Household fuel type
Wellington City
| 2018 | 2013 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household fuel type | Number | % | Wellington Region % | Number | % | Wellington Region % | 2013 - 2018 | ||
| Electricity | 56,793 | 80.9 | 78.0 | 60,234 | 88.2 | 84.0 | -3,441 | ||
| Gas | 18,777 | 26.8 | 25.6 | 23,280 | 34.1 | 34.1 | -4,503 | ||
| Wood | 10,395 | 14.8 | 28.1 | 12,048 | 17.6 | 30.2 | -1,653 | ||
| Coal | 159 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1,197 | 1.8 | 2.1 | -1,038 | ||
| Home heating oil | - | - | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Solar power | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 543 | 0.8 | 1.2 | -531 | ||
| No fuels used in this dwelling | 3,384 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 2,226 | 3.3 | 2.2 | +1,158 | ||
| Other fuel | 60 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 543 | 0.8 | 1.0 | -483 | ||
| Not elsewhere included | 5,775 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 3,237 | 4.7 | 4.9 | +2,538 | ||
| Total | 70,191 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 68,322 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,869 |
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018.
Stats NZ data quality rating: Moderate