Average Daily Residential Water Consumption in Queensland

Average Daily Residential Water Consumption in Queensland

Average daily residential consumption (Litres per person)

November 2017: Average daily residential water consumption (L/person)

Average daily residential water consumption across South East Queensland for the 14 day period ending 8 November 2017.
This water consumption varied between different regions, from 111 litres per person in the Scenic Rim, to 203 litres per person on the Sunshine Coast.

171 litres per person – South East Queensland
111 litres per person – Scenic Rim
162 litres per person – Central SEQ
177 litres per person – Redland
184 litres per person – Gold Coast
203 litres per person – Sunshine Coast

http://www.seqwater.com.au/water-security-and-consumption-update-10-november-2017

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April 2016: Average daily residential water consumption (L/person)

Average daily residential water consumption across South East Queensland for the 14 day period ending 8 April 2016.
This water consumption varied between different regions, from 100 litres per person in the Scenic Rim, to 199 litres per person on the Gold Coast.

167 litres per person – South East Queensland
100 litres per person – Scenic Rim
154 litres per person – Central SEQ
188 litres per person – Redland
199 litres per person – Gold Coast
186 litres per person – Sunshine Coast

http://www.seqwater.com.au/water-security-and-consumption-update-8-april-2016

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September 2015: Average daily residential water consumption (L/person)

159 : SEQ
155 : Central SEQ
172 : Gold Coast
167 : Redland
101 : Scenic Rim
160 : Sunshine Coast

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September 2014: Average daily residential water consumption (L/person)

148 : SEQ
136 : Central SEQ
170 : Gold Coast
188 : Redland
149 : Scenic Rim
168 : Sunshine Coast

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April 2014: Average daily residential water consumption (L/person)

155 : SEQ
140 : Central SEQ
181 : Gold Coast
194 : Redland
140 : Scenic Rim
185 : Sunshine Coast

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December 2013: Average daily residential water consumption (L/person)

169 : SEQ
155 : Central SEQ
197 : Gold Coast
212 : Redland
145 : Scenic Rim
186 : Sunshine Coast

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May 2013: Average daily residential water consumption (L/person)

160 : SEQ
145 : Central SEQ
186 : Gold Coast
184 : Redland
137 : Scenic Rim
187 : Sunshine Coast

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December 2012: Average daily residential water consumption (L/person)

189 : SEQ
176 : Central SEQ
204 : Gold Coast
220 : Redland
190 : Scenic Rim
218 : Sunshine Coast

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South East Queensland Water Consumption Chart, per person:

Reduction in Water Usage from 2012 to 2015

South East Queensland has reduced its average water consumption by almost 16% in the period between 2012 and Sept 2015, but some area have done much Better, and Worse. The Scenic Rim area has been best with a reduction from 190 litres per person to just 101, although both those numbers look out of the normal range.

15.9% SEQ Average

46.8% Scenic Rim
26.6% Sunshine Coast
24.1% Redland
15.7% Gold Coast
11.9% Central SEQ

Personal Notes

April 2016: It seems I need to trim my usage a bit as we are slightly higher than average, at 173 litres per person.

My reason for checking this is that we just received a notice at our new property saying that our water usage had risen considerably, since the last account. Maybe the property being empty for some months before, was the real reason for the sudden jump in usage. From nothing to 173 per person 🙂

Personal Water usage

November 2017: 204 litres per person (Cost for Qtr $311.45)
November 2016: 132 litres per person
August 2017: 121 litres per person (Didn’t water the garden) (Cost for Qtr $262.44)
August 2016: 228 litres per person
May 2017: 146 litres per person (Cost for Qtr $274.19)
May 2016: 173 litres per person
Feb 2017: 122 litres per person (Cost for Qtr $268.18)

Sources:

http://www.seqwater.com.au/latest-updates/news/2013/12/20/water-security-consumption-update-20-december-2013

http://www.seqwater.com.au/latest-updates/news/2014/05/02/water-security-consumption-update-2-may-2014

http://www.seqwater.com.au/latest-updates/news/2015/09/18/water-security-and-consumption-update-11-september-2015