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In 2002, there were 54,900 or (59.6%) of households in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region that did not use any energy efficient lighting, followed by 29,800 (54.5%) in the Northern Region and 24,900 (57.8%) in the Mersey-Lyell Region. Around a quarter of households in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region and Mersey-Lyell Region had one room lit by fluorescent lighting, 25.1% and 26.0% respectively. The Northern Region had the largest proportion of households with two (13.6%) and three or more (9.1%) rooms lit by fluorescent lighting. However, there were no homes in Tasmania lit entirely by fluorescent lights.

HOUSEHOLD ROOMS LIT PRIMARILY BY FLUORESCENT LIGHTS, Tasmanian regions
				Greater Hobart-Southern				Northern			Mersey-Lyell			Tasmania
Number of rooms				'000		%		'000	%		'000	%		'000	%
None
	1999				47.1	52.0		25.4	48.2		22.5	52.3		95.0	51.0
	2002				54.9	59.6		29.8	54.5		24.9	57.8		109.7	57.7
One
	1999				23.3	25.8		15.5	29.3		10.4	24.1		49.2	26.4
	2002				24.0	26.0		12.4	22.8		10.8	25.1		47.2	24.9
Two
	1999				9.7	10.7		7.3	13.7		4.6	10.6		21.6	11.6
	2002				7.6	8.3		7.4	13.6		4.4	10.3		19.5	10.3
Three or more
	1999				10.5	11.5		4.6	8.8		5.6	13.0		20.6	11.0
	2002				5.6	6.1		5.0	9.1		2.9	6.8		13.6	7.1
Whole house(a)
	2002				-	-		-	-		-	-		-	-
Total
	1999				90.6	100.0		52.8	100.0		43.1	100.0		186.4	100.0
	2002				92.2	100.0		54.6	100.0		43.1	100.0		190.0	100.0
- nil or rounded to zero. (a) Whole house is a new category presented in 2002. Results reveal that no dwellings in Tasmania were found to be lit entirely by fluorescent lights. Source: ABS data available on request, Population Survey Monitor (Environmental Issues); Environmental Issues: Peoples Views and Practices (cat. no. 4602.0).