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You dont say where you are.
I'm in the UK and we have smart electric meters. The app provided by the company let's me see my usage over the last 12 months by day/week/month.
I've also just had solar panels installed that came with an app that lets me monitor real time usage.
My house's base load is approximately 200w per hour (fridge/freezer/lights). And we use about 8kwh per day which includes turning the oven/microwave on.
On days when we charge the car that goes upto about 30kwh.
So yes, it sounds like you're using a huge amount. If I was going to guess why,it'll be the oil heater. It probably isn't clicking off or isn't reaching temperature. Next culprit will be the air conditioners. The pump probably only uses 300w tbh.
Western Canada. We hit 30-40 average with peaks of 80 in the summer without the oil heater, winter goes up from there once the heater is used.
This is the consumption for the previous few months.
I have similar numbers. It's a small house with gas hot water and central heating, but with an electric power shower (which I absolutely hate) and we're using 10kwh per day, plus 30kwh a week for the car, so around 100kwh per week.