Fuel types used for heating in the Matamata-Piako 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 | 64.64995678% |
Electricity | 2006 | 68.06653941% |
Electricity | 2013 | 75.76374745% |
Mains gas | 2001 | 4.724863152% |
Mains gas | 2006 | 5.317698391% |
Mains gas | 2013 | 4.887983707% |
Bottled gas | 2001 | 36.56006914% |
Bottled gas | 2006 | 35.34224161% |
Bottled gas | 2013 | 18.43177189% |
Wood | 2001 | 58.34053587% |
Wood | 2006 | 54.51322607% |
Wood | 2013 | 46.5885947% |
Coal | 2001 | 8.988764045% |
Coal | 2006 | 6.572129806% |
Coal | 2013 | 3.258655804% |
Solar power | 2001 | 0.777873812% |
Solar power | 2006 | 0.818107445% |
Solar power | 2013 | 1.629327902% |
Other fuel(s) | 2001 | 1.411696917% |
Other fuel(s) | 2006 | 2.099809108% |
Other fuel(s) | 2013 | 1.400203666% |
No fuels used in this dwelling | 2001 | 1.584557764% |
No fuels used in this dwelling | 2006 | 1.118080175% |
No fuels used in this dwelling | 2013 | 1.756619145% |
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.