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Networked Gas Consumption

2018

Networked Gas Consumption by Sector 2011-2018
% 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	24	14	57,129

Residential gas consumption increased by 13.5% in 2018

Figure 1 Networked Gas Consumption by Sector 2018 ('000 GWh)

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Power plants accounted for 61% of total networked gas consumption in 2018 compared with 24% by the non-residential sector and 14% by the residential sector (see Headline Table and Figure 1). This pattern was broadly similar in 2011 to 2017. Total consumption was 57,129 gigawatt hours in 2018, an increase of 4.4% over 2017 consumption, and the highest consumption over the 2011-2018 period. The increase in consumption in 2018 was comprised of a 1.6% increase in consumption by power plants, a 6.9% increase by the non-residential sector and a 13.5% 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 46% of the annual total in 2018. In contrast July to September accounted for only 5% of total residential consumption in 2018 (see Table 2D and Figure 2). Seasonal variation was less evident in other sectors with the third quarter of 2018 accounting for 28% of total usage by power plants and for 19% 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	1.962	0.416	1.804
2015	4.522	2.151	0.557	1.861
2016	3.989	2.416	0.415	2.002
2017	3.992	1.989	0.483	2.036
2018	4.658	2.445	0.367	2.305

Table 3B shows residential consumption by county. Dublin postal districts accounted for 45% of total residential consumption in 2018, followed by Dublin County which accounted for a further 16% and Cork at 11%. Three counties (Donegal, Leitrim, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network, while Longford has no residential connections.

Table 4B shows the corresponding table for individual Dublin postal districts. Dublin 15, with 387 GWh, had the highest residential consumption in 2018 followed by Dublin 24 with 259 GWh. The postal districts with the lowest consumption were Dublin 2 (32 GWh) and Dublin 1 (35 GWh).

Table 5C shows the median consumption figures at meter level for the residential sector at Dublin postal district level. Dublin 1 at 6,876 kilowatt hours, Dublin 2 at 7,007 kWh, and Dublin 8 at 8,418 kWh had the lowest median consumption figures in 2018. These areas were all well below the overall median consumption of 11,193 kWh for all households in the Dublin postal district areas. In contrast Dublin 6W had the highest median consumption (13,772 kWh), closely followed by Dublin 6 (13,182 kWh).

X-axis label	Median consumption
Dublin County	11.603
Kildare	11.494
Meath	11.356
Dublin Postal Districts	11.193
Offaly	10.958
Wicklow	10.515
Cavan	10.265
Tipperary	10.233
Laois	10.133
Carlow	10.129
Monaghan	10.022
Louth	10.003
Westmeath	9.982
Galway	9.454
Cork	9.249
Limerick	9.249
Clare	9.218
Kilkenny	8.998
Waterford	8.455
Wexford	7.996
Mayo	7.677

Table 5B and Figure 3 show the median residential consumption at county level. Figures for Kerry, Roscommon and Wexford are based on low numbers of meters (see Table 6B). For other counties, Mayo at 7,677 kWh in 2018 had the lowest median consumption, while Dublin County had the highest median consumption at 11,603 kWh. Table 5D shows the quarterly median consumption figures for 2018 at county level.

Tables 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. The number of non-residential meters has increased by 9.7% from 26,472 in 2011 to 29,039 in 2018. The number of residential meters has increased by 7% from 632,986 in 2011 to 677,611 in 2018.

Figure 4: Location of residential meters

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Table 1 Networked Gas Consumption by Sector 2011-2018
Gigawatt hours					% of row
Year	Power Plants	Non-Residential	Residential	Total	% Power Plants	% Non-Residential	% Residential
2011	33,960	11,372	8,008	53,339	64	21	15
2012	31,553	11,797	7,709	51,059	62	23	15
2013	29,264	11,969	7,748	48,981	60	24	16
2014	28,520	11,784	6,863	47,167	60	25	15
2015	27,830	12,414	7,258	47,503	59	26	15
2016	33,536	12,997	7,171	53,704	62	24	13
2017	34,574	13,085	7,067	54,726	63	24	13
2018	35,119	13,990	8,019	57,129	61	24	14

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Table 2A Networked Gas Consumption by Quarter 2011-2018
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

