1362.6 - Regional Statistics, Tasmania, 2006  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 06/02/2006   
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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).



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