,604	28,894	29,083	28,929	29,016
¹ Three counties (Donegal, Leitrim, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network
² Meters in Roscommon are located only in the western part of Athlone
– No consumption recorded

Table 6C Number of Meters by Dublin Postal District for Residential Sector 2011-2020
Number of Meters
Dublin Postal District	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Dublin 01	4,145	4,119	4,076	4,251	4,242	4,273	4,265	4,240	4,191	4,169
Dublin 02	3,646	3,635	3,642	3,576	3,652	3,660	3,738	3,679	3,641	3,648
Dublin 03	11,511	11,581	11,629	11,657	11,717	11,790	11,858	11,964	11,916	11,933
Dublin 04	12,966	13,011	13,066	13,108	13,180	13,272	13,329	13,332	13,346	13,346
Dublin 05	16,057	16,123	16,220	16,270	16,331	16,423	16,491	16,591	16,582	16,665
Dublin 06	10,678	10,730	10,790	10,890	10,985	11,040	11,103	11,153	11,074	11,067
Dublin 06W	7,505	7,580	7,643	7,714	7,793	7,865	7,966	8,066	8,068	8,131
Dublin 07	15,318	15,346	15,383	15,376	15,418	15,526	15,529	15,600	15,501	15,506
Dublin 08	14,333	14,327	14,421	14,413	14,388	14,479	14,542	14,604	14,557	14,604
Dublin 09	17,115	17,293	17,386	17,450	17,536	17,656	17,752	17,934	17,969	18,099
Dublin 10	6,403	6,393	6,403	6,394	6,393	6,393	6,499	6,627	6,598	6,637
Dublin 11	18,505	18,633	18,805	18,898	19,045	19,179	19,309	19,425	19,450	19,589
Dublin 12	18,543	18,582	18,629	18,709	18,776	18,838	19,064	19,179	19,217	19,333
Dublin 13	11,944	11,991	12,058	12,129	12,243	12,357	12,815	13,096	13,289	13,380
Dublin 14	14,238	14,344	14,441	14,540	14,633	14,803	14,964	15,170	15,224	15,378
Dublin 15	29,264	29,440	29,604	29,845	30,166	30,646	31,168	31,711	32,198	32,422
Dublin 16	14,599	14,731	14,890	14,978	15,315	15,478	15,706	15,850	15,970	16,075
Dublin 17	4,665	4,570	4,601	4,599	4,575	4,629	4,693	4,693	4,665	4,697
Dublin 18	11,493	11,537	11,634	11,741	11,841	11,987	12,281	12,605	12,756	12,931
Dublin 20	3,318	3,330	3,350	3,483	3,492	3,493	3,578	3,585	3,593	3,607
Dublin 22	12,716	12,747	12,833	12,837	12,839	12,871	13,025	13,142	13,154	13,361
Dublin 24	20,591	20,636	20,770	20,751	20,977	21,204	21,487	21,813	21,992	22,198

Total	279,553	280,679	282,274	283,609	285,537	287,862	291,162	294,059	294,951	296,776

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