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Table 2B Networked Gas Consumption by Quarter for Power Plants Sector 2011-2018
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

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Table 2C Networked Gas Consumption by Quarter for Non-Residential Sector 2011-2018
Gigawatt hours						% of row
Year	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Total	% Q1	% Q2	% Q3	% Q4
2011	3,531	2,703	2,290	2,847	11,372	31	24	20	25
2012	3,358	3,018	2,375	3,046	11,797	28	26	20	26
2013	3,700	3,152	2,245	2,871	11,969	31	26	19	24
2014	3,607	2,950	2,317	2,910	11,784	31	25	20	25
2015	3,809	3,055	2,503	3,046	12,414	31	25	20	25
2016	3,858	3,258	2,591	3,290	12,997	30	25	20	25
2017	3,850	3,182	2,686	3,367	13,085	29	24	21	26
2018	4,212	3,450	2,703	3,625	13,990	30	25	19	26

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Table 2D Networked Gas Consumption by Quarter for Residential Sector 2011-2018
Gigawatt hours						% of row
Year	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Total	% Q1	% Q2	% Q3	% Q4
2011	4,209	1,618	658	1,522	8,008	53	20	8	19
2012	3,215	1,972	588	1,934	7,709	42	26	8	25
2013	3,492	2,298	452	1,506	7,748	45	30	6	19
2014	3,341	1,620	450	1,452	6,863	49	24	7	21
2015	3,414	1,786	559	1,500	7,258	47	25	8	21
2016	3,091	1,987	458	1,635	7,171	43	28	6	23
2017	3,132	1,705	513	1,717	7,067	44	24	7	24
2018	3,649	2,098	415	1,856	8,019	46	26	5	23

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Table 3A Networked Gas Consumption by County¹ for Non-Residential Sector 2011-2018
Gigawatt hours
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Carlow	143	145	127	121	125	141	140	149
Cavan	409	389	430	507	520	626	687	750
Clare	116	108	112	97	105	117	119	125
Cork	2,741	3,026	2,991	2,941	3,034	3,154	3,081	3,147
Dublin County	614	650	618	573	594	591	600	625
Dublin Postal Districts	3,323	3,315	3,414	3,200	3,397	3,446	3,442	3,762
Galway	186	202	214	226	251	270	276	287
Kerry	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	140
Kildare	617	647	680	697	764	776	775	816
Kilkenny	511	511	519	526	640	663	648	690
Laois	68	74	80	77	83	78	74	74
Limerick	812	784	767	754	754	799	794	844
Longford	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	0
Louth	524	537	490	502	448	474	546	560
Mayo	220	248	258	271	285	288	291	300
Meath	146	151	182	213	227	241	247	271
Monaghan	43	38	65	91	116	121	93	91
Offaly	42	52	47	52	67	83	92	112
Roscommon²	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tipperary	271	311	330	347	405	479	483	489
Waterford	326	344	342	289	293	344	376	398
Westmeath	101	117	146	144	146	141	134	148
Wexford	_	_	_	_	_	9	50	64
Wicklow	157	147	158	155	162	156	135	147

Total	11,372	11,797	11,969	11,784	12,414	12,997	13,085	13,990
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

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Table 3B Networked Gas Consumption by County¹ for Residential Sector 2011-2018
Gigawatt hours
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Carlow	70	74	69	63	66	69	69	75
Cavan	17	18	19	15	17	18	17	18
Clare	47	44	46	42	45	46	46	51
Cork	859	784	820	720	749	762	722	859
Dublin County	1,280	1,249	1,297	1,133	1,202	1,147	1,177	1,313
Dublin Postal Districts	3,706	3,617	3,588	3,170	3,357	3,324	3,238	3,643
Galway	68	64	67	57	63	63	62	72
Kerry	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	0
Kildare	402	384	350	338	367	335	359	413
Kilkenny	74	72	72	64	69	69	68	71
Laois	88	81	82	72	78	75	79	86
Limerick	273	247	257	234	239	245	237	272
Louth	241	239	239	209	227	225	227	254
Mayo	3	4	5	4	6	6	7	9
Meath	293	286	285	253	266	270	255	303
Monaghan	10	11	15	11	12	11	10	13
Offaly	20	19	19	17	18	18	18	20
Roscommon²	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Tipperary	99	82	86	77	75	79	78	89
Waterford	178	164	158	143	145	148	149	165
Westmeath	38	36	36	32	35	34	35	40
Wexford	_	_	_	_	_	0	0	0
Wicklow	241	232	237	208	223	225	215	254

