In 2022, EU households used 10.1 million terajoules of energy, the lowest amount recorded since 2016.
The 2022 figure means that there was a decrease of 7.7% from the 11 terajoules recorded in 2021.
Households, or the residential sector, represented 25.8% of final energy consumption or 18.1% of gross inland energy consumption in the EU in 2022. Most of the EU’s final energy consumption in households was covered by natural gas (30.9%), electricity (25.1%) and renewables and biofuels (22.6%).
Space heating is the main reason for household usage
Source dataset: nrg_d_hhq
In the EU, the main use of energy by households is for heating homes (63.5% of the final energy consumption in the residential sector), followed by water heating (14.9%). The heating of space and water consequently represented 78.4% of the final energy consumed by households in 2022.
Lighting and most electrical appliances represent 13.9% (this excludes the use of electricity for powering the main heating, cooling, or cooking systems). Other end use (0.9%) and space cooling (0.6%) had the lowest share.