Electricity consumption data of a middle-income household in Gauteng, South Africa: Pre and Post COVID-19 lockdown (2019-2021)

The real-time hourly electricity consumption data of a middle-income household in the Gauteng Province of South Africa was tracked for 30 months (i.e. 2019 to 2021) over three different residential properties. Layout diagram and physical characteristics of each of the residential properties are provided. An energy audit of all appliances at the residence was conducted at the beginning of the study and acquisition of new appliances was also captured. The aggregated electricity consumption throughout the study of all appliances at the family residence was captured from a single-phase electricity distribution sub-panel. The granularity of the captured data was at the hourly resolution level and presented as kilowatt-hour. A total of 20,852 hours of data points were captured. The data has not been processed further. In addition to the energy consumption data, 16 months of hourly data for wind speed, temperature, and humidity of the closest weather station to two of the residential properties has been provided. The energy consumption data will be useful for teaching and research in energy consumption prediction studies, and energy management strategy development. Considering the timing of the study that encompasses pre-COVID-19 and three peaks of COVID-19 in South Africa, the data can be useful in analysing the impact of COVID-19 on household electricity consumption.