Queensland Household Energy Survey 2024

Due to the high cost-of-living pressures facing many households, many are actively trying to reduce their electricity usage (76%). Renters are most likely to be reduce their usage and bills (80%).

Around half of respondents would be interested in tariffs with significantly lower daytime electricity costs and higher peak charges (49%). Younger people (aged 18 to 34) and renters are the most likely to shift to a daytime tariff (56% and 54%). Shifting is appealing to households that could, or do already use most of their electricity outside of peak hours/at times of minimum demand.

More households are aware of issues arising from peak demand than minimum demand (72% and 50%). The greatest incentives to households to help manage peak and minimum demand times are providing personal benefits (e.g. incentives), time-of-use tariffs or automated solutions. Most participants were open to solutions to help manage peak and minimum demand, with only 16% of respondents saying nothing would make them change when they use electricity.

Converting to an all-electric property is another way households could save on energy bills and for households with a mains gas supply, 21% have seriously considered removing their gas appliances and switching to electricity only (an increase from 14% last year).