Total	8,008	7,709	7,748	6,863	7,258	7,171	7,067	8,019
¹ Three counties (Donegal, Leitrim, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network. Longford has no residential connections
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

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Table 4A Networked Gas Consumption by Dublin Postal District for Non-Residential Sector 2011-2018
Gigawatt hours
Dublin Postal District	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Dublin 01	205	184	207	191	215	215	213	221
Dublin 02	327	322	362	333	364	360	352	374
Dublin 03	70	59	58	55	61	64	63	68
Dublin 04	380	390	398	367	366	370	364	379
Dublin 05	52	56	53	52	56	50	48	55
Dublin 06	57	54	62	57	61	59	59	62
Dublin 06W	26	24	26	23	28	28	27	27
Dublin 07	155	152	157	139	148	152	145	169
Dublin 08	497	482	479	468	482	487	474	482
Dublin 09	138	142	148	128	145	144	141	150
Dublin 10	47	50	50	48	49	48	48	53
Dublin 11	108	109	101	88	97	97	101	113
Dublin 12	158	173	177	166	169	174	175	190
Dublin 13	22	22	27	26	31	32	31	34
Dublin 14	67	66	69	61	66	64	65	64
Dublin 15	235	242	234	226	234	248	238	304
Dublin 16	34	31	33	32	36	39	37	36
Dublin 17	54	55	57	54	60	60	59	62
Dublin 18	81	87	91	87	93	87	100	99
Dublin 20	24	33	28	26	27	27	30	33
Dublin 22	409	400	403	395	423	454	489	575
Dublin 24	180	183	195	177	185	186	184	214

Total	3,323	3,315	3,414	3,200	3,397	3,446	3,442	3,762

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Table 4B Networked Gas Consumption by Dublin Postal District for Residential Sector 2011-2018
Gigawatt hours
Dublin Postal District	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Dublin 01	40	32	35	32	33	32	31	35
Dublin 02	30	25	33	29	30	29	29	32
Dublin 03	157	147	155	136	143	140	135	154
Dublin 04	196	193	200	175	183	185	179	177
Dublin 05	239	228	230	196	210	208	194	223
Dublin 06	177	159	175	159	169	171	161	188
Dublin 06W	110	119	86	101	110	105	104	121
Dublin 07	201	176	183	157	167	166	153	178
Dublin 08	136	139	119	121	124	123	123	140
Dublin 09	214	220	226	197	209	205	198	226
Dublin 10	77	78	70	63	64	57	63	69
Dublin 11	237	224	224	194	207	204	198	218
Dublin 12	233	243	210	179	213	203	202	227
Dublin 13	170	165	168	144	155	154	148	164
Dublin 14	228	230	228	202	213	212	207	213
Dublin 15	387	366	379	332	352	353	334	387
Dublin 16	207	208	209	183	193	182	197	213
Dublin 17	61	59	57	49	51	50	48	53
Dublin 18	166	162	171	151	157	158	151	176
Dublin 20	43	42	43	39	37	36	39	45
Dublin 22	146	149	143	128	117	131	128	145
Dublin 24	251	254	245	204	220	219	215	259

Total	3,706	3,617	3,588	3,170	3,357	3,324	3,238	3,643

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Table 5A Networked Gas Median Consumption by Quarter for Residential Sector 2011-2018
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	10,910
2013	4,647	2,925	427	1,914	10,899
2014	4,454	1,962	416	1,804	9,474
2015	4,522	2,151	557	1,861	9,921
2016	3,989	2,416	415	2,002	9,717
2017	3,992	1,989	483	2,036	9,431
2018	4,658	2,445	367	2,305	10,663

