Household fuel type
Urban Ward
| 2018 | 2013 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household fuel type | Number | % | Masterton District % | Number | % | Masterton District % | 2013 - 2018 | ||
| Electricity | 5,034 | 70.4 | 66.8 | 5,277 | 72.8 | 71.1 | -243 | ||
| Gas | 804 | 11.3 | 10.8 | 1,509 | 20.8 | 20.1 | -705 | ||
| Wood | 4,725 | 66.1 | 71.7 | 4,875 | 67.2 | 72.1 | -150 | ||
| Coal | 39 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 225 | 3.1 | 3.1 | -186 | ||
| Home heating oil | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Solar power | - | - | 0.1 | 102 | 1.4 | 1.8 | -102 | ||
| No fuels used in this dwelling | 51 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 69 | 1.0 | 0.7 | -18 | ||
| Other fuel | 9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 90 | 1.2 | 1.3 | -81 | ||
| Not elsewhere included | 705 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 276 | 3.8 | 3.8 | +429 | ||
| Total | 7,146 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 7,251 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -105 |
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018.
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