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Originally Posted by Paul
I find it hard to believe that the average UK household is actually a 3 bed semi.
The cap constantly quotes itself as being the UK "average" - but its really hard to find any definitive information on what they actually mean.
What size/occupancy/usage is this fabled "average".
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I suspect it’s plucked from (almost) thin air.
The Government (BEIS) publish average usage that’s higher than the OFGEM “typical” use figures.
https://www.gov.uk/government/statis...ice-statistics
I think then unhelpfully the media trying to simplify it for readers tries to attribute this value to one type of home and baseline smaller or larger ones against this.
However, many factors around build quality, insulation, glazing, system efficiency etc. mean even these well intentioned generalisations could be out significantly against a sizeable proportion of each dwelling type.