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Figure 25: Main source of energy used for cooking by year, 2002–2011
The main sources of energy used for cooking in 2011 by province are presented in Figure 26. As could be
expected, the use of electricity as the main source of energy for cooking was highest in Western Cape
(89,5%) and Free State (88,0%), and the lowest in provinces considered to be more rural, such as Eastern
Cape (59,8%) and Limpopo (50,4%). Eastern Cape contained the highest proportion of households using
paraffin (16,7%), followed by North West (10,9%) and Gauteng (10,2%). By contrast, only 2% of
households in Western Cape used paraffin for cooking. Almost half (44,5%) of households in Limpopo still
used wood for cooking, followed by a fifth of households in Eastern Cape (19,3%), Mpumalanga (18,9%)
and KwaZulu-Natal (18,6%). Only approximately 1,7% and 1,2% respectively of households in Western
Cape and Gauteng used wood for cooking.
Figure 26: Main source of energy used for cooking by province, 2011
General Household Survey, July 2011