Fuel types used for heating in Taupo District, New Zealand
Census years 2001, 2006, and 2013, % of private occupied dwellings
Fuel type used to heat dwelling | Census Year | % of stated |
---|---|---|
Electricity | 2001 | 62.96194908% |
Electricity | 2006 | 64.44215408% |
Electricity | 2013 | 71.31578947% |
Mains gas | 2001 | 9.90966329% |
Mains gas | 2006 | 11.41458387% |
Mains gas | 2013 | 11.10047847% |
Bottled gas | 2001 | 34.7659458% |
Bottled gas | 2006 | 33.13578974% |
Bottled gas | 2013 | 17.15311005% |
Wood | 2001 | 63.64631809% |
Wood | 2006 | 61.58206648% |
Wood | 2013 | 58.80382775% |
Coal | 2001 | 4.352586915% |
Coal | 2006 | 3.710383922% |
Coal | 2013 | 2.296650718% |
Solar power | 2001 | 0.848617575% |
Solar power | 2006 | 1.159494976% |
Solar power | 2013 | 2.105263158% |
Other fuel(s) | 2001 | 1.505611826% |
Other fuel(s) | 2006 | 2.963153826% |
Other fuel(s) | 2013 | 2.416267943% |
No fuels used in this dwelling | 2001 | 1.1771147% |
No fuels used in this dwelling | 2006 | 0.901829425% |
No fuels used in this dwelling | 2013 | 1.076555024% |
Definitions
Fuel types used to heat dwelling measures the type of fuel used for heating an occupied private dwelling. More than one fuel type may be used; for example, electricity, gas, coal, and wood. Insulation is not a fuel type.
Limitations of the data
Please refer to http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/info-about-2013-census-data/information-by-variable/fuel-type-used-to-heat-dwelling.aspx for details.
Data provided by
Dataset name
Census: Fuel types used to heat dwelling by Region, TA or Local Board Area 2013
Webpage:
http://nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz/wbos/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=TABLECODE8100
How to find the data
Click on Customise > Selections. In 'Areas' select the desired breakdown. In 'Fuel types used to heat dwelling' select all types. Then export as a CSV.
For our purposes we manually calculated the percentages of total households stated for each fuel type and area.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Census: Fuel types used to heat dwelling by Region, TA or Local Board Area 2013
From the dataset Census: Fuel types used to heat dwelling by Region, TA or Local Board Area 2013, this data was extracted:
- Rows: 2-3,466
- Columns: 6-7
- Provided: 6,300 data points
This data forms the table Census - Fuel types used to heat dwelling 2001, 2006, and 2013.