Household gas
Household Gas in Australia: Prices, Bills and Your Options
What gas costs where you live, how much homes use, who runs the pipes and who to call about a leak. Prices come from the AER's plan data, priced on its gas usage benchmarks.
- Melbourne home
- 50,743 MJ
- three people, a year
- Typical Melbourne bill
- $2,232
- a year
- Cheapest Sydney plan
- $838
- three-person home
- Plans priced
- 1,581
- AER data, 14 October 2026
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Gas costs in each capital
Three-person home on the AER benchmark, GST included.
| City | MJ a year | Cheapest plan | Typical plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 19,978 | $838 | $1,098 |
| Melbourne (east) | 50,743 | $1,560 | $2,232 |
| Brisbane | 7,649 | $653 | $721 |
| Adelaide | 22,321 | $1,334 | $1,667 |
| Canberra | 36,935 | $1,579 | $1,892 |
Gas prices by state
Cheapest plans by network area.
- Gas prices in New South WalesGas prices in NSW depend on which network your home is on.
- Gas prices in VictoriaVictorian homes use more gas than anywhere else in Australia, so the plan you choose matters more here.
- Gas prices in QueenslandQueensland homes use the least gas of any state, so the daily supply charge is a big part of the bill.
- Gas prices in South AustraliaSouth Australia's gas runs on one network operator, but rates per MJ are among the highest in the country.
- Gas prices in ACTCanberra's cold winters make gas heating costly.
- Gas prices in Western AustraliaUnlike the eastern states, WA caps what retailers can charge households for gas on standard contracts.
Average gas bills by state
AER usage benchmarks priced on current plans.
- Average gas bill: VictoriaHow much gas Victoria homes use, from the AER's benchmarks, and what that costs on today's plans.
- Average gas bill: ACTHow much gas Canberra homes use, from the AER's benchmarks, and what that costs on today's plans.
- Average gas bill: New South WalesHow much gas New South Wales homes use, from the AER's benchmarks, and what that costs on today's plans.
- Average gas bill: South AustraliaHow much gas South Australia homes use, from the AER's benchmarks, and what that costs on today's plans.
- Average gas bill: QueenslandHow much gas Queensland homes use, from the AER's benchmarks, and what that costs on today's plans.
Gas networks
Who owns the pipes and responds to leaks.
- All gas networksEvery network and its leak number.
- JemenaJemena runs the largest gas network in Australia, supplying homes from Sydney to the Hunter and the Illawarra.
- AGNAGN runs gas networks in four states, including most of South Australia and large parts of Melbourne and regional Victoria.
- MultinetMultinet supplies gas to eastern Melbourne, the Yarra Ranges and South Gippsland.
- AusNetAusNet runs the gas network across western Melbourne and central and western Victoria.
- EvoenergyEvoenergy runs the gas pipes in Canberra and Queanbeyan, where no new gas connections are allowed in most of the ACT.
- AllgasAllgas runs the gas network south of the Brisbane River, on the Gold Coast and in Toowoomba.
- ATCOATCO runs the main gas distribution network in WA, from Perth and Mandurah to Geraldton, Bunbury and the South West.
Guides
Running costs, rebates, safety and leaving gas.
- Gas vs electricGas is cheap per unit of energy, but heat pumps turn each unit of electricity into several units of heat.
- Gas hot water costsHot water is often the biggest gas user after heating.
- Gas heater running costsGas heating drives winter bills in the south.
- Gas rebatesConcession card holders can get help with gas bills in every state with a large gas network.
- Gas retailersThe choice of gas retailer varies a lot by state and network.
- Gas leak safetyIf you smell gas, act straight away.
- Gas meters and MJYour meter counts cubic metres, but you pay per megajoule.
- Disconnecting gasOnce your last gas appliance goes, you can stop paying the supply charge.
- Gas phase-out rulesVictoria and the ACT are moving homes off gas, while other states are letting prices do the work.