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Table 5B Networked Gas Median Consumption by County¹ for Residential Sector 2011-2018
Median kilowatt hours
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Carlow	9,931	10,376	9,806	8,753	9,098	9,353	9,286	10,129
Cavan	11,017	11,492	12,089	9,831	10,252	10,282	9,423	10,265
Clare	9,088	8,635	8,847	8,109	8,539	8,394	8,276	9,218
Cork	9,904	8,825	9,129	7,931	8,205	8,343	7,734	9,249
Dublin County	12,257	11,865	12,226	10,452	10,929	10,221	10,330	11,603
Dublin Postal Districts	12,136	11,777	11,594	10,037	10,548	10,376	10,007	11,193
Galway	9,672	9,004	9,454	7,932	8,586	8,507	8,115	9,454
Kerry	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	2,628
Kildare	12,584	11,899	10,727	10,162	10,829	9,672	10,169	11,494
Kilkenny	9,940	9,549	9,468	8,169	8,737	8,714	8,407	8,998
Laois	10,906	10,068	10,066	8,700	9,349	9,035	9,364	10,133
Limerick	9,834	8,940	9,281	8,289	8,401	8,587	8,149	9,249
Louth	10,407	10,209	10,102	8,718	9,390	9,157	9,079	10,003
Mayo	6,055	6,342	6,420	5,012	6,293	6,686	6,564	7,677
Meath	12,171	11,962	11,922	10,470	10,848	10,910	9,825	11,356
Monaghan	8,515	9,874	12,464	9,128	9,795	8,745	7,438	10,022
Offaly	10,863	10,338	10,514	8,994	9,864	9,565	9,607	10,958
Roscommon²	11,602	10,935	10,576	10,738	11,187	10,779	11,105	13,475
Tipperary	12,139	9,803	10,237	9,126	8,811	9,198	8,981	10,233
Waterford	9,725	8,794	8,394	7,489	7,547	7,685	7,617	8,455
Westmeath	10,350	9,623	9,679	8,383	8,897	8,783	8,806	9,982
Wexford	_	_	_	_	_	4,315	5,194	7,996
Wicklow	11,002	10,487	10,596	9,087	9,651	9,585	9,069	10,515

State	11,461	10,910	10,899	9,474	9,921	9,717	9,431	10,663
¹ Three counties (Donegal, Leitrim, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network. Longford has no residential connections
² Meters in Roscommon are located only in the western part of Athlone
– No consumption recorded

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Table 5C Networked Gas Median Consumption by Dublin Postal District for Residential Sector 2011-2018
Median kilowatt hours
Dublin Postal District	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Dublin 01	8,422	6,455	7,470	6,347	6,582	6,275	6,364	6,876
Dublin 02	6,829	5,688	7,327	6,348	6,518	6,235	5,977	7,007
Dublin 03	12,043	11,368	12,103	10,435	10,985	10,718	10,270	11,707
Dublin 04	11,386	11,017	11,566	9,918	10,326	10,345	9,977	9,631
Dublin 05	14,533	13,776	13,903	11,641	12,339	12,188	11,338	12,961
Dublin 06	13,189	11,786	12,415	11,225	11,918	11,994	11,181	13,182
Dublin 06W	13,545	14,382	10,448	11,964	12,786	12,284	11,905	13,772
Dublin 07	12,566	10,893	11,361	9,616	10,133	10,104	9,259	10,698
Dublin 08	8,553	8,549	7,471	7,316	7,540	7,476	7,453	8,418
Dublin 09	11,615	11,893	12,298	10,425	11,058	10,774	10,344	11,736
Dublin 10	11,857	11,764	10,864	9,679	9,749	8,718	9,451	10,248
Dublin 11	12,392	11,566	11,411	9,803	10,347	10,167	9,707	10,653
Dublin 12	12,205	12,568	10,928	9,005	10,830	10,337	10,127	11,405
Dublin 13	13,349	12,832	13,122	11,016	11,806	11,610	10,645	11,655
Dublin 14	14,472	14,566	14,398	12,325	13,079	12,822	12,335	12,650
Dublin 15	12,391	11,583	11,989	10,279	10,850	10,738	10,015	11,372
Dublin 16	13,537	13,388	13,362	11,549	11,926	10,789	11,736	12,729
Dublin 17	12,852	12,651	12,153	10,289	10,741	10,394	9,942	10,930
Dublin 18	11,210	10,954	11,424	9,917	10,313	10,222	9,546	10,935
Dublin 20	12,619	12,789	12,240	10,522	9,683	9,509	10,343	11,830
Dublin 22	10,870	11,060	10,718	9,501	8,635	9,761	9,368	10,459
Dublin 24	11,621	11,800	11,301	9,338	10,000	9,841	9,499	11,139

