Fuel types used for heating in Ruapehu 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 | 68.46446701% |
Electricity | 2006 | 65.31413613% |
Electricity | 2013 | 68.16958277% |
Mains gas | 2001 | 0.95177665% |
Mains gas | 2006 | 0.719895288% |
Mains gas | 2013 | 0.538358008% |
Bottled gas | 2001 | 28.61675127% |
Bottled gas | 2006 | 32.13350785% |
Bottled gas | 2013 | 17.69851952% |
Wood | 2001 | 81.34517766% |
Wood | 2006 | 81.34816754% |
Wood | 2013 | 77.59084791% |
Coal | 2001 | 14.65736041% |
Coal | 2006 | 13.93979058% |
Coal | 2013 | 8.613728129% |
Solar power | 2001 | 0.697969543% |
Solar power | 2006 | 1.112565445% |
Solar power | 2013 | 1.749663526% |
Other fuel(s) | 2001 | 1.14213198% |
Other fuel(s) | 2006 | 2.356020942% |
Other fuel(s) | 2013 | 2.557200538% |
No fuels used in this dwelling | 2001 | 0.697969543% |
No fuels used in this dwelling | 2006 | 0.458115183% |
No fuels used in this dwelling | 2013 | 0.807537012% |
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.