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EV Statistics 2025 - UK Home Electric Car Charge Points

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Published 10/22/2024

Electric vehicles (EVs ) – love them or loathe them, they’re a staple on the roads of the UK with ownership increasing. And while many motorway charge points have become incredibly expensive for EV owners, home charging is still feasible at a much lower cost per mile than petrol or diesel.

So as of 2025, how many people in the UK own electric cars and how many of those are using a home charging point to charge up?

We take a look at this and other key EV statistics in our round up. Let’s dive in.

The facts

If you’re only here for the headlines, you’ll find the most important figures and statistics below. You can read on for more context, sources and information:

What proportion of people in the UK own an EV and how many have home chargers?

In October 2024, we surveyed a demographically representative sample of 2,002 people aged 16 and over in the UK and we asked the following question:

Which of the following statements, if any, most applies to you?

Here are the responses:

Response% of people who gave that response
I have an electric car and a home charger6.99%
I have an electric car but no home charger and do not plan to install one5.34%
I have an electric car but no home charger, but I have plans to install one4.60%
I do not have an electric car, but I plan to get an electric car and will install a home charger15.48%
I do not have an electric car, but I plan to get an electric car and will not install a home charger6.59%
I do not have an electric car, and I have no plans to get an electric car or a home charger41.66%
N/A or None of the above12.79%
Unsure6.54%

Bar chart - proportion of people who gave each response - My Local Toolbox

We learned:

EV ownership by gender

EV ownership is 16.93% across the country. But it varies by gender.

MaleFemale
Proportion of respondents who currently have an EV21.19%12.91%
Proportion of respondents who do not have an EV but plan to get one23.76%20.48%

Bar chart - EV owners and those planning to own EVs - by Gender - My Local Toolbox

Men are significantly more likely to have an EV than women according to our statistics. In the UK, more than 1 in 5 men say they currently have an EV and a further 24% plan to get one.

With women, the proportion who say they currently have one drops to just 12.91%, while just over 1 in 5 say they plan to get one.

EV ownership by age

We see huge variations by age as well. Of course, some of this could be down to economic factors such as the fact that younger people generally have lower incomes and EVs typically tend to be newer and more expensive up-front vehicles to purchase. This could be affected as well by the fact that you cannot have a driving licence in the UK until the age of 17.

AgeProportion of respondents who currently have an EVProportion of respondents who do not have an EV but plan to get one
16 to 2423.64%27.48%
25 to 3429.75%29.43%
35 to 4425.08%29.11%
45 to 5416.05%18.83%
55+5.53%15.70%

Stacked Bar Chart - Respondents who are EV owners or plan to be EV owners - by Age Group - My Local Toolbox

Almost 1 in 3 of those aged 25 to 34 already have an EV and a similar proportion again plan to get one in the future.

At the opposite end of the scale, just 1 in 20 of those aged 55 and over has an EV and just 15% plan to get one in the future.

Amongst the youngest age group – those aged 16 to 35 – 23.64% have an EV already and over a quarter plan to get one.

Engagement with EVs is, as our statistics show, far less likely in the older age groups across the UK.

EV ownership statistics by UK region

We also see some variation region to region. Let’s take a look at the statistics.

Region% of respondents who currently have an EV% of respondents who do not have an EV but plan to get one
East of England14.66%27.23%
Greater London25.48%23.58%
East Midlands16.67%20.00%
West Midlands13.97%26.25%
North East16.05%16.05%
North West22.32%21.87%
Northern Ireland20.00%30.91%
Scotland13.89%25.00%
South East12.54%21.15%
South West12.99%14.69%
Wales13.68%21.06%
Yorkshire and the Humber17.68%18.90%

a map showing number of respondents who currently own an ev

Number of respondents who plan to own an ev map

Where we live hugely affects the likelihood of us already driving an EV. In London, just over a quarter of people say they already have an EV and a further 23.58% plan to get one.

At the opposite end of the scale, ownership across the rest of the South East, across the South West, Wales, Scotland and the West Midlands sits at below 14%. So this is a huge variation in statistics.

Home EV charger installation demand

With ownership increasing and many more millions of people, based on our statistics, planning to get an EV and install a home charger, how has EV charger installation demand changed?

To find out, we took a look at the estimated number of searches for these services in Google UK.