Dublin Postal Districts	12,136	11,777	11,594	10,037	10,548	10,376	10,007	11,193

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Table 5D Quarterly Networked Gas Median Consumption by County¹ for Residential Sector 2018
Median kilowatt hours
County	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Ratio Q1/Q3
Carlow	3,711	2,629	279	3,191	13
Cavan	4,449	2,439	593	1,840	8
Clare	3,754	1,871	379	2,738	10
Cork	4,284	2,055	292	1,810	15
Dublin County	5,111	2,880	454	2,309	11
Dublin Postal Districts	4,817	2,550	399	2,527	12
Galway	3,061	3,612	292	2,218	11
Kerry	0	0	0	2,628	_
Kildare	6,378	1,983	555	2,022	12
Kilkenny	4,121	2,227	341	1,505	12
Laois	4,143	2,232	334	2,650	12
Limerick	4,066	2,099	195	1,991	21
Louth	3,838	2,578	311	2,776	12
Mayo	2,588	2,715	281	2,078	9
Meath	5,013	2,563	444	2,334	11
Monaghan	5,574	1,942	623	1,515	9
Offaly	3,640	4,122	276	2,610	13
Roscommon²	4,132	5,312	357	3,257	12
Tipperary	4,523	2,254	363	2,076	13
Waterford	3,652	1,893	222	1,909	17
Westmeath	3,299	3,770	227	2,402	15
Wexford	1,170	546	17	3,455	71
Wicklow	4,616	2,315	267	2,405	17

State	4,658	2,445	367	2,305	13
¹ Three counties (Donegal, Leitrim, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network. Longford has no residential connections
² Meters in Roscommon are only located in the western part of Athlone
– No consumption recorded

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Table 5E Quarterly Networked Gas Median Consumption by Dublin Postal District for Residential Sector 2018
Median kilowatt hours
Dublin Postal District	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Ratio Q1/Q3
Dublin 01	3,024	1,240	489	1,448	6
Dublin 02	3,943	997	411	1,355	10
Dublin 03	5,523	2,194	367	2,360	15
Dublin 04	3,933	2,727	512	1,908	8
Dublin 05	4,806	4,000	255	3,704	19
Dublin 06	6,164	2,576	533	2,732	12
Dublin 06W	8,816	2,038	567	2,171	16
Dublin 07	4,109	3,279	233	2,661	18
Dublin 08	4,843	1,329	499	1,403	10
Dublin 09	4,728	2,829	332	2,794	14
Dublin 10	5,290	1,775	522	2,017	10
Dublin 11	3,998	2,970	310	2,980	13
Dublin 12	6,808	1,861	490	1,837	14
Dublin 13	4,474	3,623	299	2,990	15
Dublin 14	5,225	3,444	487	2,754	11
Dublin 15	4,054	3,855	312	2,923	13
Dublin 16	4,938	3,145	509	3,768	10
Dublin 17	4,584	2,361	423	3,046	11
Dublin 18	4,020	3,533	400	2,635	10
Dublin 20	6,820	2,381	555	1,663	12
Dublin 22	5,735	1,772	495	1,831	12
Dublin 24	5,391	2,038	500	2,734	11

