Table 3.4b – Electricity Consumption By Households By Dwelling Type


 Gigajoules of electricity consumed by households (GJ) by type of dwelling
Single detached houses Double / Row or Terrace / Duplex Low-rise apartments High-rise apartments Mobile homes Don’t know / Not stated
Total electricity consumption 408,318,312 A 76,978,398 A 49,435,354 A 34,254,981 A 6,954,789 A 18,960,309 A
Dwelling construction date
Before 1946 41,360,131 A 9,385,126 M 5,276,207 M - U - - - U
1946 – 1960 48,249,044 A 9,962,399 M 4,858,916 M - U - U - U
1961 – 1977 93,137,758 A 14,315,219 M 7,850,647 A 11,797,310 M 2,336,538 M 2,484,855 M
1978 – 1983 37,178,886 A 5,771,427 M 7,033,502 M 4,636,617 M - U - U
1984 – 1995 70,846,846 A 11,388,206 A 7,644,527 A 5,506,627 M - U 2,596,995 M
1996 – 2000 23,114,257 A 4,521,251 M 4,000,837 M - U - U - U
2001 – 2010 60,622,478 A 11,196,331 A 4,224,212 A - U - U 2,803,447 M
2011 or later 30,368,545 A 7,656,446 M 3,695,878 M 2,904,764 M - U - U
Not stated 3,440,368 M - U 4,850,629 M - U - U - U
Heated area of dwelling excluding garage
55 square metres or less (600 square feet or less) 5,258,566 M - U 7,040,468 A 3,129,929 M - U - U
56 to 95 square metres (601 to 1,000 square feet) 48,924,339 A 10,045,822 A 14,162,563 A 14,664,562 M 2,778,032 M - U
96 to 140 square metres (1,001 to 1,500 square feet) 119,961,180 A 30,493,825 A 8,991,998 A 7,049,511 M 2,375,926 M 5,127,704 M
141 to 185 square metres (1,501 to 2,000 square feet) 89,316,259 A 13,821,585 M - U - U 452,543 U 3,888,529 M
186 to 230 square metres (2,001 to 2,500 square feet) 53,743,187 A 5,354,122 M - U - U - U - U
231 to 280 square metres (2,501 to 3,000 square feet) 31,557,281 A - U - U - - - U - U
281 to 325 square metres (3,001 to 3,500 square feet) 13,904,629 A - U - - - - - - - -
326 to 371 square metres (3,501 to 4,000 square feet) 6,734,816 M - U - - - - - - - -
372 or more square metres (4,001 or more square feet) 9,283,119 A - U - U - U - U - U
Don’t know/Not stated 29,634,936 A 10,417,575 A 14,865,980 A 5,638,459 M - U - U
Occupation Mode
Own 388,269,114 A 60,065,627 A 11,838,412 A 9,324,567 M 6,462,309 M 12,671,126 A
Rent 20,032,678 A 16,912,771 A 37,596,942 A 24,930,414 A - U 6,289,183 M
Don’t Know/Not Stated - U - - - - - - - - - -
Number of people in the household
1 member 73,670,976 A 16,778,489 A 25,337,738 A 14,870,057 A 3,021,952 M 6,325,147 M
2 members 154,456,096 A 22,901,933 A 15,669,909 A 11,677,856 M 2,555,724 M 6,626,188 M
3 members 66,708,278 A 13,443,928 M 3,983,562 M - U - U - U
4 or more members 113,482,962 A 23,854,048 A 4,444,145 M - U - U - U
Occupant demographics
Households with only 18 to 24 year old members - - - - - - - - - - - U
Households with only 25 to 44 year old members - U - U - U - U - - - -
Households with only 45 to 64 year old members 18,997,776 A - U 6,904,111 M - U - U - U
Households with only 65 + year old members 72,006,916 A 9,968,215 A 12,459,338 A 7,878,876 M 2,056,816 M 3,868,344 M
Households with adults and children 0 to 12 only 100,098,374 A 16,818,077 A 16,101,187 A 11,000,264 A 3,036,037 M 6,064,819 M
Households with adults and teens 13 to 19 only 66,432,480 A 17,084,367 A 3,768,593 M - U - U - U
Households with adults and members 0 to 12 and 13 to 19 49,370,772 A 11,392,239 M - U - U - U - U
Other compositions 24,803,083 A 4,755,191 M - U - U - - - U
Not stated 75,973,830 A 11,201,146 A 4,923,276 M - U - U - U
Dwelling part of a condominium
Yes - - 12,790,461 A 15,152,634 A 13,517,020 A - - - -
No - - 13,722,346 M 34,120,070 A 20,737,961 M - - - -
Valid skip Footnote 1 408,318,312 A 50,167,835 A - - - - 6,954,789 A 18,960,309 A
Not stated - - - U - U - - - - - -
Household income
Less than $20,000 16,712,239 A 4,079,354 M 6,643,895 A 3,068,564 M - U - U
$20,000 to less than $40,000 40,611,186 A 11,517,650 M 14,500,495 A 9,768,714 M 2,338,503 M 3,632,972 M
$40,000 to less than $60,000 51,095,361 A 12,236,506 A 11,193,348 A 3,124,786 M - U 2,940,915 M
$60,000 to less than $80,000 52,545,765 A 9,329,270 A 5,083,770 M - U - U 2,180,446 M
$80,000 to less than $100,000 49,633,702 A 10,076,665 M 4,512,528 M - U - U - U
$100,000 to less than $150,000 89,854,084 A 17,749,513 A 4,659,094 M - U - U 3,834,550 M
$150,000 and over 107,865,976 A 11,989,440 M - U 3,210,522 M - U - U
Highest level of education ever completed by any member of the household
0 to 8 years or some secondary 19,507,244 A 3,963,081 M 6,643,548 M - U - U - U
Grade 11 to 13, graduate 52,711,936 A 8,649,859 M 10,782,785 A - U 2,233,869 M 2,548,491 M
Some postsecondary or postsecondary certificate or diploma 29,800,360 A 5,078,291 M 3,421,889 M - U - U - U
University 69,048,560 A 11,473,085 A 8,830,975 M 4,079,889 M - U 4,134,310 M
University certificate, diploma, degree above the bachelor’s level 17,132,631 A 3,003,451 M 2,288,626 M - U - U - U
Don’t know/Not stated 220,117,581 A 44,810,631 A 17,467,531 A 16,232,168 M - U 8,672,949 M

Legend:

The letter beside each estimate classifies its quality as follows: A–Acceptable, M–Use with caution, U–Too unreliable to be published.

Notes:

Due to rounding, the numbers may not add up and may differ slightly among tables.

Source:

2019 Survey of Household Energy Use