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Household fuel type

Central Ward (Lower Hutt City)

2018 2013
Household fuel type Number % Lower Hutt City % Number % Lower Hutt City % 2013 - 2018
Electricity 4,680 78.2 79.0 5,085 85.8 84.1 -405
Gas 2,499 41.8 31.8 3,075 51.9 41.8 -576
Wood 621 10.4 23.5 756 12.8 26.1 -135
Coal 9 0.2 0.2 96 1.6 2.4 -87
Home heating oil - - - - - - -
Solar power - - 0.0 45 0.8 1.0 -45
No fuels used in this dwelling 126 2.1 2.0 81 1.4 1.7 +45
Other fuel - - 0.1 63 1.1 1.1 -63
Not elsewhere included 543 9.1 9.0 306 5.2 5.6 +237
Total 5,982 100.0 100.0 5,925 100.0 100.0 +57

Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018.
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