Dublin Postal Districts	4,817	2,550	399	2,527	12

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Table 6A Number of Meters by County¹ for Non-Residential Sector 2011-2018
Number of Meters
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Carlow	414	416	423	419	421	419	426	429
Cavan	94	96	98	104	111	114	121	127
Clare	232	246	258	276	287	292	310	320
Cork	3,299	3,352	3,390	3,431	3,471	3,496	3,550	3,567
Dublin County	2,424	2,480	2,527	2,554	2,571	2,608	2,633	2,630
Dublin Postal Districts	11,750	11,877	11,967	12,089	12,184	12,303	12,386	12,434
Galway	262	299	339	388	420	440	456	475
Kerry	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	5
Kildare	1,241	1,261	1,283	1,324	1,363	1,372	1,328	1,335
Kilkenny	440	453	464	473	480	488	494	492
Laois	244	256	263	265	269	271	277	284
Limerick	1,383	1,403	1,412	1,415	1,427	1,446	1,480	1,472
Longford	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	4
Louth	1,200	1,224	1,223	1,251	1,273	1,286	1,305	1,307
Mayo	120	156	175	201	220	239	260	285
Meath	845	868	887	908	921	945	954	966
Monaghan	88	90	89	92	92	95	95	98
Offaly	109	122	123	127	133	137	141	145
Roscommon²	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4
Tipperary	453	473	489	502	511	522	528	539
Waterford	874	905	916	927	934	947	945	938
Westmeath	154	173	182	193	211	219	223	225
Wexford	_	_	_	_	_	5	13	27
Wicklow	845	858	876	881	890	905	918	931

Total	26,472	27,010	27,386	27,822	28,191	28,551	28,846	29,039
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

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Table 6B Number of Meters by County¹ for Residential Sector 2011-2018
Number of Meters
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Carlow	6,610	6,643	6,680	6,727	6,796	6,903	6,929	6,949
Cavan	1,397	1,440	1,448	1,478	1,494	1,520	1,531	1,554
Clare	4,539	4,597	4,634	4,689	4,726	4,796	4,896	4,924
Cork	79,505	80,183	80,851	81,483	81,997	82,856	83,649	84,444
Dublin County	91,487	92,250	93,145	94,285	95,566	96,821	98,250	100,150
Dublin Postal Districts	279,587	280,713	282,308	283,643	285,571	287,896	291,194	294,090
Galway	6,482	6,510	6,557	6,612	6,694	6,795	6,907	7,009
Kerry	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	26
Kildare	29,833	30,062	30,506	30,872	31,422	31,953	32,782	33,524
Kilkenny	6,676	6,743	6,844	6,881	6,909	6,962	7,005	7,060
Laois	7,546	7,661	7,718	7,736	7,781	7,855	7,900	7,987
Limerick	24,991	25,073	25,221	25,373	25,511	25,830	26,307	26,605
Louth	21,207	21,437	21,825	22,024	22,272	22,562	22,886	23,258
Mayo	396	443	522	596	665	713	778	856
Meath	22,210	22,337	22,514	22,707	22,851	23,286	24,041	25,006
Monaghan	1,023	1,055	1,075	1,090	1,106	1,128	1,169	1,204
Offaly	1,786	1,792	1,794	1,808	1,822	1,822	1,827	1,831
Roscommon²	73	73	73	73	72	72	73	74
Tipperary	7,636	7,684	7,742	7,782	7,829	7,894	7,932	7,974
Waterford	16,762	16,876	17,037	17,149	17,194	17,418	17,521	17,625
Westmeath	3,531	3,548	3,575	3,616	3,644	3,691	3,727	3,790
Wexford	_	_	_	_	_	3	9	16
Wicklow	19,709	19,865	20,104	20,327	20,678	20,943	21,260	21,655

Total	632,986	636,985	642,173	646,951	652,600	659,719	668,573	677,611
¹ Three counties (Donegal, Leitrim, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network. Longford has no residential connections
² Meters in Roscommon are located only in the western part of Athlone
– No consumption recorded

