Natural gas consumption rose by 2% in 2024 compared with 2023, for a total of 53,856 Gigawatt hours (GWh) consumed across all sectors (See Table 1).
Gas consumption rose in all sectors in 2024; power plants (2%), non-residential (3%), and residential (3%) (See Table 1).
In 2024, 65% of networked gas consumption was from power plants, 24% was from non-residential meters, and 11% was from residential meters (See Figure 2 and Table 1).
Almost half (45%) of residential gas consumption in 2024 occurred during the first three months of the year (See Figure 2 and Table 2D).
The median household gas consumption was 7,771 kilowatt hours (kWh) in 2024, a decrease of 22% since 2015 (9,920 kWh) (See Table 5B).
By county, median household gas consumption in 2024 was lowest in Waterford (6,255 kWh) and highest in Dublin County (8,573 kWh) (See Figure 3 and Table 5B).
By Dublin postal district, median household gas consumption in 2024 was lowest in Dublin 02 (4,971 kWh) and highest in Dublin 14 (10,178 kWh) (See Table 5C).
Figure 1 shows the relative proportion of consumption for residential (11%), non-residential (24%), and power plant (65%) sectors in 2024 (See Figure 1 and Table 1). These proportions were unchanged from 2023.
| Power Plants | Non-Residential | Residential | |
| 2015 | 28289 | 11963 | 7250 |
| 2016 | 33991 | 12551 | 7163 |
| 2017 | 35012 | 12654 | 7060 |
| 2018 | 35568 | 13551 | 8010 |
| 2019 | 36412 | 13874 | 7458 |
| 2020 | 36744 | 13294 | 7915 |
| 2021 | 34013 | 13591 | 7810 |
| 2022 | 36776 | 13171 | 6670 |
| 2023 | 34063 | 12532 | 5980 |
| 2024 | 34758 | 12923 | 6175 |
Residential gas consumption was highest in the first quarter of the year, with 45% of the annual total, or 2,779 GWh, used from January to March 2024. Residential consumption was lowest in Q3 (July-September), accounting for 7% of annual consumption (See Figure 2 and Table 2D).
| Jan-Mar | Apr-Jun | Jul-Sep | Oct-Dec | |
| 2015 | 4522 | 2151 | 557 | 1860 |
| 2016 | 3989 | 2416 | 415 | 2001 |
| 2017 | 3992 | 1989 | 483 | 2036 |
| 2018 | 4658 | 2444 | 367 | 2305 |
| 2019 | 3773 | 2301 | 501 | 2357 |
| 2020 | 4308 | 2012 | 675 | 2415 |
| 2021 | 4548 | 2329 | 485 | 1878 |
| 2022 | 3853 | 1818 | 377 | 1634 |
| 2023 | 3403 | 1509 | 314 | 1640 |
| 2024 | 3351 | 1670 | 385 | 1696 |
In the residential sector, the combined total consumption for Dublin County (1,038 GWh) and the Dublin postal districts (2,767 GWh) was 62% of the total (See Table 3B). The corresponding proportion in the non-residential sector, excluding power plants, was 33% (See Table 3A).
Figure 3 shows 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. For the remaining counties, the lowest county by median residential consumption in 2024 was Waterford (6,255 kWh) and the highest was Dublin County (8,573 kWh) (See Table 5B and Figure 3). At the State level, the median residential networked gas consumption in 2024 was 7,771 kWh, an increase of 3% over 2023.
| X-axis label | Consumption |
|---|---|
| Dublin County | 8573 |
| Kildare | 8317 |
| Meath | 8275 |
| Dublin Postal Districts | 8153 |
| Cavan | 7904 |
| Offaly | 7868 |
| Laois | 7647 |
| Wicklow | 7540 |
| Carlow | 7500 |
| Westmeath | 7259 |
| Louth | 7254 |
| Monaghan | 7166 |
| Tipperary | 7160 |
| Clare | 7039 |
| Mayo | 6805 |
| Kilkenny | 6788 |
| Limerick | 6719 |
| Galway | 6645 |
| Cork | 6514 |
| Waterford | 6255 |
From 2015 to 2024, the number of residential gas meters increased by 7%, to a total of 695,199. By region, the largest concentration of residential meters was in the Dublin postal districts (43%), followed by Dublin County (15%) and Cork (12%) (See Table 6B).
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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (30 October 2025) released Networked Gas Consumption 2024.
Commenting on the release, Kevin Hunt, Statistician in the Climate and Energy Division said: "Natural gas consumption rose by 2% in 2024 compared with 2023, for a total of 53,856 Gigawatt hours (GWh) consumed across all sectors (See Table 1).
Networked Gas Consumption by Sector
Figure 1 shows the relative proportion of consumption for power plant (65%), non-residential (24%), and residential (11%) sectors in 2024 (See Figure 1 and Table 1). These proportions were unchanged from 2023.
Gas consumption by the residential sector increased by 3% from 2023 to 2024, following a drop of 10% from 2022-2023 (See Table 1). Total residential gas consumption for 2024 was 6,175 GWh, the second-lowest figure seen over the period 2015-2024 (See Table 1).
Non-residential gas consumption also increased by 3% in 2024 compared with 2023 (See Table 1).
Gas usage by power plants to generate electricity increased by 2% in 2024 compared with 2023 (See Table 1).
Networked Gas Consumption by Quarter
Residential gas consumption was highest in the first quarter of the year, with 45% of the annual total, or 2,779 GWh, used from January to March 2024. Residential consumption was lowest in Q3 (July-September), accounting for 7% of annual consumption (See Figure 2 and Table 2D).
Networked Gas Consumption by County and Dublin Postal District
In the residential sector, the combined total consumption for Dublin County (1,038 GWh) and the Dublin postal districts (2,767 GWh) was 62% of the total for the State (See Table 3B). The corresponding proportion in the non-residential sector, excluding power plants, was 33% (See Table 3A).
Counties Donegal, Sligo, and Leitrim are not connected to the gas network.
Networked Gas Consumption by Median Household
At the State level, the median residential networked gas consumption in 2024 was 7,771 kWh, an increase of 3% over 2023. Median consumption has fallen by 22% since 2015 (9,920 kWh) (See Table 5B).
Figure 3 shows 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. For the remaining counties, the lowest county by median residential consumption in 2024 was Waterford (6,255 kWh) and the highest was Dublin County (8,573 kWh) (See Table 5B and Figure 3). By Dublin postal district, median household gas consumption was lowest in Dublin 02 (4,971 kWh) and highest in Dublin 14 (10,178 kWh) (See Table 5C).
Number of Networked Gas Meters
From 2015 to 2024, the number of residential gas meters increased by 7%, to a total of 695,199. By region, the largest concentration of residential meters was in the Dublin postal districts (43%), followed by Dublin County (15%) and Cork (12%) (See Table 6B). There were 30,198 non-residential meters by 2024 (See Table 6A)."