General household survey - Statistics South Africa

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11. Source of energy
11.2 Main source of energy used by households, by province
11.2.1 For cooking, 2011
Thousands
Energy for cooking
Western Cape Eastern Cape Northern Cape Free State KwaZulu-Natal North West Gauteng Mpumalanga Limpopo South Africa
Electricity from mains 1 408 1 079 260 796 1 977 757 3 008 706 721 10 712
Electricity from generator * * * * * * * * * 2
Gas 96 61 14 17 47 17 43 7 13 315
Paraffin 32 301 13 39 124 109 385 49 39 1 091
Wood 27 348 37 30 516 107 47 197 636 1 946
Coal * * * 16 9 * 25 82 5 139
Candles * * * * * * * * * 3
Animal dung * 15 * 2 11 * * * * 30
Solar energy * * * * * * * * * *
Other 4 * * * 88 5 282 * 14 396
None 6 * 1 3 * 5 * * * 20
Unspecified 8 14 1 3 26 5 33 5 8 102
Total 1 581 1 820 327 907 2 802 1 006 3 826 1 050 1 437 14 756
Totals exclude households that did not specify electricity connections.
Due to rounding, numbers do not necessarily add up to totals.
Numbers below 10 000 are too small to provide accurate estimates. Sensitive cells are indicated by an asterisk.
General Household Survey, July 2011