4670.0 - Household Energy Consumption Survey, Australia: Summary of Results, 2012

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4670.0 - Household Energy Consumption Survey, Australia: Summary of Results, 2012

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	In this issue Includes: About this publication, Rounding, Inquiries.
	Summary of Findings In 2012, Australian households spent $99 per week on energy.
	Economic resources Low income households spent on average almost 10% of their gross household weekly income on energy.
	Tenure and landlord type Households who owned their dwelling with a mortgage spent $123 per week on energy, the highest among all tenure types.
	Dwelling characteristics Households with a solar electricity or hot water system (or both) spent around $6 less each week on dwelling energy sources than households who did not have solar.
	Family composition of household Behaviours such as installing energy efficient light bulbs in most lights and using cold water for most clothes washes were higher among most types of family households than for single person households.
	Climate zone Households in the coldest climate zone had the highest overall expenditure, spending $47 per week on energy within their dwellings.
	Business Survey of Residential Electricity Distribution (BSRED), Experimental Estimates Experimental estimates indicate that between 2010 and 2012 the average amount of electricity supplied to residences from the network grid decreased and the average amount of electricity exported to the network grid from residences increased for a majority of statistical areas.
	BSRED Experimental Estimates, State Summary In 2012, South Australia (16%) had the largest uptake of renewable electricity systems (e.g. solar panels) for all states.
	Feature article: Household energy efficient improvements: Intentions, actions and barriers Households in the ACT were more likely to both intend to and actually modify their dwelling in the following 12 months than other states or territories.
	Media Release Households spend $99 per week on energy.

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