Research carried out by Mattressman has revealed that the North East is the cheapest place for ‘a good night’s sleep’ in the UK.
The ‘cost of a good night’s sleep’ is based on the electricity prices of using a phone charger, a ‘sleep music’ device and keeping a fan on for three months of the year, all for 8-hours per night, the recommended adult sleep amount.
The annual price of electricity in the North East has seen a 47% increase in 2021 to in 2022. Despite this price increase, it ranks as the cheapest part of the UK for electricity, based on the above factors.
This is comparison to London, whose 56.5% price increase in the last year has seen the cost of a good night’s sleep go from £10.86 in 2021 to £17.00 in 2022, making it the most expensive part of the UK for electricity.
The energy crisis and cost of living has contributed to the price increase from 2021 to 2022, with it costing roughly 40% more to get a good night’s sleep in 2022.
Data from the survey has also revealed where other parts of the UK ranked. Here are the results detailing the annual ‘good night sleep’ sleeping cost in 2022, from the most expensive to the cheapest:
- London – £17.00
- Merseyside and North Wales – £17.00
- South East – £16.94
- Eastern – £16.77
- Southern – £16.37
- South West – £16.31
- South Wales – £16.25
- North West – £16.08
- West Midlands – £16.02
- North Scotland – £16.02
- South Scotland – £15.97
- East Midlands – £15.85
- Yorkshire – £15.74
- North East – £15.57
Louis Kerry, Marketing Manager at Mattressman, says:
“The survey presents some surprising results around the use of electricity in the UK. Clearly it varies from place-to-place, with the North East having the cheapest electricity costs based on the three factors we looked at; charging a phone, keeping fan on and listening to music, all overnight for 8-hours.
These results are also interesting to consider when examining the energy crisis and the increasing cost of living.”
A good night’s sleep is clearly of importance to the UK population with £2,099,235.34 being spent on their electric bills each night, equating to £766,220,897.55 per year, based on a population of 68,554,055.
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