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Table 6C Number of Meters by Dublin Postal District for Residential Sector 2011-2018
Number of Meters
Dublin Postal District	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Dublin 01	4,146	4,120	4,077	4,252	4,243	4,274	4,265	4,240
Dublin 02	3,649	3,638	3,645	3,579	3,655	3,663	3,742	3,681
Dublin 03	11,514	11,584	11,632	11,660	11,720	11,793	11,861	11,968
Dublin 04	12,973	13,018	13,073	13,115	13,187	13,279	13,336	13,339
Dublin 05	16,057	16,123	16,220	16,270	16,331	16,423	16,491	16,591
Dublin 06	10,681	10,733	10,793	10,893	10,988	11,043	11,105	11,155
Dublin 06W	7,507	7,582	7,645	7,716	7,795	7,867	7,968	8,068
Dublin 07	15,319	15,347	15,384	15,377	15,419	15,527	15,530	15,601
Dublin 08	14,335	14,329	14,423	14,415	14,390	14,481	14,544	14,606
Dublin 09	17,115	17,293	17,386	17,450	17,536	17,656	17,752	17,934
Dublin 10	6,403	6,393	6,403	6,394	6,393	6,393	6,499	6,627
Dublin 11	18,505	18,633	18,805	18,898	19,045	19,179	19,309	19,425
Dublin 12	18,544	18,583	18,630	18,710	18,777	18,839	19,065	19,180
Dublin 13	11,944	11,991	12,058	12,129	12,243	12,357	12,815	13,096
Dublin 14	14,241	14,347	14,444	14,543	14,636	14,806	14,967	15,173
Dublin 15	29,266	29,442	29,606	29,847	30,168	30,648	31,169	31,712
Dublin 16	14,599	14,731	14,890	14,978	15,315	15,478	15,706	15,850
Dublin 17	4,665	4,570	4,601	4,599	4,575	4,629	4,693	4,693
Dublin 18	11,496	11,540	11,637	11,744	11,844	11,990	12,284	12,608
Dublin 20	3,318	3,330	3,350	3,483	3,492	3,493	3,578	3,585
Dublin 22	12,716	12,747	12,833	12,837	12,839	12,871	13,025	13,142
Dublin 24	20,594	20,639	20,773	20,754	20,980	21,207	21,490	21,816

Total	279,587	280,713	282,308	283,643	285,571	287,896	291,194	294,090

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Networked Gas Consumption

Introduction

This release contains consumption data from Gas Networks Ireland on all connections to the mains gas network.

Consumption units

The data are gross calorific values expressed in kilowatt hours (kWh) or Gigawatt hours (GWh). A kilowatt hour is a unit of energy equivalent to one kilowatt of power sustained over an hour. A Gigawatt hour is equivalent to one million kWh. Kilowatt hours are used for presenting median figures and gigawatt hours for presenting aggregates.

County

The CSO extracted the county and Dublin postal district from the postal address provided by Gas Networks Ireland. Additional work was required to identify a county for the largest non-residential customers as these were provided in a separate monthly file that did not contain the customer's address.

Coverage

The data cover all consumers connected to the natural gas network. This includes power plants, non-residential, and residential customers. Three counties (Donegal, Leitrim, and Sligo) had no meter connections. Longford had no residential meter connections. The 2016 Census of Population showed that there were around two million households in Ireland of which 1.7 million were occupied. This release showed that there were around 677,600 residential gas meters in 2018. The release contains a map showing the location of the residential meters using the coordinates provided by Gas Networks Ireland (see Figure 4).

Data quality

The meter readings data were converted to monthly and quarterly consumption estimates by Gas Networks Ireland. Meter readings can be actual or estimated. In some cases an estimated reading that was too high resulted in a low or negative reading for a subsequent period, i.e. no attempt was made to adjust the earlier over or under estimate. The data file provided to the CSO did not provide information on whether the consumption in a period was based on an estimated reading. The results are broadly consistent with Gas Networks Ireland reports and with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland energy balances.

Revisions

Data for all years are subject to revision.

Data source

The CSO received the administrative microdata from Gas Networks Ireland under Section 30 of the Statistics Act, 1993. The microdata contain quarterly consumption data for residential and smaller non-residential customers and monthly data for larger users. The CSO received data for 2011-2018 for all customers and for 2006 for residential and smaller non-residential customers.

Median

The median can be regarded as typical usage as it is not influenced by outliers in the same way that the mean or average is. The median for a year is calculated independently of the quarterly medians, e.g. in Table 5A.

Release frequency

This release is published on an annual basis.

Sector

The data have been classified into three sectors: power plants; non-residential; and residential. Gas Networks Ireland classified the data as residential or non-residential. Their classification is partly based on the consumption figure. The CSO made a small number of adjustments to recode some meters in a consistent way for all years. The CSO classified a small number of customers as power plants.

There are around 29,000 non-residential customers. The CSO will try to add NACE codes to these records, as NACE would provide a more detailed analysis of the non-domestic customers.

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Residential gas consumption increased by 13.5% in 2018

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