Home Cost Australia

Electricity Usage Calculator

Add your appliances and see daily, monthly and annual electricity use and cost from power, hours and your tariff.

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Your estimate

Enter your values and select Calculate to see the estimate.

How the calculation works

For each appliance:

  • Daily kWh = watts ÷ 1000 × quantity × hours/day
  • Weekly kWh = daily kWh × days/week
  • Annual kWh = weekly kWh × 52
  • Annual cost = annual kWh × tariff (converted from c/kWh to A$/kWh)

The monthly-equivalent figure is simply the annual cost divided by 12, so it averages seasonal variation across the year rather than assuming a fixed 30-day month.

Finding appliance power

Look for a wattage on the appliance label, compliance plate or manual. For appliances that cycle (fridges, heat pumps) the label figure is the running draw, not the all-day average, so treat the result as an upper estimate unless you adjust the hours.

What this does not include

Supply (daily) charges, demand tariffs and time-of-use variations are not modelled — this is a usage-cost estimate, not a full bill. No account or email is required, and you can print a summary.

How we calculated this

This estimate uses transparent inputs and a fixed formula. See our methodology for how ranges, sources and assumptions work.