Household fuel type
Whitby
| 2018 | 2013 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household fuel type | Number | % | Porirua City % | Number | % | Porirua City % | 2013 - 2018 | ||
| Electricity | 819 | 78.2 | 78.4 | 855 | 86.6 | 84.0 | -36 | ||
| Gas | 399 | 38.1 | 25.0 | 507 | 51.4 | 32.5 | -108 | ||
| Wood | 297 | 28.4 | 27.8 | 309 | 31.3 | 31.0 | -12 | ||
| Coal | - | - | 0.4 | 18 | 1.8 | 2.6 | -18 | ||
| Home heating oil | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Solar power | - | - | 0.1 | 9 | 0.9 | 1.6 | -9 | ||
| No fuels used in this dwelling | 6 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3 | 0.3 | 2.5 | +3 | ||
| Other fuel | - | - | 0.2 | 3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | -3 | ||
| Not elsewhere included | 27 | 2.6 | 10.7 | 27 | 2.7 | 6.9 | - | ||
| Total | 1,047 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 987 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +60 |
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018.
Stats NZ data quality rating: Moderate