We used kwfinder.com to get the estimated number of searches in Google UK for each month going back to July 2020 (the earliest month in which data was available) for each of the following search phrases:

This is what we found:

MonthElectric car charger for homeHome car charging pointElectric charger installationEV charger installation
Jul 20208100810029002900
Aug 20208100810029002900
Sep 20209900990036003600
Oct 20209900990036003600
Nov 2020148001480054005400
Dec 20209900990044004400
Jan 2021121001210044004400
Feb 2021148001480054005400
Mar 2021148001480044004400
Apr 2021148001480036003600
May 2021181001810036003600
Jun 2021148001480036003600
Jul 2021181001810044004400
Aug 2021181001810044004400
Sep 2021222002220054005400
Oct 2021222002220054005400
Nov 2021222002220066006600
Dec 2021148001480044004400
Jan 2022181001810081008100
Feb 2022181001810081008100
Mar 2022222002220099009900
Apr 2022148001480066006600
May 2022148001480054005400
Jun 2022181001810066006600
Jul 2022148001480054005400
Aug 2022181001810066006600
Sep 2022148001480054005400
Oct 2022148001480044004400
Nov 2022148001480066006600
Dec 2022121001210044004400
Jan 2023148001480081008100
Feb 2023148001480081008100
Mar 2023181001810099009900
Apr 2023181001810081008100
May 2023148001480081008100
Jun 2023121001210081008100
Jul 2023148001480099009900
Aug 2023121001210099009900
Sep 2023121001210099009900
Oct 202314800148001210012100
Nov 202314800148001210012100
Dec 20239900990099009900
Jan 202414800148001480014800
Feb 202418100181001480014800
Mar 202422200222001810018100
Apr 202422200222001480014800
May 202422200222001480014800
Jun 202414800148001480014800
Jul 202418100181001480014800
Aug 202414800148001480014800
Sep 202412100121001480014800
Oct 202418100181001480014800
Nov 202418100181001480014800
Dec 202427100271001480014800

Line chart combined searches in Google UK for all selected search terms July 2020 to December 24

In July 2020, searches for “electric car charger for home”, amounted to around 8,100 in the UK. By July 2024, this had increased by over 120% to 18,100 before dropping slightly into Autumn in line with previous years.

The demand is increasing year on year. Across these 4 queries alone (which is only a tiny proportion of those searching for such services online), there were over 53,000 searches.

Searches for all queries peaked in December of 2024 according to the data we assessed in January 2025.

EV charger installation costs

In order to install an EV charger, you’ll need the unit itself and then the services of an electrician. Costs typically range from £800 to £1,500 depending on the specific model you go for.

Most searched for EVs

We took a list of all currently available electric vehicles in the UK from ev-database.org and then we assessed how many times in any given month (average of the last 12 months) they’re searched in Google UK.

The top 20 EVs in the UK based on search volume are displayed in the table below:

KeywordAverage searches (last 12 months)
Tesla Model Y77900
Tesla Model 367200
Kia EV964500
Porsche Taycan63400
Porsche Macan51700
Citroën Ami51600
Volvo EX3051200
Polestar 249900
Kia EV646800
BYD SEAL41800
Polestar 440000
Volkswagen ID.Buzz34700
Nissan Leaf32500
Hyundai Ioniq 531900
Nissan Ariya31600
BMW iX29500
Volkswagen ID.428300
Tesla Model S26700
Tesla Model X24600
BMW i724300

What about electric vans – the statistics

We’ve talked about electric cars. But what about electric vans?

The SMMT reports that there were 351,834 new vans (light commercial vehicles) added to the UK’s roads in 2024, representing an increase of 3% on 2023’s total figure.

However, the EV share of vans on the road remains static at 6.3% according to the report released in January 2025.

The same report also finds that this figure remains static despite the fact that there was an increase of 20% in the size of the range of electric LCVs available to buy in the UK.

Our own analysis found that the number of searches for “electric vans” in December 2024 was 3,400 which was the same as in December 2023, but lower than December 2022’s figure of 5,400.

So in all, the light commercial vehicle market does not appear to be going electric at the same rate as cars.

EV market statistics in the UK

We’ll wrap up our EV statistics for 2024 with some key figures from the Department for Transport:

Additionally:

How does the future look for the EV?

The proportion of electric vehicles on the roads of the UK is only likely to increase, and with a notable shortfall between the number of public charge points needed and the number that already exist, owners are increasingly likely to look at home installation wherever possible. So we anticipate the installers will be rather busy in 2025 and beyond.

Methodology and caveats

We commissioned our survey through Censuswide, who operate under ESOMAR standards to ensure the data is as accurate and statistically significant as possible. On our behalf, Censuswide polled 2002 people aged 16 and over in October 2024.

It’s worth bearing in mind that Provisional Driving Licences to drive cars are only available to people aged 17 and over in the UK. So the youngest people in this survey are unlikely to be car owners at all, which will affect the responses.

For the keyword search data, we used a third party tool known as kwfinder.com which takes estimated values for various searches from Google’s own ad platform.

It’s important to bear in mind that these are estimated figures and that one search does not necessarily equate to one searcher. For example, someone could make the same search several times from a few different devices over any given month.

If you have any questions about our data or would like to see the raw survey data, please get in touch with our PR team on [email protected].

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